IND vs ENG, 2nd Test: India sets England 399-run target after Gill’s ton; Ashwin removes Duckett before Stumps
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IND vs ENG, 2nd Test: India sets England 399-run target after Gill’s ton; Ashwin removes Duckett before Stumps

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Just as the clock was ticking on Shubman Gill’s spot in the Test team, he rode his luck in the early exchanges and put India in a commanding position with a timely century on the third day of the second Test at the Dr. Y.S. Chasing a record 399, England faces an uphill task after Ravichandran Ashwin sent Ben Duckett back towards Stumps following Jasprit Bumrah’s probing opening spell. The inexperience of England’s spinners showed as they missed their lengths, allowing Gill and Shreyas Iyer to overcome a nervy first hour of play and put 81 runs for the third wicket. Gill didn’t hold back against any indiscretion in length, greeting Rehan Ahmed into the attack with two fours – on either side of point – as the leg-spinner pitched it short. Gill’s heroics brought India back in the saddle from there, and, with England needing 332 with nine wickets in hand in conditions where no visiting team has touched the 300-run mark in the fourth innings, probably in the driver’s seat too.

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