Ranchi | A fighting Dhruv Jurel fell 10 runs short of his maiden Test ton as India cut down England’s first-innings lead to 46 runs after being dismissed for 307 at lunch on the third day of the fourth Test here on Sunday.
At the stroke of lunch break, Jurel was cleaned up by Tom Hartley (3/68) after a splendid 90 off 149 balls studded with six fours and four sixes to wrap up India's first innings in 103.2 overs.
For England, Shoaib Bashir completed his maiden five-wicket haul.
Jurel and Kuldeep Yadav (28) kept England at bay for the large part of the first session on the third day after doing so on the final session of the second day evening.
For the eighth wicket, Jurel and Kuldeep put on 76 vital runs while consuming 202 deliveries to settle the Indian nerves, after the hosts had lost a chunk of their batting line-up without any significant contributions on day 2.
Kuldeep perished when England took the second new ball and James Anderson had the batter walking back after an inside edge which rolled onto the stumps.
Once again playing a crucial knock, Kuldeep scored 28 from 131 balls with two fours.
Scoreboard at lunch on the third day of the fourth Test between India and England here on Sunday.
England 1st Innings: 353
India innings: (Overnight score of 219/7 in 73 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal b Bashir 73
Rohit Sharma c Foakes b Anderson 2
Shubman Gill lbw b Bashir 38
Rajat Patidar lbw b Bashir 17
Ravindra Jadeja c Pope b Bashir 12
Sarfaraz Khan c Root b Hartley 14
Dhruv Jurel b Tom Hartley 90
Ravichandran Ashwin lbw b Hartley 1
Kuldeep Yadav b James Anderson 28
Akash Deep lbw b Shoaib Bashir 9
Mohammed Siraj not out 0
Extras: (B-12, LB-5, NB-6) 23
TOTAL: (For 10 wickets in 103.2 overs) 307
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-86, 3-112 4-130, 5-161, 6-171, 7-177, 8-253, 9-293, 10-307.
Bowling: James Anderson 18-4-48-2, Ollie Robinson 13-0-54-0, Shoaib Bashir 44-8-119-5, Tom Hartley 27.2-6-68-3, Joe Root 1-0-1-0.
