Gill scripts historic 269 as India take strong hold of 2nd test vs England

 


India has taken a strong hold of the 2nd test vs England at Egbaston  Birmingham .  The young  Indian skipper Shubman Gill stole the show on day 2 with a magnificently crafted double hundred with stellar support from the two spin allrounders Jadeja & Sundar . Later the bowlers made serious dents to the england top order and left them reeling at 77/3 at close .


Starting the day on 114 , Gill looked in imperious touch as he batted solidly but kept the scoreboard moving with sublime strokes all around . He played with soft hands , close to the body and scored with effortless ease . Gill got tremendous support from Ravindra Jadeja who scored 89 fluent runs before finally falling  to a snorter from Tongue after a mammoth  203 run stand. Later Washington Sundar batted solidly for his 42 and became more  adventurous towards the end of a productive  144 run stand . He was dismissed by a spinning delivery from Root .


Gill continued to effortlessy  pile on the runs and finally after a 144 run stand  with Sundar he was dismissed for an outstanding innings 269 .


Soon India ended their innings at a massive 587  and Indian bowlers hit back with 3 quick wickets to rattle the England top order . 


Duckett was snapped up  in the slips off Akashdeep  , Pope went the same fashion to Akashdeep and Crawley edged Siraj to the keeper as England slipped to 25/3. However Harry Brook joined Root and together they survived a few anxious moments to stay at the close with  Brook reaching 30 & Root moving to 18 . 


The 3rd day pre lunch session may well become the key for the final verdict of this test .

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