Shubman Gill’s record-breaking 269 puts India in control at Edgbaston

By Canadian Press on July 3, 2025.

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — India backed up Shubman Gill’s phenomenal 269 with three cheap England wickets on a dream day of test cricket for the visitors at Edgbaston on Thursday.

After Gill’s 8 1/2-hour innings led India to 587 all out — its highest score in England in 35 years — pacers Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj found life in a seemingly lifeless pitch to reduce England to 25-3 with three edges into the slips cordon.

By stumps on day two, Harry Brook and Joe Root rebuilt England to 77-3, trailing India by 510 runs on the first innings.

Brook was 30 not out and Root 18 not out, but the day was dominated by Gill, the new India captain who calmly and coolly binged on a flat pitch to smash India test records.

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