India's Rishabh Pant celebrates his century against England in the first Test at Headingley

Leeds (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Rishabh Pant became the third India batsman in the innings to make a hundred before England hit back with the ball on Saturday’s second day of the series opener at Headingley to dismiss the tourists for 471.

India were cruising towards a score in excess of 500 after being sent into bat by England captain Ben Stokes on Friday’s first day of a five-match series.

But a collapse either side of lunch on Saturday saw India lose their last seven wickets for 41 runs inside 12 overs despite Pant’s typically dynamic 134.

Stokes led England’s attack with an economical 4-66 in 20 overs, while fast bowler Josh Tongue wrapped up the innings on his way to 4-86.

India resumed on their overnight 359-3 after opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (101) and captain Shubman Gill (127 not out) had already reached three figures.

It was not long before Gill, in his first innings as India skipper since succeeding the retired Rohit Sharma, went to his highest Test score with a classic off-drive for four against Chris Woakes.

That shot meant the 25-year-old Gill surpassed his previous best of 128 against Australia in Ahmedabad two years ago.

The runs continued to flow as wicketkeeper Pant, 65 not out overnight, went to a hundred in spectacular style.

He charged down the pitch to Shoaib Bashir before hoisting the off-spinner high over deep midwicket for six despite one hand coming off the bat.

Pant’s seventh hundred in 44 Tests, and fourth against England, came off 146 balls including 10 fours and four sixes in a typically aggressive innings.

The 27-year-old then celebrated his century with an acrobatic somersault.

Pant smashed another six off Bashir as Gill continued to score in elegant fashion.

But just when England were wondering where their next wicket was coming from, Gill’s mistimed pick-up shot off Bashir flew straight to Brydon Carse at deep square leg as the skipper fell for 147, having faced 227 balls including 19 fours and one six.

Gill’s exit ended a partnership of 209 in 49 overs with Pant that had taken India to 430-4 and opened the door for a flurry of wickets to give England hope.

Karun Nair, who six years ago made an unbeaten triple-hundred against England, fell for a duck when brilliantly caught by a diving Ollie Pope at extra cover driving at Stokes.

With India debutant Sai Sudharsan out for a duck on Friday, Nair’s exit meant that for the first time in 148 years of Test history a team’s top six had got three hundreds and two noughts between them in the same innings.

Pant, having played a succession of extraordinary strokes, was lbw offering no shot to Tongue to end an innings that featured 84 runs in boundaries.

Shardul Thakur was caught behind off Stokes to force an early lunch before Tongue polished off the tail with a three-wicket burst.