
21/06/2025
Gill and Jaiswal’s Historic Stand Ignites Hope. But Can India’s Heirs Outlast England’s Onslaught—and Escape the Shadows of Giants?
The hallowed turf of Headingley has witnessed cricket revolutions before – Botham’s Ashes, Stokes’ Miracle. On June 20, 2025, under a searing Yorkshire sun, it may have birthed another. Shubman Gill, 25, India’s youngest-ever Test captain, raised his bat not merely to celebrate a century, but to herald a new epoch. Beside him, Yashasvi Jaiswal, 23, lay sprawled in agony and ecstasy – his forearms locked in cramps, his name etched into history as the first batter to score debut Test tons in Australia, the Caribbean, and England. Their twin monuments – Gill’s regal 127*, Jaiswal’s grit-soaked 101 – propelled India to 359/3 on Day One against a depleted England. A nation braced for post-Kohli oblivion instead saw its future blaze to life. But cricket’s cruel poetry demands a second act: Can these crown princes convert a glorious dawn into an enduring reign?
Gill and Jaiswal’s Historic Stand Ignites Hope. But Can India’s Heirs Outlast England’s Onslaught—and Escape the Shadows of Giants? The hallowed turf o