India finish day three on 96-2 in second innings after Brook leads England comeback
India finished day three on 90-2 to lead England by 96 runs at stumps in the opening test at Headingley on Sunday after England were dismissed for 465 in the first innings on the back of Ollie Pope's century and Harry Brook's knock of 99.
Having scored 471 in the first innings, India's total was virtually wiped out when they walked in to bat again with a slender six-run lead and a little over two days left to play to leave the test evenly poised.
England struck early when Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored a century in the first innings, was forced to play a superb Brydon Carse delivery that caught the edge to give wicketkeeper Jamie Smith an easy catch.
Sai Sudharsan walked in with the threat of rain looming large and the 23-year-old, dismissed for a duck in the first innings, played patiently in gloomy conditions that were ideal for seam bowling as he built a partnership with opener KL Rahul.
But just as in the first innings, England skipper Ben Stokes removed Sudharsan (30) again when the Indian batter clipped an inswinging delivery to short midwicket where Zak Crawley took a sharp catch.
However, play was stopped when the rain came down with Rahul unbeaten on 47 and skipper Shubman Gill (six not out) at the crease.
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