England in Deep trouble after Gill's superb double century

India captain Shubman Gill scored a superb maiden Test double-century before stand-in fast bowler Akash Deep reduced England to 13-2 at Edgbaston on Thursday with two wickets in consecutive balls.

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Gill's 269 was the cornerstone of India’s first-innings 587 all out on the second day of the second Test, with England 77-3 at stumps -- a huge deficit of 510 runs.

Deep was only featuring after India rested the outstanding Jasprit Bumrah, the world's top-ranked Test bowler but only due to play in three games of this five-match series to minimise the effects of a back injury.

The 28-year-old Deep conceded 12 runs in his first over, with Zak Crawley hitting two fours.

But Deep's second over was a very different story, the paceman’s double-wicket maiden leaving England in dire straits at 13-2.

He had Ben Duckett, fresh from a superb 149 in England's five-wicket win in the first Test at Headingley, edging to third slip where Gill capped an already brilliant day for himself by holding a fine catch.

Next ball Ollie Pope fell for a golden duck when, closing the face of the bat, he nicked Deep to second slip, with KL Rahul clinging on at the second attempt.

Joe Root survived the hat-trick delivery.