India bounce back from 191-all out by reducing England to 53/3 at Oval
England were 53 for three at stumps in response to India’s 191 on day one of the fourth Test here on Thursday.
Jasprit Bumrah removed the openers Rory Burns and Haseeb Hameed in one over before Umesh Yadav found the defences of in-form Joe Root.
Umesh Yadav bowling a 🔥 ball at Joe Root.#ENGvINDpic.twitter.com/NDgIy8s8Kl
— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) September 2, 2021
Virat Kohli made 50 off 96 balls while Shardul Thakur saved India the blushes with a sensational 57 off 36 balls and took the total towards 200 in the final session. As many as seven wickets fell in the final session.
England produced another top-class bowling effort after winning the toss with Chris Woakes taking four wickets and Ollie Robinson taking three.
Robinson dismissed Kohli for the third time in the series with the India skipper departing after a well-made fifty. India reached 122 for six at tea.
Virat Kohli this series:
c Buttler b Anderson 0
c Root b Robinson 42
c Buttler b Curran 20
c Buttler b Anderson 7
c Root b Robinson 55
c Bairstow b Robinson 50All six dismissals have been caught by the wicketkeeper or in the slip cordon.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/5rhSGuajf4
— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) September 2, 2021
India struggled against the moving ball in the morning session, struggling to 54 for three at lunch.
Root put India in to bat amid overcast conditions. Coming back from injury, Woakes made instant impact by having Rohit Sharma (11) caught behind in his first over.
Robinson then trapped K L Rahul (17) with a ball that nipped backed in.
Cheteshwar Pujara followed an outswinger from James Anderson only to edge it to the wicketkeeper to leave India reeling at 39 for three.
Jadeja came ahead of Rahane and Pant.
Brief scores: India 191 all out in 61.3 overs (Virat Kohli 50, Shardul Thakur 57; James Anderson 1/41, Ollie Robinson 3/38, Chris Woakes 4/55, Craig Overton 1/49). England 53/3 in 17 overs (Joe Root 21, Dawid Malan batting 26; Jasprit Bumrah 2/15).
