Joe Root gets what could be the most important wicket of the hour, the one wicket England wanted as soon as possible. Big shout for LBW against Rahul and the umpire gives it. Rahul takes the review, it is three reds and he has to go. India have lost their top five and are still 124 runs away.
Axar falls in the very first over of the session. Tom Hartley’s turnaround is the kind that wins teams Test matches and England are chipping away here. This is poor from Axar, a very, very soft dismissal. Half-hearted drive by Axar and it ends up being the simplest of catches for the bowler.
Ollie Pope missed out on a well-deserved double-century, falling to Jasprit Bumrah and thus ending the England innings on a score of 420. Pope received handshakes from the Indian players as he walked off after scoring a colossal 196, the fourth-highest score by a visiting batter in the second innings in India. His innings has helped England post a tricky target of 231 for India to chase and take a 1-0 lead and he, alongwith Ben Foakes, Rehan Ahmed and Tom Hartley, has given his side a fighting chance art recording a remarkable come-from-behind victory. Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Tom Hartley earlier in the day and thus ended an 80-run partnership between the latter and Pope. Before that stand, Jasprit Bumrah sent back Rehan Ahmed to get India the first wicket of Day 4 but that was not before the 19-year-old’s partnership with Pope crossed 50.
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