Leeds : Jasprit Bumrah, India’s premier pacer, bagged his 14th career 5-fer, this time against England at Headingley, Leeds, resisting a giant comeback from english team, on Day 3 of 1st Test.
England ended the day 2 on 209-3, with Ollie Pope and Harry Brook at crease.
Prasidh Krishna dismissed centurion Ollie Pope (106) quickly at the start of day. Harry Brook (99) went on to play blistering knock, but missed century by 1 run. He notched 2 vital partnerships with skipper Ben Stokes (20), Jamie Smith (40), Chris Woakes (38), of – 51, 73, 49, respectively.
Woakes, Brydon Carse (22), Josh Tongue (11) added crucial runs lower down the order, a thing that India missed.
Jasprit Bumrah bagged 5 wickets and Prasidh Krishna picked 3 wickets as England were restricted to 465, only trailing by 6 runs.
India coming to Bat in 2nd innings, lost Yashasvi Jaiswal (4) and Sai Sudarshan (30). At the end of Day 3 , India are on 90-2 , with Shubman Gill (6*) and KL Rahul (47) at crease.
