Former skipper Sourav Ganguly expressed his awe for Shubman Gill's "flawless" knocks in the second Test at Edgbaston that set up India’s record win against England by 336 runs.

Not only was it India's maiden victory at the iconic venue in 19 attempts, but it was also their biggest win (in terms of runs) in Tests on overseas soil.

In an interaction with Revsportz, Ganguly paid rich compliment to Gill, saying that it was the best batting performance he has seen on English soil in the last three decades.

The Indian captain produced knocks of 269 and 161 across two innings in Birmingham. This came after he started his Test captaincy tenure with a stunning 145 in the series opener at Headingley.

"Shubman is batting like a dream. See my tweet and you will know. In my three decades of playing and watching cricket in the UK, this is one of the best exhibitions of batting that I have seen. He is simply flawless. There are no chinks in his armour and the English bowlers don't look like getting him out. See the way he is batting and you will know what I am saying. Gill isn't making a single mistake. He was always pleasing to the eye. And now he is showing the hunger and the temperament. If you see him now, you will be left wondering how can he have an average of less than 50 in Test cricket," said Ganguly.

According to Ganguly, Shubman Gill dethroned Virat Kohli's 2018 epic, which was considered by many as one of the greatest performances by an Indian batter in England. Kohli had amassed 593 runs in that tour, including two centuries and three fifties.

Gill has already aggregated 585 runs in just two matches of the ongoing series. He stands just 18 runs short of becoming the most prolific Indian batter on the tour of England, with Rahul Dravid leading the chart, having scored 602 runs in the 2002 series.

"The best thing about Shubman in this series is the determination to go big," said Ganguly. "If you see, in every innings, he has gone big. A hundred isn't really enough. He wants to get the double-hundred and that's something fantastic to see."

"This series could see the making of Shubman Gill as skipper," he added.

Sourav Ganguly also showered rich praise on Akash Deep, who returned with a 10-wicket match haul, comprising a six-fer in the second innings.

Akash reminded Ganguly of Mohammad Shami, and the latter mentioned that the delivery to Joe Root in the second innings was the standout dismissal.

"Very Shami, isn't he. He was just fantastic, Akash Deep. The way he used the crease, the way he ran in and the amount of swing he got was brilliant. He reminded me of Mohammad Shami at his very best. The delivery to Joe Root, for example, would have got any batter in the world out,” Ganguly said.

"And now, he has the confidence. With Bumrah back at Lord's, India has the attack to take twenty wickets consistently. Use Bumrah as a wicket-taker, something I had said to you ahead of the series. You have enough in that bowling unit to make sure that he isn't overused. This series has been very nicely set up. In fact, India should have won in Leeds as well. After being 430-3, it should have been India's game," he remarked.