Captain Gill scores century as Bumrah-less India start well at Edgbaston

Captain Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten century as India made 310/5 on day one of the second Test against England at Edgbaston on Wednesday. Gill was unbeaten on 114, alongside Ravindra Jadeja (41), after opener Yashasvi Jaiswal edged a Ben Stokes delivery following a fine 87.

England skipper Stokes won the toss and opted to bowl with an unchanged XI, while India announced three changes, with Jasprit Bumrah sitting out to manage his workload. Akash Deep has replaced the star pacer, while all-rounders Washington Sundar and Nitish Kumar Reddy returned to the India XI.

The visitors found runs just like they did at Headingley in the opener of the five-match series. But a major positive for them was the runs made since the fall of the fifth wicket. Indian batters from 6 to 10 had scored fewer than 60 runs in both innings combined in the first Test.

The fall of Reddy, castled by Chris Woakes, shortly after Shoaib Bashir removed Rishabh Pant (25), gave India a sense of deja vu, but Jadeja stuck around, building a 99-run unbroken stand with his skipper.

Jaiswal batted beautifully until the afternoon session when he went hard, gifting a catch to Jamie Smith, and denying himself successive first innings centuries in England.

Later, Gill survived a lbw appeal from Brydon Carse. And at the other end, Pant played his usual game, using his feet to hit Bashir for a six over mid-on, which was India's only big hit in the 85-over day.

Bengaluru-Malayali Karun Nair should be disappointed not to make the most of a good start as he fell for 31, getting an outside edge off Carse that Harry Brook gobbled up at second slip. Karun had been dismissed for a duck in the first innings in the first Test. 

Brief scores: India 310/5 in 85 overs (Shubman Gill 114 not out, Yashasvi Jaiswal 87, Ravindra Jadeja 41 not out, Chris Woakes 2/59). Stumps on Day 1