Shubman Gill scored his third Test century to set England 399 for victory on the third day of the second Test in Vizag.
India looked in trouble when James Anderson (2-29) removed skipper Rohit Sharma (13) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (17) in the morning session to reduce hosts to 30-2.
Gill’s (104) fluency rescued India’s shaky start as he reached his third Test hundred with 11 boundaries and two sixes to help India post 255 all out and set England their record chase of 399 to win.
England’s spinner Tom Hartley (4-77) continued to impress as he finished with four-for, while Rehan Ahmed (3-88) made key breakthroughs after tea to mop up the tail.
England’s openers Zak Crawley (29no) and Ben Duckett (28) shared a 50-run partnership to get England to a comfortable start in the final session.
Duckett caught a huge inside edge off Ravichandran Ashwin onto his pads which saw the ball balloon up and a superb diving catch from Bharat removed the opener as England posted 67-1 and require 332 runs to win.
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