The 25-year-old Gill, in just his second Test as captain, set a new record for the highest score by an India batsman in a Test in England, surpassing the great Sunil Gavaskar’s 221 at the Oval back in 1979. (AP)
Gill also received excellent support from spin-bowling all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja who put up 89 runs of his own as well (AP)
Washington Sundar (42) helped bring up a partnership of 144 for the seventh wicket next (AP)
England’s Josh Tongue, finally found the break by dismissing Gill for 269, denying him what could have been a potential 300 (AP)
England’s Shoaib Bashir then cleaned up the tail, as England finally bowled out India for 587 runs (AP)
Akash Deep, conceded 12 runs in his first over, and followed it up with a double-wicket maiden leaving England in dire straits at 13-2. (AP)
India then scalped another when Mohammed Siraj had Crawley edging to Karun Nair at first slip, with England now 25-3. (AP)
Harry Brook and Joe Root then survived till the end of the day to drag England to 77-3 in 20 overs (AP)
