India backed up Shubman Gill's phenomenal 269 with three cheap England wickets on a dream day of test cricket for the visitors at Edgbaston on Thursday. After Gill's 8 1/2-hour innings led India to 587 all out — its highest score in England in 35 years — pacers Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj found life in a seemingly lifeless pitch to reduce England to 25-3 with three edges into the slips cordon.

Shubman Gill smashed an unbeaten 250+ at Edgbaston, surpassing Sunil Gavaskar’s 221 to record the highest Test score by an Indian in England, marking his maiden double century and breaking multiple records.

Ravindra Jadeja’s gritty 89 on Day 2 of the second Test at Edgbaston proved vital for India, as his stand with Shubman Gill steadied the innings after a wobble, avoiding a Headingley-like collapse and putting the visitors in a strong position.