Siraj helps India get ahead after mammoth stand by Brook-Smith

Siraj Helps India Get Ahead After Mammoth Stand by Brook-Smith

India secured a significant lead of 180 after a bag full of ducks and a Mohammad Siraj six-fer, following a career-best 184* by Jamie Smith and Harry Brook's 158 in a counterattacking 303-run partnership that helped England avoid the follow-on in the second Test at Edgbaston.

Day 3 Highlights

• Siraj struck on successive deliveries to prise out two key wickets, leaving England at 84/5.
• Smith and Brook's stunning counterpunch lasted for over two sessions, with Smith laying into Prasidh Krishna and effortlessly pulling him to the ropes.
• Smith welcomed Washington Sundar with back-to-back drives through extra cover and took on Ravindra Jadeja with a four and six.
• Brook raised his ninth Test hundred with a cut off Prasidh soon after Lunch.
• Smith and Brook reached the 200-run partnership milestone, making it the first instance of an English pair doing so against India for a sixth-wicket stand or lower.
• Brook brought up his 150 in 222 deliveries, and Smith marched into the 140s with a cover-drive and a pull back-to-back off Nitish Reddy.
• India took the new ball and Akash Deep got the breakthrough, beating the inside-edge and crashing into Brook's off-stump.
• Siraj cleaned up the tail, bagging his fourth Test fifer and securing a sixth scalp as he cleaned up Shoaib Bashir.

Brief Scores

India 587 & 64/1 (KL Rahul 28*, Yashasvi Jaiswal 28; Josh Tongue 1-12) lead England 407 (Jamie Smith 184*, Harry Brook 158; Mohd. Siraj 6-70, Akash Deep 4-88) by 244 runs.