Jasprit Bumrah marked his India return by gaining a coveted place on the Lord’s honours boards with a five-wicket haul before England paceman Brydon Carse’s maiden Test fifty frustrated the tourists.
Bumrah, the world’s top-ranked Test bowler, took 5-74 in 27 overs as England was dismissed for 387 in their first innings after lunch on Friday’s second day of the third Test.
Bumrah’s haul included a brilliant burst Friday of three for one in seven balls that reduced England, who resumed on 251-4, to 271-7, with the fast bowler dismissing captain Ben Stokes, century-maker Joe Root and Chris Woakes.
But tailender Carse frustrated India with 56 after he shared a valuable eighth-wicket stand of 84 with Jamie Smith.
England wicketkeeper Smith made India pay for dropping him on five with an innings of 51.
That followed his impressive scores of 184 not out and 88 during India’s crushing 336-run win in the second Test at Edgbaston last week.
That victory meant India levelled this five-match series at 1-1 despite resting Bumrah in Birmingham.
Initial interest Friday focused on whether Root, 99 not out overnight, would go on to make a hundred.
In all 17 previous instances in Test cricket, batsmen who were 99 not out overnight completed their centuries the following morning. Root maintained the sequence off Friday’s first ball, pushing a wide Bumrah delivery past gully for four.
That fortunate boundary completed Root’s 37th Test century, fifth on an all-time list headed by India’s Sachin Tendulkar with 51 hundreds.
Stokes, fit following a groin injury that hampered him on Thursday, had added just five runs to his overnight 39 when he was bowled by a Bumrah delivery that jagged back and smashed into off stump.
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