The visitors didn’t have a great resumption to their innings after the lunch break losing the wicket of all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who walked in at No 5 ahead of vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane. Skipper Virat Kohli survived a drop-catch as his England counterpart Joe Root spilled a difficult chance at first slip.
Kohli and his deputy then continued the never-ending rebuilding phase for his side trying to negotiate the England bowling attack. Kohli had his famous cover drives on display as after the luck he needed, looked a lot more confident on the crease and brought up his 27th half-century in Test matches.
However, his innings didn’t last long after the milestone as the wait for the 71st century continued. It was Ollie Robinson again, who bowled a peach of a delivery to get rid of Kohli, again.
A short-of-a-length delivery on the line of the off-stump that rose a little high for Kohli’s comfort and he had to play at it and could get only as far as the wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow’s gloves.
Massive wicket!!
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Rahane and Pant then joined forces to help the team get out of the troublesome situation. However, the former’s fight was short-lived as Craig Overton got the ball to shape away from him and he edged it straight into the hands of Moeen Ali in the slips.
India were now reduced to 122/6 at tea with Rishabh Pant and Shardul Thakur in the middle.
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