England nice James Anderson ripped by the highest order as India collapsed to 78 all out on the primary day of the third Check at Headingley on Wednesday.
Anderson took 3-6 in eight overs, together with the prize wicket of India captain Virat Kohli, who gained the toss.
Each Sam Curran and Craig Overton took two wickets in two balls after lunch, with Overton ending with 3-14 in 10.Four overs after being recalled rather than injured quick bowler Mark Wooden.
India, 56-Four at lunch, misplaced their final six wickets for 22 runs, with the innings accomplished inside 41 overs after simply over three hours’ play.
This was India’s lowest Check whole in opposition to England since being dismissed for 42 at Lord’s in 1974.
It adopted their all-time lowest Check innings whole of 36 in opposition to Australia in Adelaide in December — throughout a sequence India ultimately gained 2-1.
Rohit Sharma (19) and vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane (18) had been the one India batsmen to make it into double figures on Wednesday, with 16 runs coming in extras.
England had been 21-Zero in reply at tea, with their new opening partnership of Rory Burns (three not out) and Haseeb Hameed (15 not out) nonetheless unbeaten.
An unchanged India got here into this match 1-Zero up within the five-Check sequence after an excellent 151-run win at Lord’s final week.
England, in contrast, recalled Overton after Wooden, joined fellow quicks Stuart Broad, Jofra Archer and Olly Stone on the sidelines.
Kohli gained the toss and regardless of the overcast circumstances that promised to help Anderson, already essentially the most profitable fast bowler in Check historical past, determined to bat.
India’s captain Virat Kohli walks off the sector after shedding his wicket throughout the first day of the third Check match between England and India, at Headingley cricket floor in Leeds, England, on Wednesday. — APBut India, having seen Rahul and Rohit share a century opening stand at Lord’s, had been 1-1 off simply the fifth ball of the day.
Following a number of inswingers, Anderson pitched one up that moved much less and Rahul, recent from his 129 at Lord’s, fell for a duck when he edged a booming drive to wicketkeeper Jos Buttler.
The customarily gritty Pujara lasted simply 9 balls for one, undone by an excellent Anderson supply that each swung away and seamed off the pitch.
Anderson and Kohli had exchanged indignant phrases at Lord’s after the England tailender had been subjected to a bouncer barrage from Jasprit Bumrah.
However there was little time for any extra ‘sledging’ as Kohli, and not using a Check hundred in two years and averaging simply 23 since January 2020, fell for seven when he tried to drive an Anderson ball he may need defended to present Buttler one other catch.
Rahul, Pujara and Kohli managed simply eight runs between them.
Ollie Robinson then struck with what grew to become the final ball earlier than lunch when Rahane (18) additionally nicked behind.
The damaging Rishabh Pant fell for simply two when, taking part in a unfastened shot off Robinson, he too grew to become one among Buttler’s 5 catches within the innings.
Rohit, who made a advantageous 83 at Lord’s, fell subsequent when he mishooked a looping bouncer from Overton to Robinson at mid-on Subsequent ball India had been 67-7 when Mohammed Shami, who had defied England with a Check-best 56 at Lord’s, was out for a duck when he edged Burns into the slips.
Curran then took two in two balls as properly, with Ravindra Jadeja and Bumrah lbw to the left-arm swing bowler.
The innings ended when Mohammed Siraj was caught head-high within the slips by England captain Joe Root off Overton.
A measure of England’s dominance to date was that Ishant Sharma conceded 9 runs in his first over, greater than Anderson gave up in his spell.
