India, July 4 -- Rishabh Pant has briefly got the opportunity to lead India twice in the second Test match against England in Birmingham and he has been very active on both occasions. Pant, who started as captain on Day 2 as regular skipper Shubman Gill did not straightaway come out to the field for the first two overs after his record-breaking marathon 269-run knock, he did a superb job when Gill was again off the field for a short while in the final session of Day 3.

Pant, the designated vice-captain of Team India, took over the leadership when Gill was off the field in the middle of an excellent spell from Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep with the second new ball. In the penultimate ball of the 88th over, Siraj got one to jag back in at ...