If Gill was the attacked by English bowlers in the morning session, he took the onus upon himself to take the attack back to the opposition camp in the second one. Josh Tongue tried the short ball against Gill at the start of the session and Gill was happy to pull it over fine leg on two occasions.

Shubman Gill added a second-innings century to his double hundred in the first innings as India posted 427/6 before the skipper announced declaration. Overall, the visitors took their lead to 607 in the second test on Saturday.