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ENG vs IND | Bumrah fifer rescues India against Bazballian display on evenly contested Day 3

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ByGantavya Adukia, SportsCafe Editor

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India and England headed into the dressing room at the end of Day 3 unsure of which team had the advantage with the visitors batting on 90/2 after earning a slender six-run first innings lead. Harry Brook’s 99 had England destined to take the lead, until a late Jasprit Bumrah burst foiled plans.

England began the third day in Headingley on a positive note as Harry Brook banished the previous inning’s demons to get off the mark and some, including an authoritative boundary while charging down Jasprit Bumrah. However, Prasidh Krishna quickly set them back with centurion Ollie Pope’s wicket in just the third over of the day before Mohammed Siraj opened his tally by dismissing Ben Stokes after a 20-run cameo. With the second new ball due in 15 overs, India had their tail-up – just the kind of situation England thrive on. Brook and Jamie Smith took the game by the scruff of its neck for the rest of the session, adding 51 runs in a little over 12 overs to take the team through to Lunch at 327/5.
More boundaries followed upon resumption as the duo added 22 runs in the next 15 balls but ended up playing one shot too many as an exceptional relay catch at the boundary by Ravindra Jadeja and Sai Sudharsan sent Smith packing. Nevertheless, with Chris Woakes giving company, Brook rushed his way to 99, aware of Leeds patiently waiting to rise on its feet for their local boy’s first Test ton at home. Yet, in a tragic moment, the Yorkshireman hooked Krishna straight down deep square leg’s throat when on 99 to fall victim to a batter’s greatest horror. With the second new ball just seven overs old, the visitors had a golden opportunity to take a meaningful first innings lead, but Woakes and Brydon Carse had other plans. Giving a new meaning to tail wagging, the duo rattled 55 runs together at over run-a-ball before Siraj sounded Carse the death rattle. Even though two quick scalps in a brief Bumrah burst before Tea folded out England for 465, India’s lead now read a vacuous six runs.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul walked out to open in the third session hoping to repeat their first innings heroics but Carse quickly put any such fantasies to bed by sending the former packing for a mere four runs. The wicket gave Sai Sudharsan the opportunity to score his first runs in Test cricket on the second time of asking and with Rahul strung together a comfortable 66-run partnership. However, with Stumps approaching, the youngster succumbed to Ben Stokes albeit it made no difference to Shubman Gill as the skipper struck a fearless first ball four to help India through to Stumps at 90/2.

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