Whether it is batting as a pair or ushering in the new dawn of Indian cricket as the flag bearers in the field, Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill have been at the forefront in this England tour. Pant hit centuries in both innings of the first Test. His partnership with Gill, who got his then-highest Test score, erased all doubts about the future of India's batting unit after the retirement of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. In the second Test in Birmingham, Pant did not get a big score but Gill went on to break a plethora of records with a staggering 269-run knock. Their partnership with the bat was brief but effective.

In the field, Gill and Pant have been hunting in pairs. That is generally a terminology reserved for bowlers, but the Indian captain and vice-captain have been doing a splendid job keeping the English batters on their toes. Towards the end of Day 2, Pant and Gill worked in tandem to put the pressure right back on Harry Brook, who was trying to waste time.

Brook tried his best to ensure the 19th over of England's innings, bowled by Ravindra Jadeja, was the last of the day. In order to do that, he resorted to classic time-wasting tactics. After facing the first ball, Brook went away and adjusted his gloves. He did the same after the third ball of the over, which did not go down well with Rishabh Pant.

"Bowler is ready," Pant told the umpire, who took note of it and advised Brook to take strike instead of wasting time. After facing the next ball, Brook went to the middle of the pitch to tap it.

"What is this? Every ball? He's taking time to get ready every ball," Pant screamed with his arms spread. Jadeja bowled the next ball and Brook defended it. Despite Brooj's desperate attempts, Jadeja managed to complete the over with one minute still to go before the scheduled close of play. That was enough for the umpires to squeeze in another over.

India captain Shubman Gill made the decision to protest to the umpire Brook's delaying methods as the players were changing ends. The umpire responded by saying, "I can't (physically) push the batter," in an attempt to explain to Gill that Brook had already been cautioned.

As England headed to stumps at 77/3, trailing India by a huge 510 runs, Prasidh Krishna bowled the final over, which Brook and Joe Root successfully managed.

This was not the first conflict between Gill and Brook. Brook had a few pleasant words for Gill, who was trying for his first triple century, a little over an hour ago. Although the stump mic didn't capture the whole incident, it did capture Brook saying, "290s are the hardest" to Gill.

Gill was fired a few minutes later after attempting to pull a Josh Tongue delivery, scoring 269 runs. After being invited to bat by England captain Ben Stokes, India was able to score 587 thanks to his record-breaking innings.

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