England toiling vs India at Edgbaston, shut on 77-3 in reply to 587 all out as Shubman Gill scores double century | Cricket Information

A frazzled England misplaced three early wickets after Shubman Gill hit a masterful maiden double century as India assumed complete management of the second Take a look at on day two at Edgbaston.

Gill’s 269 from 387 balls on probably the most docile of surfaces, an innings which featured 30 fours and three sixes and propelled the guests from 211-5 to 587 all out, is the very best rating by an Indian in England, eclipsing the 221 struck by Sunil Gavaskar at The Oval in 1979.

The fashionable, chanceless knock, crammed with watchful batting and peerless drives and scored in entrance of a passionate travelling assist, got here after India had been inserted by England captain Ben Stokes on day one for the second match in succession.

England pulled off a chase of 371 in Leeds, quietening those that had questioned Stokes’ determination to bowl first, however they should go some to repeat that, with Gill then starring within the discipline because the hosts closed on 77-3 having tumbled to 25-3 amid a sea of free strokes.

Gill took a shocking diving catch at slip for the primary of two wickets in as many balls – that seize eradicating Headingley hero Ben Duckett (0) earlier than Ollie Pope additionally bagged a blob as he snicked to KL Rahul.

Akash Deep, taking part in instead of the rested Jasprit Bumrah, eliminated Duckett and Pope within the third over with some new-ball swing, earlier than Mohammed Siraj then compelled Zak Crawley (19) to edge a ball that nipped away within the eighth, with England’s prime three all maybe affected by weary minds and our bodies after 151 overs within the discipline.

Harry Brook (30no), who performed skittishly at occasions and nearly fell onto his stumps within the ultimate over, and Joe Root (18no) then stitched an unbroken alliance of 52 to take England to stumps.

Gill makes historical past on listless floor

Gill and Ravindra Jadeja (89) earlier prolonged their sixth-wicket stand from its in a single day 99 to 203 earlier than Josh Tongue (2-119) bounced out the latter shortly earlier than lunch, denying Jadeja a fifth Take a look at ton and second on this floor after his 104 three years in the past.

Left-arm spinner Jadeja will now have an enormous function to play with the ball on a monitor India hope will crack and switch as they goal to stage the five-match sequence forward of the third Take a look at at Lord’s from July 10, earlier than additional video games at Emirates Previous Trafford and The Kia Oval.

India have chosen two spinners on this recreation with Washington Sundar supporting Jadeja, after being most well-liked to left-armer Kuldeep Yadav, arguably a larger wicket-taking risk.

Washington was largely picked, it appears, to bolster the lower-order batting after collapses of 7-41 and 6-31 proved pricey in Leeds.

The all-rounder actually chipped in with the bat, contributing 42 in a stand of 144 with the masterful Gill for the seventh wicket earlier than he was bowled by a magnificence from Root as India added 376 for his or her final 5 wickets, albeit solely 29 for his or her ultimate three as spinner Shoaib Bashir (3-167) mopped up the tail.

Bashir wheeled away via 45 overs, altering his flight and line having been provided subsequent to nothing by the pitch, together with his undoubted spotlight approaching day one when he dramatically dropped his tempo to have Rishabh Pant pouched within the deep.

England beneath the pump with ball after which bat

Thursday was a day of toil for England’s bowlers with Stokes even turning to Brook’s part-time medium tempo for 5 overs as he seemed to drive batter error on this listless floor.

Gill struck Brook’s second, third and fourth balls for 4 – a lower opening that sequence earlier than two attractive straight drives adopted – and he seemed set to grow to be the third India batter to attain a Take a look at triple ton earlier than he hauled Tongue to sq. leg after tea.

The nice Virender Sehwag, who made 319 in opposition to South Africa in 2008 and 309 versus Pakistan 4 years earlier, plus Gill’s present team-mate Karun Nair, who plundered 303 not out in opposition to England in Chennai in 2016, stay the one Indians to attain the feat.

As soon as Gill was dismissed by Tongue and Bashir eliminated Deep (6) and Siraj (8), there was then that clatter of England wickets earlier than Brook – who got here out on the fitting facet of an India lbw evaluate as a consequence of umpire’s name and smoked three fours and a six – and Root stopped the rot, albeit with some nervy moments.

However after these aforementioned batting collapses and a raft of dropped catches closely contributed to India dropping a primary Take a look at at Headingley they need to have gained, they’re now in an excellent place to push for 1-1 in Birmingham, thanks mainly to their captain.

Watch day three of the second Take a look at between England and India reside on Sky Sports activities Cricket and Sky Sports activities Major Occasion from 10.15am Friday (11am first ball) or stream with out a contract.

India dominate day two in Birmingham

India captain Shubman Gill, chatting with Sky Sports activities:

“I labored on just a few issues earlier than the sequence that I assumed is likely to be necessary for me going into Take a look at cricket. Wanting on the outcomes, they’re working for me.

“This recreation was all about confidence. We spoke about if we scored 400 once more, batting first or batting second, we’d be proper within the recreation.”

Sky Sports activities Cricket’s Dinesh Karthik:

“If India had to consider what a day ought to appear like – or after two days what a scorecard ought to appear like – then right here we now have it. They scored 587, took three wickets fairly shortly and put the strain on the 2 finest batters on this planet.

“They’ve accomplished all of it however there’s quite a lot of work to do.”

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England vs India – outcomes and schedule

All video games at 11am UK and Eire; all on Sky Sports activities

• First Take a look at (Headingley) – England gained by 5 wickets
• Second Take a look at (Edgbaston): July 2-6
• Third Take a look at (Lord’s): July 10-14
• Fourth Take a look at (Emirates Previous Trafford): July 23-27
• Fifth Take a look at (The Kia Oval): July 31-August 4