Siraj's six-wicket haul puts India in control in 2nd Test
Mohammed Siraj, who began the day by dismissing Joe Root and Ben Stokes off successive deliveries, stood up to be the star of India's bowling line-up by picking an incredible 6-70 from 19.3 overs. Siraj, who picked his fourth five-wicket haul in Tests (the first time of it coming in England) and Akash Deep, who ended with 4-88, ensured India grabbed a significant 180-run lead.
England, after being reduced to 84/5 in the second over of the morning session, were rescued by a dazzling Brook hit 158 off 234 balls, laced with 17 fours and a six. Smith, on the other hand, was at his magnificent best. But he ran out of partners to be stranded at 184 not out - the highest Test score by any England wicketkeeper in Tests, laced with 21 fours and a six.
After Brook fell, England slumped from 387/5 to 407 all out, as the second new ball did the trick for India to pick the remaining five wickets in 7.2 overs. Interestingly, England had six ducks in their first innings - the first time any team had that many noughts in a 400-plus score in Tests.
KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave India a good start in their second innings, as they reached 64/1 in 13 overs and led England by 244 runs at stumps. Though Jaiswal fell for 28, Rahul managed to be unbeaten on the same score, with Karun Nair giving him company on seven not out, as India made themselves the stronger team in this match.
Siraj began by striking twice in the second over of the morning session, as Root tickled one off his pads behind to Rishabh Pant. On the very next delivery, Siraj found zip and bounce in a short ball to Stokes, who looked to fend away, but it took the glove edge behind to Pant for a simple catch, as the England captain bagged his first golden duck in Tests, leaving his team in disarray.
But after that, the runs began flowing in England's favour. Brook was gorgeous in his drive and flick off Siraj, while Smith slammed him down the ground for four, before pulling and driving Akash for boundaries. Brook got his second fifty of the series by thumping a drive off Siraj, before Smith made a mockery of India's short-ball ploy.
He swivelled Prasidh Krishna for three fours and a six on the leg-side fence, before driving him for another boundary, as 23 runs came off the 32nd over. After getting his fifty off 43 balls, Smith again dispatched Prasidh's short balls for four and six, before taking three fours off Washington Sundar and dispatching Ravindra Jadeja for a four and six again.
Smith smashing Indian spinners with ease continued when he hammered Jadeja for two fours – the second of which was a sweep and brought up his sensational second century in the format, as the venue roared in awe of a thrilling Test century, before lunch break came.
The second session began with Brook dabbing in the gap between gully and second slip off Prasidh Krishna to get his 13th boundary and his ninth Test hundred. He celebrated it by looking up to the sky, as a gesture of remembering his grandmother, Pauline, who passed away in March 2024.
Smith continued to be unstoppable by easily picking boundaries off Sundar and Nitish Kumar Reddy. A rather small period of no runs was broken by Smith, who drove Reddy straight down the ground and then pulled the Indian seamer for back-to-back boundaries. Akash's reintroduction into the bowling attack didn't bring much returns as Smith pulled him easily before steering a single off Mohammed Siraj to reach 150 for the first time in Tests.
Brook then reverse-swept and pulled Sundar for two boundaries, before walking off the field with Smith after amassing 106 runs in another session belonging to England. A rattled India knew their only hope of separating Smith and Brook would come when the second new ball is available, five overs after the final session begins.
The final session began with Brook getting three boundaries off Ravindra Jadeja, the second of which got him his fifth 150-plus score. But after the second new ball was taken, Akash broke the 303-run stand by getting a length ball to seam back in and go past Brook's defence to hit his top of off-stump, as the batter's brilliant knock came to an end on 158 off 234 balls.
Indo-Asian News Service
Scoreboard
India 1st Innings 587 (S Gill 269, R Jadeja 89, Y Jaiswal 87; S Bashir 3-167)
England 1st Innings (overnight: 77-3)
J Root c Pant b Siraj22
H Brook b Deep158
B Stokes c Pant b Siraj0
J Smith not out184
C Woakes c Nair b Deep5
B Carse lbw b Siraj0
J Tongue lbw b Siraj0
S Bashir b Siraj0
Extras (lb5, nb12, w2)19
Total (all out, 89.3 overs, 422 mins)407
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Duckett), 2-13 (Pope), 3-25 (Crawley), 4-84 (Root), 5-84 (Stokes), 6-387 (Brook), 7-395 (Woakes), 8-396 (Carse), 9-407 (Tongue), 10-407 (Bashir)
Bowling: Deep 20-2-88-4 (6nb, 1w); Siraj 19.3-70-6 (4nb); Krishna 13-1-72-0 (1w); Reddy 6-0-29-0; Jadeja 17-2-70-0 (2nb); Sundar 14-0-73-0
India 2nd Innings
Y Jaiswal lbw b Tongue28
KL Rahul not out28
K Nair not out7
Extras (lb1)1
Total (1 wkt, 13 overs, 61 mins)64
Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Jaiswal)
Bowling: Woakes 5-0-28-0; Carse 5-1-23-0; Tongue 3-1-12-1
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