The 55-year-old Ramprakash, who played 52 Tests between 1991 and 2002, said instead of captaincy affecting Gill's performance, it has made him more focussed.
Joe Root scored a breezy, unbeaten 67 and will resume on the third morning with Jonny Bairstow, who has 24.
While defending totals of 350 or more in 59 Tests, India have won 42, with their sole defeat coming against England at Edgbaston in 2022.
Joe Root's unbeaten 149 put England in complete control of the final Test against India and they picked up the wickets of openers Murali Vijay and Gautam Gambhir before lunch on the third day on Sunday.
Joe Root was hailed as the 'glue' that holds together England's dazzling batting operation after his superb match-winning century guided the injury-depleted hosts to the most convincing of eight-wicket triumphs over West Indies in Southampton.
To say Joe Root has been galvanised since being dropped for the fifth Ashes Test that completed England's dismal 5-0 rout in Australia in the early days of last year would be an understatement.
India may have drawn the series in England, but Jasprit Bumrah's performance has come under scrutiny-with Irfan Pathan rating the world's No. 1 Test bowler a modest 6 out of 10 for failing to deliver decisive wins.
England were in a commanding position as they took a 94-run first innings lead over the West Indies on the second day of the third and final Test.
New England skipper Joe Root was taken aback by the 'unfair' criticism made by Michael Vaughan of his side's performance.
'It's about the huge privilege even if you are not getting the chance (to play), you are (still getting to be) with the squad. How many get to be with the squad and how many (get to) play Test cricket?'
Siraj was the day's hero and India have pulled ahead, but England are not out of the contest by any stretch of imagination.
The five-match Test series against India at home will be a massive Test for England's 'Bazball' brand of cricket under skipper Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum.
England's Dan Lawrence will open the batting in place of the injured Zak Crawley in the first test against Sri Lanka and seamer Matthew Potts will replace Ben Stokes, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Monday.
England Test captain Joe Root is not bitter about his exclusion from this year's Indian Premier League and believes his team mates playing in the Twenty20 tournament will hugely benefit from the experience.
As India prepares for a much-anticipated five-match Test series in England, memories of the thrilling 2021 tour still linger, especially for Shardul Thakur, who played a pivotal role in that campaign.
Root believed his side were competitive during the series but India 'out-skilled' them at crunch moments.
Smith stood down from his post as captain and was banned for one Test match by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday after admitting conspiring to tamper with the ball during the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
As Ashwin nears his 500th Test wicket, here are some of the batters who have been unable to read him and have been his victims one time too many.
Bumrah, when quizzed about the repeated ball change, maintained a neutral tone on the matter.
England's highly aggressive 'Bazball' approach to Test cricket did not secure the 2023 home Ashes against their arch rivals, Australia.
Bumrah was speaking about tackling with judgment when the funny moment took place.
Rohit Sharma has overtaken captain Virat Kohli to become the top-ranked Test batsman from India.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the second Test played between Pakistan and England in Multan on Wednesday.
England pacer James Anderson also opened up about what happened between him and the Indian players during the final session of the third day of the Lord's Test.
Tongue is the only change to the side that lost the first Ashes Test
England captain Joe Root sought to draw a line under the litany of off-field incidents that have dogged the team throughout the Ashes on Wednesday, even as a senior player admitted they would continue to haunt the side during the third Test in Perth.
Australia lead the five-match series 1-0 after their emphatic 251-run win at Edgbaston.
Injured wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant will bat on day five of the fourth Test, said India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak on Saturday.
Images from Day 4 of the 3rd Test played between South Africa and England in Port Elizabeth on Sunday
Steve Smith is the 15th player to go past the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket.
England crushed India by an innings and 76 runs in the third Test which gave Joe Root his 27th win as captain in 55 Tests.
'We've shown throughout the two games in periods we can outperform Australia, just not over five days'
Former Pakistan captain Muhammad Yousuf has declared England's Joe Root as currently the best batsman in the world. Overlooking India's run machine Virat Kohli and South African Ab de Villiers, Yousuf said that he believed Root was the the best in the world at the moment after his monumental 254 against Pakistan in the second Test at Manchester.
Karun Nair has managed only 131 runs across six innings at a below-par average of 21.83, in the first three Tests against England.
England batsman Joe Root has identified the need to be more assertive to convert his half-centuries to three figure scores, starting with the third test against Sri Lanka at Lord's on Thursday. The 25-year-old has been dismissed 13 times between the scores of 50 and 98 since 2015, and was most recently caught on 80 against Sri Lanka in the second test, which he described as a "car crash". Root, who is ranked second in the world test rankings behind Australia's Steven Smith, said he should have doubled the nine test centuries he has amassed in his career. "Probably double (number of centuries) if you look at the amount of fifties. You are always striving to get better. Over the last couple of months it has been very frustrating," Root told British media.
After England's loss in the 2nd Test against India on Wednesday, Root had told the media that Moeen Ali 'has chosen to go home.'
India are yet to win a Test in Birmingham in nearly six decades -- boasting of a dismal record of seven losses and one draw in eight attempts.
'There's now a huge opportunity for everyone in the dressing room and those outside to put their hand up and say they want to be part of these white-ball teams.'
Pakistan beat England by 152 runs in the second Test in Multan on Friday to level the three-match series at 1-1.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the 2nd Test played between Pakistan and England in Multan, on Thursday.
