The players are back out after tea. The field is spread for Shubman Gill as Josh Tongue starts a new spell. Gill cuts the first ball to deep point for a single. Akash Deep then plays out a few solid defensive strokes before finishing the over in style - driving a boundary through the off side. Five runs off the over - India are 569 for 7 after 142 overs.
Shoaib Bashir switches ends, and the batters keep things ticking with a few well-placed singles. Another steady over '" India move to 574 for 7 after 143 overs.
Tongue continues, and it's another short one. Gill pulls out to deep backward square for a single. Then - disappointment. Another short ball, and this time Gill tries to roll his wrists and play it softly to square leg - but it loops tamely into the hands of the fielder. A soft dismissal to end what has been an extraordinary knock.
Gill looks visibly disappointed - and exhausted - as he walks off, but the applause is deafening, from both the crowd and the Indian dressing room.
Shubman Gill departs for a monumental 269 off 387 balls, the highest Test score by an Indian batter in England. A captain's knock that has set the game up brilliantly for his side.
Mohammed Siraj, the right-hander, makes his way to the crease. After 144 overs, India are 574 for 8.
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