India Lose 2 Wickets For 3 Runs After Stokes' 141 Helps England Take 311-Run Lead
With England posting a mammoth 669 in the morning session, India had to bat for an awkward 20-minute period before lunch.
India made a disastrous start to their second innings after Ben Stokes' stroke-filled hundred, following his five-wicket haul, helped England take a massive 311-run lead in the fourth Test on Saturday.
With England posting a mammoth 669 in the morning session, India had to bat for an awkward 20-minute period before lunch.
It was chaos in the middle as Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan departed on successive balls in the first over of India's innings. Jaiswal was squared up by a Chris Woakes delivery that deviated away, with Joe Root snapping it at first slip after a brief fumble. The very next ball, Sudharsan was late in leaving the ball and ended up giving catching practice to Harry Brook at second slip.
Like in the second innings, England fast bowlers seemed to get a lot more out of the pitch than the Indians in this brief passage of play.
Resuming the day at 544 for seven, England effectively batted India out of the game. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj looked in good rhythm and bowled with much more intensity than shown on Friday, but it was not enough to stop England from amassing the highest total at Old Trafford.
Bumrah ended with figures of 33-5-112-2, the first time he conceded 100 runs or more in what has been a phenomenal Test career.
He completed a rare double of a century and a five-wicket haul in the same game with a tickle down the leg side off Siraj that went for four. The hundred, coming after two years, meant a lot to him.
When Stokes made room to whack Washington Sundar down the ground for six, he became only the third cricketer to complete 7000 runs and 200 wickets after Jacques Kallis and Sir Gary Sobers.
With England collecting boundaries for fun, it also marked the first time since 2014 that India conceded 600 runs in an innings.
(With inputs from PTI)
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