4th Test: Pope And Root Smash Fifties, Put England In Sight Of Taking First-innings Lead
It was a session where England continued to capitalise by amassing 107 runs in 28 overs, and push India further on the backfoot, as the tourists’ bowling line-up continued to miss their lengths. Pope and Root built further on the foundations laid by openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley by sharing an unbeaten 135-run stand for the third wicket.
The session began sedately before Root flicked Jasprit Bumrah for four, and was followed by him and Pope taking a boundary each off Mohammed Siraj. Root survived a run-out chance on 22 when Jadeja’s throw from point was off target. To add to India’s agony, neither mid-off or mid-on backed up to the stumps.
The duo continued to take boundaries off India’s frontline pacers before Pope reached his 16th Test fifty off 93 balls. As soon as Root crossed 31, he went past Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis to be the third leading run-getter in Tests.
The session began sedately before Root flicked Jasprit Bumrah for four, and was followed by him and Pope taking a boundary each off Mohammed Siraj. Root survived a run-out chance on 22 when Jadeja’s throw from point was off target. To add to India’s agony, neither mid-off or mid-on backed up to the stumps.
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Brief Scores: India 358 in 114.1 overs (B Sai Sudharsan 61; Ben Stokes 5-72) lead England 332/2 in 74 overs (Ben Duckett 94, Zak Crawley 84; Ravindra Jadeja 1-59, Anshul Kamboj 1-72) by 133 runs