BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) —  India will be favoured to make it 1-1 in the series, and Shubman Gill is leading the charge, even if his declaration might be regarded as conservative. England fans were certainly displeased with the India skipper making his team bat on until the drinks break in the last session, as they chanted, “Boring, boring India.”

What can’t be denied was Gill’s excellence with the bat as the Indians racked up more runs — 1,014 — than they’ve ever scored in a test match.

He hit 13 fours and eight sixes in his 162-ball knock that was relatively sedate early on — especially compared to Rishabh Pant at the other end, either side of lunch, as the wicketkeeper made an incident-filled, bat-tossing 65 — before he opened his shoulders as he headed to the 150 mark.

It was a chanceless innings before Gill top-edged a return catch to off-spinner Shoaib Bashir. Such was the quality of Gill’s display that Bashir and England captain Ben Stokes shook his hand as he walked off the field.

England’s top order flattened

England were facing a mighty, overwhelming target and made a poor start with a seventh duck of the match as Crawley meekly drove Mohammed Siraj to backward point.

That was 11-1, and it was soon 30-2 when Duckett glanced an inside edge onto his own stumps off pacer Akash Deep.

With 15 minutes remaining, Deep got another as a seaming delivery was too good for Root and went through his defense onto the stumps.

Ollie Pope (24) and Harry Brook (15) were the men in the middle at the close. England were 72/3 while chasing 608.

England lead the series after winning at Headingley last week, reaching a target of 371 for the 10th-highest fourth-innings run chase in test history.

India look to have too many on the board this time.