Brook, Root steady England

Sun, 03 August 2025

17:39

England 2nd inns 164-3 (38 ovs); Target: 374 | Scorecard

Akash Deep continues and beats Brook with a length delivery.

Brook then dances down the pitch and smashes one through cover for a boundary.

Six! Brook is showing some intent here. He charges down and lofts Akash over cover for a flat six.

Follows it up with a single through deep mid-wicket.

A dot to end the over. 11 come off it.

Prasidh continues and Brook top-edges a pull but Siraj touches the boundary line after completing the catch!

A dot later, Brook smashes one through deep extra-cover for a boundary.

Follows it up with a couple through sweeper cover.

Another four! This time through third man.

A dot to end the 16-run over. 27 runs came off the last two overs!

Akash Deep continues and Root pushes one to deep backward point for a single.

Brook then steers one to backward point and gets a single.

A dot later, Akash sends one way down the leg beating the keeper. Five wides.

Three dots to end the over. 7 come off it.

England now need 214 runs.

Prasidh continues and Brook takes a single by dabbing one past gully.

Root then steers one to third man but Sai Sudharsan at gully cuts it short. No run on offer.

Four more dots later, Root taps a good length delivery outside off to backward point and picks up a single. Just two runs come off the over.

Akash Deep to bowl the final over before lunch. Root clips the first delivery straying down the leg to deep backward square leg for a single.

Brook then straight drives one and strikes the bowler on his shin. Enough time for the batters to cross over.

Root then drives one through covers but the ball goes straight to the fielder.

Just two runs off the over.

England are 164-3 at lunch on Day 4. They now need 210 runs to win the Test and go 3-1 up in the series.

India did well in the morning session to pick two wickets before Brook counterattacked with some lusty blows. He is batting on 38 off 30 deliveries with four boundaries and two sixes. Root is unbeaten on 23 off 46 balls (3x4).

India will be looking to break this partnership immediately after lunch.

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