IND vs ENG 2nd Test: Shubman Gill struck type with a century as India left England a file victory goal of 399 on day three of the second Test on Sunday.

England, who lead the five-match collection 1-0, reached 67-1 at stumps after opener Ben Duckett fell for 28 in Visakhapatnam.

Left-hander Duckett placed on an attacking 50-run stand with fellow opener Zak Crawley, batting on 29, earlier than Ravichandran Ashwin obtained him out for his 497th Test wicket.

Nightwatchman Rehan Ahmed, on 9, joined Crawley with England needing one other 332 for victory.

The highest fourth-innings goal efficiently chased towards India is England’s 378 at Edgbaston in 2022, and essentially the most profitable in India was when the hosts obtained 387 towards England in 2008.

Spinners Tom Hartley and Ahmed mixed to bowl out India for 255 after Gill’s 104 on a day of bowling and fielding brilliance.

Veteran tempo bowler James Anderson struck early to take away the openers, and India slipped additional after a surprising catch by captain Ben Stokes earlier than Gill stabilised the innings.

Gill hit his third Test ton, and first in his 12 innings since March 2023, to drag India out from 122-4 with two key stands together with 89 runs with Axar Patel.

He reached the hundred with a single off debutant spinner Shoaib Bashir, and raised his bat to a cheering Sunday crowd.

He quickly tried a reverse sweep and departed when Bashir obtained him caught behind, a dismissal that was turned down by the umpire however replays confirmed the ball grazed the batsman’s glove earlier than wicketkeeper Ben Foakes took a pointy catch.

Gill had two fortunate escapes on 4, each shut lbw calls and one efficiently reviewed, however then batted fluently together with his flicks and drives till his exit.

England saved chipping away, as Hartley, who returned figures of 4-77 together with his left-arm spin, despatched again Axar lbw for 45 to depart India six down by tea.

Ashwin performed a cussed knock of 29 earlier than Ahmed took him right down to wrap up the innings together with his third strike.

Earlier, within the first session, Shreyas Iyer made 29 and was out after a second of magic by Stokes.

Iyer tried an enormous hit off Hartley however Stokes sprinted again from mid-off and dived at full stretch to drag off a screamer of a catch.

Anderson, in a superb morning spell of quick bowling, rattled Rohit Sharma’s stumps with an excellent supply that pitched and moved away from the right-hander.

The previous warhorse then obtained the left-handed Yashasvi Jaiswal caught at first slip, for his 695th Test wicket.

India had a lead of 143 at first of their second innings and started the day on 28-0.