KL Rahul, who played a calm 55, was also dismissed in the current first session on Day 4 after Karun Nair was cheaply dismissed on 26 runs. Brydon Carse dismissed Nair, who had a nightmare start, before Josh Tongue came up with an absolute ripper that dismissed Rahul with his middle stump being dislodged. And as both set batters return to the pavilion, it is now the turn of Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant to steady the Indian innings and get a good partnership going for India.
On Day 4, India was already sitting on a massive 244-run first-innings lead and had been in control of this Test with bat and ball. Their bowlers, especially Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep, had bowled well in the first innings against England, which put the tourists on the back foot. It is now the responsibility of the Indian batters to put up an intimidating score against England, which would ideally be well over 450 runs, since in the first test, England managed to get past 350 runs on the board.
It was KL Rahul (28) and Karun Nair (7) who were unbeaten at the end of Day 2, and this placed India in a good position during the overcast sky, but the rain clouds and drizzle were threatening to alter the schedule of the weekend. Rahul seemed fluid as he played both front and back foot comfortable shots, whereas Nair was being forced to produce a good innings after three failures on the trot in the series.
During the first half of the innings, the Indian openers blazed in the Edgbaston floodlights with the openers putting on at times more than seven runs an over. Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a rapid 28 in 22 balls and India were in a positive mood, before Tongue bowled him leg-before.
The most notable part of the match is a career-changing performance by the six-wicket haul (6/70) of Mohammed Siraj. Jasprit Bumrah did not bowl in the game, where Siraj led the attack successfully. He dismissed Joe Root and Ben Stokes in the first two balls of Day 3 to leave England on 84/5.
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