Root and Pope perish; England in trouble

August 21, 2018 17:08

Eng 66-4 (28 ovs); Target to win: 521 | Scorecard

This is top quality bowling from the Indian fast bowlers. Shami tempts Pope with the wide outswinger as the right-hander goes after it, only to get the edge and Kohli takes a super catch diving to his right and completes the catch in front of second slip.

Pope is dismissed for 16 as England slip to 62 for four.

Jos Buttler goes off the mark with a single to fine leg region and Ben Stokes taps Shami's next ball in the covers for one.

A long first spell for Bumrah as India continue with the pacer after he took a wicket in his previous over.

He nearly strikes again as Buttler (1) gets the edge but wicketkeeper Pant's initial movement to the leg side him away from the ball. He makes a last minute attempt, with a dive to his right as he gets his gloves to the ball but fails to pouch it.

Bumrah is given a break after a long second spell of nine overs during which he claimed a wicket but also beat the bat quite a few times and also had the catch dropped of Buttler by Pant.

No relief for England as Hardik Pandya, the wrecker in chief with the ball in the first innings, comes into the attack.

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