India captain Shubman Gill broke a 46-year record as India took firm control of the second Test against England at Edgbaston.
Gill’s ridiculous 269 is the highest score by an Indian batter in England since Sunil Gavaskar’s 221 in 1979.
Gill has made his doubters look foolish in the first two TestsGettyAnd he has now put India into a commanding position to win the second Test and level the five-match series.
India started out the day behind the game. England knew an early wicket would bring into focus India’s tail, which had collapsed so dramatically in both innings in the first Test.
However, they were made to wait as Gill (269) and Ravindra Jadeja (89) picked up where they left off.
Unlike on day one, where both Chris Woakes (2-81) and Brydon Carse (1-83) kept run scoring to a minimum and probed in and around off stump, creating doubt and half chances, both batters were immediately into their work.
Gill, in particular, looked in rich form and had the mindset of a man refusing to be drawn into the kind of rash shot that saw him caught in the deep at Leeds.
It was his dismissal that led to India losing 7-41 and subsequently the match, and his resolve was clear from the start of play.
That never looked on the cards as he batted on and on throughout the morning and afternoon sessions, notching off milestones and enjoying the acclaim of the crowd.
And he shared in two important partnerships. The first was a mammoth one of 203 with Jadeja. The two had come together with India in some trouble at 211-5, and surely this sixth-wicket partnership has made the game safe for India?
Jadeja departed just before the lunch break thanks to a ball from Josh Tongue (2-119) that bounced off a length and took his glove, with Jamie Smith taking the catch.
India’s new number eight, Washington Sundar (42), survived a couple of close moments before the break but looked way more assured afterwards, and he was at the crease when Gill went past 200.
Gill then took an outstanding catch to remove Ben DuckettGettyAgain, there was some surprise when Sundar was dismissed bowled playing across the line to Joe Root, but not before the crowd had come to life to welcome Harry Brook (0/31) to bowling duties, with Gill taking three successive fours from his first over.
Gill finally fell to his first mistake of the innings as he tamely chipped to midwicket but received congratulations from many of the England team and the Hollies Stand as he walked off with 269.
The innings ended soon after, and England were put in after 151 overs in the field.
Three wickets late on day two mean the hosts have a fight on their hands to keep in the Edgbaston Test.
After India posted a massive 587 from their first innings, two wickets in two balls from Akash Deep and one from Mohammed Siraj have put England on the back foot.
Centurions from the first Test, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope, were both caught in the slips without scoring, and when Zak Crawley went the same way for 19, India were all over England.
Pope’s dismissal was poorGettyBrook played and missed at three or four deliveries that on another day would have taken the outside edge, but he survived 30 not out at close with Root alongside him on 18 with England 77/3 still 510 runs off India’s first innings.
It was late drama on a day that, up until that point, had been slow going.
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