Birmingham, July 3 -- A historic marathon double ton from skipper Shubman Gill and his 144-run stand with Washington Sundar helped India dominate the second session on day two of the second Test against England at Birmingham, posting in excess of 550 runs at the end of the session.

At Tea, India was 564/7, with Gill (265*) and Akash Deep (0*) unbeaten.

India kickstarted the second session at 419/6, with Gill (168*) joined by Washington Sundar (1*).

Washington and Gill moved cautiously for the first few overs, before Gill let his hands loose against Shoaib Bashir's spin and Josh Tongue's pace, fetching himself two fours and a six within a matter of eight deliveries.

Gill's boundary towards deep backwards square leg brought up 450 runs ...