Pant hits ton as India post 471; England fight back after Bumrah blow

 Leeds: Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope saw off the Jasprit Bumrah threat to stitch a century partnership to put England in a fighting position on Day Two of the first Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test at Headingley on Saturday.

After India lost their last seven wickets for just 41 runs to be bowled out for 471 in 113 overs, with Josh Tongue picking 4-86, Bumrah dismissed Crawley with a jaffa of a delivery. But Duckett, who hit 62 from 94 balls, and Pope were at immaculate ease with their shots to ensure England in a safe position. The duo put on 122 runs in just 27.3 overs.

Vintage Joe Root joined Pope to take his team to 206 in 46 overs when Root went back after scoring 28.

Pope completed his 9th Test ton in 125 balls with 13 boundaries. England managed 209 runs in 49 overs at stumps.

In the opening over, with dark clouds looming around, Bumrah was on the money from the word go and was rewarded with Zak Crawley’s scalp. He got the ball to be straight, before getting it to move away at the last moment to induce an edge from Crawley and have him caught brilliantly by first slip. But after that, England began to build their innings as Pope and Duckett took two fours each off Mohammed Siraj, who released pressure built by Bumrah.

Bumrah, despite an electrifying first spell, could have got Duckett out for 15 if Ravindra Jadeja didn’t drop his catch at backward point. With Prasidh Krishna being ineffective with his loose deliveries, it meant that there was no stopping Duckett and Pope.

After 17 overs, left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja was brought into the attack and got a good turn and bounce on offer in his second over. Duckett, though, swept Jadeja for four to bring up his 14th Test fifty and the century of his stand with Pope, who has started to justify his selection over Jacob Bethell.

Previously, shortly after the post-lunch session began, Tongue lured Bumrah into the drive, and the outside edge was caught by a second slip. The pacer came back to cramp Jadeja for room and succeeded, as the left-handed batter chopped onto his stumps, before he castled Krishna to ensure India’s innings was wrapped up in 23 minutes of the second session. Agencies

Scoreboard  

India: 1st innings  

Yashasvi Jaiswal     b Stokes                 101

KL Rahul                 c Root b Carse        42

Sai Sudharsan         c Smith b Stokes     0

*Shubman Gill         c Tongue b Bashir   147

Rishabh Pant          lbw b Tongue          134

Karun Nair               c Pope b Stokes      0

Ravindra Jadeja      b Tongue                11

Shardul Thakur        c Smith b Stokes     1

Jasprit Bumrah        c Brook b Tongue    0

Mohammed Siraj     not out                    3

Prasidh Krishna       b Tongue                1

Extras: 31; Total:                   471-10 (113)

FOW:Rahul (91-1, 24.5), Sudharsan (92-2, 25.4), Jaiswal (221-3, 52.3), *Gill (430-4, 101.5), Nair (447-5, 105), Pant (453-6, 107.2), Thakur (454-7, 108.4), Bumrah (458-8, 110.3), Jadeja (469-9, 112.1), Krishna (471-10, 113)

Bowling:

Chris Woakes         24            4             103          0             Brydon Carse          22            5             96            1

Josh Tongue           20            0             86            4             *Ben Stokes           20            2             66            4

Shoaib Bashir          27            6             100          1

England: 1st innings             

Zak Crawley            c Nair b Bumrah      4

Ben Duckett            b Bumrah                62

Ollie Pope                              not out                    100

Joe Root                 c Nair b Bumrah      28

Harry Brook            not out                    0

Extras:15: Total:                    209/3 (49)

FOW:Crawley (4-1, 1), Duckett (126-2, 28.3), Root (206-3, 46.3)

Bowling:

Jasprit Bumrah        13            2             48            3

Mohammed Siraj     14            0             50            0

Prasidh Krishna       10            0             56            0

Ravindra Jadeja      9             2             25            0

Shardul Thakur        3             0             23            0

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