Cook, Root hit 50s; England cross 200

September 10, 2018 17:03

Eng 208-2 (64 ovs) & 332 vs India 292 | Scorecard

India look very down at the moment, they desperately need a wicket to fire themselves up.

England are scoring at a good rate and building up the lead quite rapidly.

A single to Cook off Shami takes him to 12401 runs going past Kumar Sangakkara to fifth position in the all time scoring list in Test cricket.

Root making his intentions clear as he takes a couple of steps down and lofts Jadeja back over his head for a six.

Root in full flow. In the next over, he pulls a short ball from Shami square on the leg side for a four and keeps strike with one from the last ball.

Part-time off-spinner Hanuma Vihari into the attack in place of Jadeja. Root runs the first ball down to thirdman for two runs and sweeps the next ball for one before Cook also picks a single.

Change of ends for Jadeja but no change in approach for England. Jadeja drops one halfway down the pitch as Cook rocks back and slaps it through the covers for a four and then takes a leg bye.

Root continues the flow of runs as he gets his front foot across and paddles Jadeja fine on the leg side for another four.

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