ENG vs IND | Twitter impressed as Shubman Gill’s double hundred takes India to commanding total

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India picked up three quick wickets after Shubman Gill’s marathon 269 powered the visitors to 587 in the first innings against England in the second Test in Birmingham. England ended the day at 77/3 with Joe Root and Harry Brook at the crease and the hosts still adrift by 510 runs.

‌Starting the second day of the second Test at their overnight score of 310/5 at Edgbaston, skipper Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja extended their sixth-wicket stand to 203 before Jadeja departed for a well-made 89 as India went to lunch at 419/6.

Gill continued to make merry bringing up his first double hundred in Tests before completing his 250 in the same session. He added another valuable 144 for the seventh wicket with Washington Sundar (42) as India went past the 550-run mark. However, he was dismissed 31 runs short of an epic triple-hundred as he went past Virat Kohli to own the record of the highest individual score as captain of India in Tests. Soon the Indian innings also folded for 587 in the final session.

England started shakily in pursuit of a tall total as Akash Deep struck off consecutive deliveries in his second over. The in-form opener Ben Duckett and the number three batter Ollie Pope were both caught in the slip cordon with the other opener Zak Crawley also following in the eighth over from Mohammed Siraj. However, Joe Root and Ollie Pope rebuilt the England innings with a 52-run partnership denying India another wicket as the home team ended day two at 77/3.

What a ball!

SIUUUUURAJ is here and he means business! 🔥 gets with raw pace and fire and he's absolutely pumped! 💪

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— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia)

LOL!

Ben Duckett.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh)

Yes!

Historic knock by Shubman Gill — the first Indian captain to score an unbeaten 265! 🔥 Pure dominance with the bat, leading from the front in style. Hats off to Ravindra Jadeja as well for his solid support and smart strokeplay. A partnership to remember! 🇮🇳🙌
— NSTR (@nadipelliteja)

Matured game by young man!

Shubman Gill has played an unbelievable innings. This will be remembered for a long long time 🇮🇳💯💯
— Aditya Dogra (@adityaD_2608)

He is not that easy!

Take the wicket of Joe Root.

Come on, boys.

Krishna bhai kuchh to kar lo yaar.
— Dr. Devashish Palkar (@psychidiaries)

True that!

harry brook has so much luck on his side
— shamik (@iam_shamik_)

So close that!

Great awareness by Harry Brook 👏👏👏
— Supremist 💛 (@CSKlaasen8467)

Agreed!

Akash Deep is the second best pacer after Jasprit Bumrah at this moment but Gautam Gambhir keep backing fraud Mohammad Siraj ahed of him even he had horrible Australian tour.

Akash Deep is the fresh air in this run machine lineup.
— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991)

Brilliant!