India vs England 4th Test 
Cricket

India slip to 1 for 2 at lunch after England make 669

India were reeling on 1 for two in their second innings at lunch on Day 4 after conceding a massive 311-run lead against England in the fourth Test here on Saturday.

Manchester | India were reeling on 1 for two in their second innings at lunch on Day 4 after conceding a massive 311-run lead against England in the fourth Test here on Saturday.

Pacer Chris Woakes dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal and B Sai Sudharsan in successive balls in the first over itself, as the visitors now trail by 310 runs.

Earlier, riding on a hundred by skipper Ben Stokes, England posted an imposing 669 in their first innings.

Stokes (141 from 198 balls) put to rest his two-year long drought to make his 14th Test hundred as England marched on to a 600-plus total.

Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah finally conceded 100 runs or more in an innings for the first time in his 48th Test.

For India, Ravindra Jadeja took four wickets.

With the Old Trafford pitch showing increasing signs of variable bounce, Indian batters' task is cut out in the second innings.

Brief Scores:

India 1st innings: 358 all out & 1/2 in 3 overs (Woakes 0/2) vs England: 669 all out in 157.1 overs (Joe Root 150, Ben Stokes 141, Ben Duckett 94, Zak Crawley 84; Ravindra Jadeja 4/143).

Scoreboard at lunch on Day 4 of the fourth Test between India and England here on Saturday.

India 1st innings: 358

England 1st innings (Overnight 544/7):

Zak Crawley c Rahul b Jadeja 84

Ben Duckett c (sub) Jurel b Kamboj 94

Ollie Pope c Rahul b Washington 71

Joe Root st (sub) Jurel b Jadeja 150

Harry Brookst (sub) Jurel b Washington 3

Ben Stokes c Sudharsan b Jadeja 141

Jamie Smith c (sub) Jurel b Bumrah 9

Chris Woakes b Siraj 4

Liam Dawson b Bumrah 26

Brydon Carse c Siraj b Jadeja 47

Jofra Archer (not out) 2

Extras: (B-8, LB-15, NB-14, W-1) 38

Total: (all out in 157.1 overs) 669

Fall of wickets: 1-166, 2-197, 3-341, 4-349, 5-499, 6-515, 7-528, 8-563, 9-658.

Bowling: Jasprit Bumrah 33-5-112-2, Anshul Kamboj 18-1-89-1, Mohammed Siraj 30-4-140-1, Shardul Thakur 11-0-55-0, Ravindra Jadeja 37.1-0-143-4, Washington Sundar 28-4-107-2.

India 2nd Innings:

Yashasvi Jaiswal c Root b Woakes 0

KL Rahul batting 1

Sai Sudharsan c Brook b Woakes 0

Shubman Gill batting 0

Extras: 0

Total: (for two wickets in three overs) 1

Bowling: Chris Woakes 2-2-0-2, Jofra Archer 1-0-1-0.

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