Finance
With rain consuming the majority of Day Two of the rescheduled fifth Test between England and India at Edgbaston, captain Jasprit Bumrah shone with his all-round efforts to seal the day in India’s favor. After scoring 416 in the first innings, India reduced England to 84/5 in 27 overs at stumps, with the visitors leading by 332 runs.
After Ravindra Jadeja scored his third Test century, Bumrah smashed an unbeaten 31 off 16 balls, the majority of which came from a record 35-run over off Stuart Broad.
Bumrah ran through the top order with the ball, including twice taking a wicket on extra deliveries after no-balls, and was backed up by Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami, who each picked up a wicket in the shortened final session to put India ahead.
After a little more than two hours, the rain Gods gave way to bright sunshine. Joe Root got the first boundary of the final session with a thick outer edge on a drive off Mohammed Shami over the slip cordon before driving beautifully through cover for another.
Shami roughed up Root with the nip-backer beating his inner edge and hitting the glove with a hint of extra bounce, in addition to beating him outside the off-stump. India appealed twice after Root was beaten on the inner edge, squandering their review opportunity both times.
When Mohammed Siraj arrived, he started cramping Root for the room, beating his inner edge by mixing back a length and wide of off ones. Siraj’s efforts paid off when a wobble-seam ball nipped back in and cramped Root shaping for the cut, with the ball taking the bottom edge to wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant.
Shami’s persistence and shift to bowling a little fuller earned him the wicket of nightwatchman Jack Leach, who was dropped in his previous over, by angling the ball in from around the wicket and getting it to move slightly away to take the outer edge to Pant. England captain Ben Stokes and Sam Billings led the team to safety until stumps were called.
India 416 in 84.5 overs (Rishabh Pant 146, Ravindra Jadeja 104; James Anderson 5-60, Matthew Potts 2-105) leads England 84/5 in 27 overs (Joe Root 31, Jasprit Bumrah 3-35) by 332 runs.
Source:OCN
