Mohali, Nov 26 (CRICKETNMORE) Riding on a disciplined bowling effort from the bowlers, India reduced England to 92\/4 at lunch on the opening day of the third Test at the Punjab Cricket Association I.S. Bindra Cricket Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Electing to bat after winning the toss, England lost opener Haseeb Hameed (9) before skipper Alastair Cook (27) and Joe Root (15) took them past the 50-run mark.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But the hosts quickly turned it around with three quick wickets of Cook, Root and Moeen Ali (16) just before the lunch break to put the visitors on the backfoot.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Stumper Jonny Bairstow (20) and Ben Stokes (5) were at the crease when the umpires called for lunch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Teenaged opener Hameed, who survived 31 balls, was the first casualty for the English side when a short of a good length delivery from pacer Umesh Yadav hit his gloves to give an easy catch to Ajinkya Rahane at gully.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Root then joined Cook in the middle but failed to impress before succumbing leg before to off-spinner Jayant Yadav as the visitors were reduced to 51\/2.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Cook, meanwhile failed to capitalise on the two dropped chances -- dropped on 4 by Ravindra Jadeja and then on 23 by Ravichandran Ashwin -- both off pacer Mohammed Shami.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
His 42-ball vigil at the crease was cut short by a short and wide delivery from Ashwin, which resulted in a thin edge for stumper Parthiv Patel. Cook batted fluently for his 27, which was laced with six hits to the fence.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Tottering at 51\/3, India skipper Virat Kohli immediately brought back Shami into the attack which the Bengal pacer responded beautifully by packing left-hander Moeen Ali.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Back for his second spell, Shami induced Ali with a short delivery, which resulted in a top edge only to be caught at fine leg by Murali Vijay.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ali looked confident in the middle hitting Jayant Yadav for a consecutive four and a six during his 45-ball stay. Thereafter, Bairstow and Stokes survived a few anxious moments to take England to 92\/4 when the umpires signalled for the lunch break.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
For India, all the bowlers -- Umesh, Shami, Jayant and Ashwin managed to take a wicket each while left-arm spinner Ravindra jadeja was yet to be introduced into the attack in the morning session.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/indian-bowlers-put-england-on-the-backfoot.jpg", "alt_img": "Indian bowlers put England on the backfoot", "alt_title": "Jayant Yadav and Virat Kohli ", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Third Test: Indian bowlers put England on the backfoot (Lead Lunch Report)", "seo_desc": "Mohali, Nov 26 (CRICKETNMORE) Riding on a disciplined bowling effort from the bowlers, India reduced England to 92\/4 at lunch on the opening day of the third ", "seo_keywords": "Jayant Yadav, Virat Kohli, Indian Cricket Team, India vs England ", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "0", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "mohali-test-indian-bowlers-put-england-on-the-backfoot", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "1993", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "0", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2016-11-26 14:05:00", "updated": "2016-11-26 14:05:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2016-11-26 14:05:00", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2016-11-26 14:05:00", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/mohali-test-indian-bowlers-put-england-on-the-backfoot-21478" }