ENG vs IND, 2nd Test Live Score England 119/3 at stumps on Day 2: Joe Root stands tall for England

After a poor display in the first two sessions of the second day of Day 2, Team India started the third and final session on high by picking two wickets on the successive deliveries of the first over after tea. However skipper Joe Root along with Rory Burns soaked all the pressure and just when it looked like hosts are going ahead in the game, Mohammad Shami removed latter few overs before end of the play.

Joe Root stands tall for England 

Team India was on top of their game after Mohammed Siraj picked two wickets just after the tea. However, English skipper Joe Root once again led the rescue charge for his team. He along with opener Rory Burns showed great grit and composure and notched up the 85 runs partnership for the third wicket until the southpaw was trapped in LBW by Mohammad Shami for 49 runs few overs before the stumps.

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Joe Root on the other end was at his classical best and continued his red-hot form and followed his century in the first Test with an unbeaten 48 at Lord’s and in the process also became the second-highest run-scorer for England in the longest format of the game, surpassing GA Gooch’s tally of 8900 runs.

At Stumps on Day 2, England are still 245 runs behind and were 119/3 with skipper Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow unbeaten at the crease on 48 and 6 respectively. For India Mohammed Siraj was the pick of the bowlers and ended the day with the figures of 2/34.

ENG vs IND Live: James Anderson takes his 31st five wicket-haul 

The talismanic English pacer James Anderson once again shined for his team with the ball and displayed an exhibition of high-class fast bowling to take a sensational five-wicket haul at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Stadium.

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The veteran pacer drew the first blood by dismissing Rohit Sharma for 83 and then dismissed the likes of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane for low scores. The 39-year-old then wrapped Indian tail in no time to scalp his 31st five-wicket haul in Test matches.

At one stage, India were 276/3 and a total of 400 was looking bare minimum. However, Anderson’s brilliance refuted their plans and allowed the Three Lions to stage a comeback in the second Test match.

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