Kohli out for 49; India 5 down

September 08, 2018 22:46

India 154-5 (47 ovs) vs Eng 332 | Scorecard

Stokes tries a short ball as Vihari goes for the pull but gets a top edge which flies over the fine leg fence for a six.

Vihari fails to learn from his mistake as he goes for the pull and yet again he gets the top edge which falls short of the incoming Rashid at fine leg and it goes past him for a four as he is beaten on the bounce.

Kohli has a long chat with the youngster who clips the last ball to fine leg for a quiet single.

Curran bowls another short ball down the leg side as Vihari clips it off his pads fine on the leg side for a four before he takes a single off the next to fine leg.

Curran tries another short ball as Kohli pulls it to deep square for one.

Another edgy moment for Vihari as he chases a wide delivery from Curran only to be beaten as England appeal for caught behind which is turned down.

Kohli has another chat but the youngster fails to learn and again goes after a very wide delivery to be beaten again! Poor batting from Vihari, who is playing quite a few loose shots to keep England's bowlers interested!

But he slaps the last ball straight down the ground past mid-off for a four to raise the 50-run stand for the fifth wicket.

Stokes makes a major breakthrough with the big wicket of Kohli, who looks to drive a wide delivery which moves away to take the edge and Root completes a good catch at second slip.

Kohli misses out on a half-century as he walks back for 49 with India in trouble on 154 for five.

Rishabh Pant watchfully defends the remaining four deliveries with stumps around 15 minutes away.

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