Gill unbeaten on 100 as dominant India powers to 484-run lead against England in 2nd test

BIRMINGHAM England AP Shubman Gill added a second-innings century to his double hundred in the first innings as India moved into a utterly dominant -run lead against England at tea on Day of the second test on Saturday The visitors were on - and surely heading toward a declaration giving them more than a day to bowl out England at Edgbaston to square the five-match series at - Gill made in India s first-innings and reached three figures again for his eighth test hundred just before tea with a single into the leg side He was not out and has broken India s record set by Sunil Gavaskar against West Indies in runs for the bulk runs in a single test match Gill became just the second Indian after Gavaskar and in that Windies match in to outcome a double-hundred and a hundred in the same test The current England group captained by Ben Stokes relishes its big run chases but this one surely is beyond them and batting out for a draw seems to be the only play now Ravindra Jadeja was not out and in the middle with Gill with India choosing not to be too aggressive with its shot-making despite the clock ticking on this test match Bat-tossing Pant Rishabh Pant was the only batter out in the second session and it was an extraordinary end to his -ball Attempting to pull offspinner Shoaib Bashir for six Pant miscued his shot while also letting go of his bat which flew toward midwicket close to England fielder Brydon Carse Meanwhile the ball looped high in the air and into the deep on the offside where it was caught by Ben Duckett Carse collected the bat and returned it to Pant who walked off to an ovation after his th test fifty It was the second time Pant issued his bat making a shot India began the day on - and first lost Karun Nair who drove and edged Carse to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith Lokesh Rahul then departed when he lost his middle stump to a seaming delivery by pacer Josh Tongue and that brought Pant to the middle before lunch certainly livening things up England leads the series after winning at Headingley last week AP cricket https apnews com hub cricket Source