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.

India Test captain Shubman Gill collected 30 fours and three sixes during his marathon eight-hour, 387-ball knock that spanned the better part of two days in the second Test against England at Edgbaston,

After his record-breaking 269 at Edgbaston, India Test captain Shubman Gill admitted to losing enjoyment while batting in the red-ball format prior to the England tour.