Bashir tempting Pant with a few flighted deliveries but the left-hander is watchful against the spinner early on as he plays out a maiden over.
Stokes continues as Gill mishits the pull shot but it falls short of fine leg for a single.
Pant softly pushes the second ball in the gap at midwicket for one.
Gill in control of the pull shot as he hits the fourth ball along the ground to deep square leg for one and Pant keeps out the last two balls.
Bashir drifts on the pads as Gill works it off his pads through square leg for two runs and then defends the rest of the over.
England are using the spinner to hold one end up as they aim to pull back things by drying up the runs.
India are well-placed for a huge total as they reach 231/3 in 56 overs, scoring at above four per over.
Gill has looked in complete control on 67 from 88 balls, with nine fours.
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