NEW DELHI: India appeared heading in the right direction to bowl England out cheaply after eradicating Joe Root and Ben Stokes early on Day 3 of the second Take a look at of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Edgbaston on Friday. However Jamie Smith and Harry Brook had different plans, hammering centuries to stage a outstanding counterattack and tilt the momentum again in England’s favour.Mohammed Siraj kickstarted the drama by putting twice within the second over of the day. First, he received Joe Root to tickle one off his pads to Rishabh Pant. On the very subsequent supply, he bowled a pointy, rising supply that caught Ben Stokes off guard. The England captain fended at it, solely to glove it behind to Pant for a golden duck — his first in Take a look at cricket — leaving England reeling.
At 84/5, India seemed firmly in management. However that modified shortly.Brook displayed magnificence and authority, unfurling crisp drives and flicks off Siraj, whereas Smith countered with aggressive strokeplay — slamming the ball down the bottom and later pulling and driving Akash Deep for boundaries. Brook introduced up his second fifty of the sequence with a commanding drive off Siraj, and shortly Smith started dismantling India’s short-ball technique.Brook continued the cost, swivelling on the again foot to smash Prasidh Krishna for 3 fours and a six on the leg-side, earlier than driving him as soon as extra for a boundary. That over alone leaked 23 runs.Smith, in the meantime, reached his fifty off simply 43 balls and stored going arduous. He punished Prasidh’s brief balls with a 4 and a six, then took three extra boundaries off Washington Sundar. In opposition to Ravindra Jadeja, he as soon as once more went aerial, launching a 4 and a six to proceed the onslaught.Amid this brutal assault, Krishna’s struggles in Take a look at cricket grew extra obvious. The pacer now holds the unlucky document for the worst financial system price in Take a look at historical past (minimal 500 deliveries).Within the first Take a look at, which India misplaced by 5 wickets, Krishna conceded 128 runs within the first innings whereas taking three wickets at an financial system of 6.40. Within the second innings, he gave away 92 runs for 2 wickets, with an financial system of 6.13.His efficiency throughout Day 3 worsened the numbers additional: 5-0-50-0 at an financial system price of 10.00 — the most costly spell (5 or extra overs) by an Indian bowler since December 2006.Total, Krishna has now conceded runs at over 5 per over in his transient Take a look at profession — a obvious concern for India’s tempo division.