England face uphill task to save Test as Gill hits 2nd ton in match

India captain Shubman Gill became the first batsman in Test history to make scores of 250 and 150 in the same match before Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep again struck with the new ball as the tourists pressed for a series-levelling win at Edgbaston on Saturday.

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Gill followed his first-innings 267 in the second Test with another superb knock of 161 off just 162 balls.

He eventually declared India's second innings on 427-6 after tea on the fourth day.

That left England needing a mammoth 608 runs to go 2-0 up in this five-match series.

No side in 148 years of Test cricket have made more to win in the fourth innings than the West Indies' 418 against Australia at St John's in 2003.

England's corresponding record is the 378 they made against India at Edgbaston three years ago.

But at Saturday's close in Birmingham they were 72-3, needing a further 536 runs on the final day to achieve a win that would be remarkable even in their current 'Bazball' era of aggressive batting.

But Harry Brook, who helped keep England afloat in the first innings with 158 in a total of 407, was still there on 15 not out.

Siraj, who led India's attack with 6-70 in the first innings, struck an early blow Saturday when he removed Zak Crawley for a duck as a loose drive went straight to backward point.