Stokes at least afforded England an opening before the second new ball. Jofra Archer removed Gill, caught behind after an injudicious waft, but only after joining Don Bradman in a select club who made four hundreds in a series against England and the great Australian and Sunil Gavaskar who managed four in one as captain.

It was the 139th over of India’s monumental second-innings resistance. Stokes, his bowlers worn thin after 140 overs in the dirt, walked up to the crease and offered a truce. But Sundar (then 80*) and

Coming in at No 5 for the first time in his Test career, all-rounder's maiden Test century gives India a hard-fought draw as he underlines his emergence as a MVP