Record-breaking Gill double ton takes India to 564-7 against England

BIRMINGHAM, England :Records tumbled as India skipper Shubman Gill stood tall with a commanding and unbeaten knock of 265 on day two of the second test against England, propelling the tourists to a mammoth total of 564-7 by tea at Edgbaston on Thursday.

Despite losing his overnight partner Ravindra Jadeja in the first session for 89 - the second India batter to miss out on a century after Yashasvi Jaiswal (87) - Gill looked completely at ease on a flat track that offered precious little assistance.

After resuming on an overnight score of 310-5, Jadeja and Gill had built a 203-run stand before the all-rounder fell to a Josh Tongue bouncer but Gill showcased his array of elegant drives and well-timed flicks to worry England.

As the home side's bowling attack toiled under the summer sun, Gill hardly broke sweat and had put a price on his wicket in the first session before he decided to accelerate the scoring rate after lunch.

Tongue was smashed for two boundaries in one over, the second nearly taking out two top order England batters when Joe Root and Zak Crawley almost collided near the boundary rope and fell together in a heap.

Washington Sundar had survived a barrage of bouncers when he walked in before lunch but soon dealt his own Tongue-lashing when he pulled the fast bowler over the fine leg boundary and into the stands.

Gill then brought up his 200 with a low pull shot to fine leg, with the 25-year-old taking off his helmet to make his trademark bow to a standing ovation as he became the first India skipper to score a double-hundred in England.

England captain Ben Stokes tossed the ball to part-timer Harry Brook and Gill punished him with three consecutive boundaries, breaking Sunil Gavaskar's 46-year-old record for the