Birmingham: Shubman Gill batted with plenty of patience and resolve to complete his second successive hundred but India squandered the early advantage against England to settle for 310 for five at stumps on a shared day one of the second Test here on Wednesday.
India adopted a measured approach with the bat after picking three all-rounders in the playing eleven at the cost of specialist bowling resources, raising plenty of questions.
Like Leeds, the Edgbaston surface is offering plenty of runs, and with no Jasprit Bumrah in the attack, India would need to put up a total in excess of 500 to make a match of it.
While Jaiswal once again gave India a solid start with an aggressive 87, laced with 13 boundaries, Gill showed a lot of composure and discretion in shot selection to score his seventh Test century.
Karun Nair (31) and Rishabh Pant (25) threw away their wickets after getting starts, while Nitish Reddy (1) was completely clueless when a Chris Woakes nip-backer jagged back sharply.
India were in a spot of bother at 211 for five, but veteran Ravindra Jadeja once again showed his true value as a batter in SENA countries with an unbeaten 41 off 67 balls. The duo added 99 runs for the unbroken sixth-wicket stand.
For England, Chris Woakes took two wickets while skipper Ben Stokes, Brydon Carse, and Shoaib Bashir took a wicket apiece.
Brief Scores: India 310/5 in 85 overs (Shubman Gill 114 batting, Yashasvi Jaiswal 87, Ravindra Jadeja 41 batting; Chris Woakes 2/59).
