England tour of India: Gill’s century sets up 399-run chase for visitors on Day 3

Shubman Gill struck form with a century as India were bowled out for 255 after extended their lead to 398, despite a James Anderson-inspired England taking regular wickets on day three of the second Test on Sunday.

Meanwhile, English spinners Tom Hartley and Rehan Ahmed shared seven wickets between them with England needing 399 runs to win. The tourists, who currently lead the five-match series 1-0, reached 67/1 at stumps in Visakhapatnam.

Openers Ben Duckett (28) and Zak Crawley (29*) put on an opening partnership worth 50 runs before Ravichandran Ashwin induced an inside edge from Duckett that was caught by a running KS Bharat, four overs before the day’s play ended. The veteran spinner is now only three wickets away from the famed milestone of 500 Test wickets.

Rehan Ahmed came in and struck two fours, the last one being a missed catch at slip by India captain Rohit Sharma.

After India had lunch at 130-4, Gill, who had two fortunate escapes on four, both tight LBW calls and one successfully reviewed, rebuilt the innings to notch up his third Test ton.

After a string of low scores, Gill crossed the three-figure mark for the first time in twelve innings since March last year. It was a jittery start...

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