Ranchi | Youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal batted with supreme confidence to compile yet another fifty but England off-spinner Shoaib Bashir's triple strike reduced India to 131 for four at tea on day two of the fourth Test here on Saturday.
Jaiswal hit five boundaries and a six on way to his unbeaten on 54 off 96 deliveries, his fourth fifty-plus score in seven innings this series, which includes two double hundreds.
While Jaiswal stood firm, India kept losing wickets to Shoaib Bashir (3/32) at the other end with Shubman Gill (38), Rajat Patidar (17) and Ravindra Jadeja (12) falling in addition of just 44 runs.
England were bowled out for 353 in the opening session with Joe Root standing tall with an unbeaten 122 as the visitors showed tremendous recovery from being reduced to 112/5 at one stage on the opening day.
In reply, India lost skipper Rohit Sharma (2) cheaply inside the third over when old warhorse James Anderson produced a superb delivery that moved away slightly off the surface after pitching on a perfect length.
After a watchful start, Gill acclerated in the post-lunch session, taking on Anderson with two elegant boundaries -- one flick off the pads, and a punch straight back down the ground.
But the young off-spinner Bashir, who came in place of Rehan Ahmed, provided the breakthrough for England, breaking the fine 82-run alliance between Gill and Jaiswal.
He delivered a ball that took off from the crack just outside off stump, trapped Gill on the pad as Indians reviewed unsuccessfully.
Jaiswal also survived a scare on 40 when he edged one to Ben Foakes, who took a forward diving catch but replays confirmed that the ball had bounce on the ground before going into his glove.
Jaiswal then used his feet to Robinson, and even danced down the track to launch Bashir over long-on for a maximum.
Patidar played a nervous innings before getting out for 17, while Jadeja again batting at No 5 got out for 12 at the stroke of tea.
Scoreboard at tea on the second day of the fourth Test between India and England here on Saturday.
England 1st Innings:
Zak Crawley b Akash Deep 42
Ben Duckett c Jurel b Akash Deep 11
Ollie Pope lbw b Akash Deep 0
Joe Root not out 122
Jonny Bairstow lbw b Ashwin 38
Ben Stokes lbw b Jadeja 3
Ben Foakes c Jadeja b Mohammed Siraj 47
Tom Hartley b Mohammed Siraj 13
Ollie Robinson c Jurel b Jadeja 58
Shoaib Bashir c Patidar b Jadeja 0
James Anderson lbw b Jadeja 0
Extras: (B-5, LB-9, NB-5) 19
Total: (All out in 104.5 overs) 353
Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-47, 3-57, 4-109, 5-112, 6-225, 7-245, 8-347, 9-349, 10-353
Bowling: Mohammed Siraj 18-3-78-2, Akash Deep 19-0-83-3, Ravindra Jadeja 32.5-7-67-4, Ravichandran Ashwin 22-1-83-1, Kuldeep Yadav 12-4 -22-0, Yashasvi Jaiswal 1-0-6-0.
India 1st Innings:
Yashasvi Jaiswal not out 54
Rohit Sharma c Foakes b Anderson 2
Shubman Gill lbw b Shoaib Bashir 38
Rajat Patidar lbw b Shoaib Bashir 17
Ravindra Jadeja c Pope b Shoaib Bashir 12
Sarfaraz Khan not out 1
Extras: (LB-4, NB-3) 7
Total: (For 4 wickets in 38 overs) 131
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-86, 3-112, 4-130
Bowling: James Anderson 10 -2-36-1, Ollie Robinson 9-0-39-0, Shoaib Bashir 15-2-32-3, Tom Hartley 4-1-20-0.
