Gill and Axar stitched an 89-run partnership for the fifth wicket, with the former getting his first Test century as a number three batter, eventually making 104 off 147 balls. It was a timely knock from Gill, who was coming under a bit of pressure for his place in the eleven. He used his feet well while hitting 11 fours and two sixes, apart from rotating the strike well.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The second session began with Axar taking a brace of fours against James Anderson, and was followed by Gill raising the tempo by smacking a six down the ground off Rehan Ahmed. He went on to take two consecutive boundaries \u2013 a sweep was followed by a whip through mid-wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gill and Axar were easily milking the spinners for singles while occasionally taking boundaries off them to take their partnership past fifty. Gill finally got his hundred with a flick off Bashir for single, with his century celebration being subdued and facial expressions showing sigh of relief.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Shortly after, Gill\u2019s fine knock came to an end when his reverse-sweep against an off-break delivery from Bashir resulted in the ball taking a glove edge to Ben Foakes behind the stumps, with England getting the out decision on review. Axar was next to depart, trapped lbw on review by a length ball from Hartley which kept low.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rehan Ahmed then trapped KS Bharat lbw, but review showed the googly would have missed the stumps. Bharat ended the session with an on-drive for four against Hartley to be unbeaten on six, with Ravichandran Ashwin giving him company on one not out, as India aim to run towards a big lead.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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