India versus England 3rd Test 2nd Day: Batsmen help England into dominating position
After the bowlers did a superb job, England batsmen kept the pressure on Indian bowlers to end the 2 nd day of the 3 rd Test match in a commanding position played at Headingly, Leeds on Thursday. Starting on the overnight score of 120 for 0, Rory Burns and Haseeb Hameed began off cautiously hitting bad balls off Ishant Sharma for boundaries. Mohammed Shami bowled great lines and lengths not allowing the England openers to score runs easily. Shami finally got the breakthrough dismissing Rory Burns with a beauty ending 135 runs opening partnership. Jasprit Bumrah bowled with great control making life tough for Haseeb Hameed. Playing Test match after a gap of 3 years was gifted a loosener by Mohammed Siraj. Ravindra Jadeja produced a peach to dismiss Hameed providing some hope to the Indian team. Joe Root continued his sensational form with a flurry of boundaries. Dawid Malan showed some class as the Indian bowlers did not have any control over lines and lengths. England went i...