Manchester | England raced to 77 for no loss at tea after bowling out India for 358 in their first innings on the second day of the fourth Test here on Thursday.
Openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley were batting on 43 and 33, respectively, at the break as the Indian bowlers looked pedestrian in the face of strong response from the home team.
This was after Rishabh Pant batted with a fractured toe to score a half-century before the Ben Stokes-led England ended India's first innings post lunch.
The injured Pant, who walked in awkwardly to a standing ovation a day after retiring hurt on 37 after copping a blow on his right foot, braved pain to make 54 off 75 balls even as Stokes finished with excellent figures of 5/72.
Resuming on 264 for four, India were dealt an early blow as Ravindra Jadeja edged a Jofra Archer outswinger to Harry Brook at second slip in only the day's second over. It was a fine catch by Brooks who dived forward to hold the dipping ball.
Shardul Thakur (41) and Washington Sundar (27) then added 48 runs for the sixth wicket while negotiating a tough phase after England opted to take the second new ball at the start of the day's play.
England skipper Stokes broke the flourishing stand when he had Thakur brilliantly caught at gully by a diving Ben Duckett.
Brief scores:
India 1st innings: 358 all out in 114.1 overs (Sai Sudharsan 61, Yashasvi Jaiswal 58, Rishabh Pant 54, Shardul Thakur 41; Ben Stokes 5/72).
England 1st innings: 77 for no loss in 14 overs.
Scoreboard at tea on Day 2 of the fourth Test between India and England here on Thursday.
India 1st innings: 358
England 1st innings:
Zak Crawley batting 33
Ben Duckett batting 43
Extras: 1 (nb-1)
Total: 77/0 in 14 overs
Bowling: Jasprit Bumrah 5-2-22-0, Anshul Kamboj 5-0-29-0, Mohammed Siraj 4-0-26-0.
