Birmingham: India’s day, through and through! How India would have loved one more wicket, but it’s being a bit too greedy, right? 587 runs in the first innings after losing the toss and then reducing England to three wickets down before the end of the day’s play and the trail being still over 500 – India would have taken this any day of the week. It was a day India would be mighty proud of, pleased with and now even more motivated to make the third day decisive, despite missing two of their most attacking bowlers in the squad.
It was a day that belonged to Shubman Gill. England skipper Ben Stokes came with plans and several funky fielding setups, having a long leg, an in-between fine leg and a square leg while having a couple of them around the bat to completely shut down the scoring options for both Gill and Ravindra Jadeja, the set batters from overnight for India. Both took their time, especially Gill, who was a picture of calm and composure.
