The last time India had three centurions in a single day of Test cricket wasn’t that long back, on July 27 in Manchester. On that occasion, India mounted a splendid rearguard action to frustrate England’s designs of victory with Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar, and Ravindra Jadeja keeping their tryst with three figures and KL Rahul narrowly missing out, falling for 90.

Gill’s reverse sweep fails