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- Gill unbeaten on 100 as dominant India powers to 484-run lead against England in 2nd test</p>
<p>July 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM</p>
<p>1 / 5England India CricketIndia's captain Shubman Gill celebrates after scoring a century during day four of the second cricket test match between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)</p>
<p>BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Shubman Gill added a second-innings century to his double hundred in the first innings as India moved into a utterly dominant 484-run lead against England at tea on Day 4 of the second test on Saturday.</p>
<p>The visitors were on 304-4 and surely heading toward a declaration, giving them more than a day to bowl out England at Edgbaston to square the five-match series at 1-1.</p>
<p>Gill made 269 in India's first-innings 587 and reached three figures again — for his eighth test hundred — just before tea with a single into the leg side. He was 100 not out and has broken India's record — set by Sunil Gavaskar against West Indies in 1971 (344 runs) — for the most runs in a single test match.</p>
<p>Gill became just the second Indian, after Gavaskar (124 and 220) in that Windies match in '71, to score a double-hundred and a hundred in the same test.</p>
<p>The current England team captained by Ben Stokes relishes its big run chases, but this one surely is beyond them and batting out for a draw seems to be the only play now.</p>
<p>Ravindra Jadeja was 25 not out and in the middle with Gill, with India choosing not to be too aggressive with its shot-making despite the clock ticking on this test match.</p>
<p>Bat-tossing Pant</p>
<p>Rishabh Pant was the only batter out in the second session and it was an extraordinary end to his 58-ball 63.</p>
<p>Attempting to pull offspinner Shoaib Bashir for six, Pant miscued his shot while also letting go of his bat, which flew toward midwicket — close to England fielder Brydon Carse. Meanwhile, the ball looped high in the air and into the deep on the offside where it was caught by Ben Duckett.</p>
<p>Carse collected the bat and returned it to Pant, who walked off to an ovation after his 16th test fifty. It was the second time Pant released his bat making a shot.</p>
<p>India began the day on 64-1 and first lost Karun Nair (26), who drove and edged Carse to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.</p>
<p>Lokesh Rahul (55) then departed when he lost his middle stump to a seaming delivery by pacer Josh Tongue and that brought Pant to the middle before lunch, certainly livening things up.</p>
<p>England leads the series after winning at Headingley last week.</p>
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