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If India didn't perform well enough to make significant strides in this game, the unbeaten 45-run stand has certainly dragged England further. Kuldeep Yadav has appeared more assured than many of the England batters throughout the entire series. Initially blocking his way, Bumrah managed to nudge around to score some runs too.
Rohit and Gill set the first session on fire with positive cricket, both completing their hundreds. Devdutt Padikkal, on debut, never looked out of place as he notched up a fifty, but the habit of hanging back to not-so-short balls eventually got him. Sarfaraz got set and then unleashed in typical fashion. England made a comeback with 4 wickets for 25 runs, but Kuldeep and Bumrah frustrated them to stretch India's lead past 250.
Stokes bowled a dream ball to Rohit when he bowled for the first time in international cricket since last year's Ashes Test at Lord's. Anderson got one close to 700. Bashir was the pick of the bowlers with 4 wickets, and Hartley joined the party late.
Squads:
India’s Playing IX: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Devdutt Padikkal, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah (VC) Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj.
England's Playing IX: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes ©, Ben Foakes, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson, Shoaib Bashir
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