Shubman Gill had more lives than a cat on Sunday. He is too good a player to have missed out on a day like that.
He scored a hundred when he — and India — badly needed it. His third Test century (104, 147b, 11x4, 2x6) has given India an excellent chance for a series-levelling win in the second Test at the Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Stadium. No other batter got to 50, as India was bowled out for 255.
That left the Englishmen to chase a record target of 399. They ended the third day at 67 for one, after Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett provided another quick-fire fifty-run stand for the first wicket. It should be a fascinating fourth — and possibly the final — day on Monday.
