Good morning and welcome to coverage of the second day’s play of the second Test between England and India for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. The wonder of sport is that it endures, renewing itself with every match but it would seem callous to this writer not to mention that today starts gloomily because of the news from Portugal of the death of the Liverpool forward Diogo Jota in a car accident which is dreadful in itself and also brings back poignant memories of Graham Kersey,

A FINE century under pressure from skipper Shubman Gill, aided by a solid 87 from Yashasvi Jaiswal, helped India consolidate to 310/5 on Day 1 of the second

Shubman Gill, unbeaten with 114 runs on Day 1, needs just 36 more runs on Day 2 to surpass Virat Kohli's record and make history at Edgbaston.

India is resting fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah amid three lineup changes against England in its bid to level the test series in Birmingham.

Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been left out of India’s squad for the second Test against England at Edgbaston. He is replaced by fellow fast bowler Akash Deep. There are two other changes from the squad named in the first Test, with Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar coming in for Sai Sudharsan and Shardul Thakur.

New captain Shubman Gill's unbeaten 114 led India's gritty effort to 310-5 against England on day one Wednesday of the second test at Edgbaston. The pressure was on Gill as India's last specialist batsman to prevent exposing the fragile bottom order in the last two hours of an extended day.

England experienced another taxing first day against India as Shubman Gill 's century built firm foundations for the tourists in the second Rothesay Test at Edgbaston. Buoyed by his side's fearless fourth-innings chase at Headingley last week,

Shubman Gill played a sensational knock of 114 against England during the first day of the second Test and also came back to the dugout unbeaten

Shubman Gill continued his dream start to captaincy with a second consecutive Test century, steering India to 310 for 5 on the opening day of the second Test against England at Edgbaston.