Jonny Bairstow dived to his left as KL Rahul was dismissed early on in India’s second innings.© Twitter
India have been seeking to chip away at England’s large 345-run first innings lead on the third day of the third Take a look at at Headingley in Leeds on Friday when opener KL Rahul’s dismissal simply earlier than Lunch pegged the guests again. With what turned out to be the ultimate ball of the day’s opening session, Rahul edged a supply from Craig Overton to the slip cordon. Standing at second slip, Jonny Bairstow dived to his left and made no mistake as he extremely held on to the catch along with his left hand to ship the Indian opener again to the pavilion.
Watch Bairstow’s unimaginable catch right here:
WHAT A CATCH!!
Scorecard/Clips: https://t.co/UakxjzUrcE
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It was a much-needed breakthrough for England after Rahul and fellow India opener Rohit Sharma had made a cautious begin to the guests’ second innings.
The opening duo had negotiated the difficult opening overs from James Anderson and Ollie Robinson, each of whom have been threatening to trigger injury with their motion early on.
Rahul’s dismissal meant India headed into the Lunch break with a deficit of 320 runs after England had posted 432 of their first innings.
Earlier, India had been bowled out for a paltry 78 of their first innings after they selected to bat first on the primary day of the Take a look at.
England, in response, posted a complete of 432, with skipper Joe Root scoring his twenty third Take a look at century in a masterful 121-run knock.
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Rory Burns, Haseeb Hameed and Dawid Malan additionally chipped in with half-centuries for the hosts. Mohammed Shami was the choose of the Indian bowlers with figures of 4/95.
India lead the five-match sequence 1-0.
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