Indian bowlers keep it tight

Thu, 10 July 2025
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Eng 116-2 (41 overs) vs India | Scorecard

Siraj continues with a fullish delivery swinging outside off and Root drills it through point for a boundary. 

After a dot, Root swings and misses a fullish delivery going down the leg and the ball beats the keeper too. Four leg byes. 

Three dots to end the over. 8 come off it. 



Reddy starts off with a good length ball outside off and Pope drives it to square of the wicket to pick up a single.

Root is on strike and he defends the next three balls and leaves the final delivery. 


Akash Deep is back into the attack. Moves one back and hits Pope on his thigh pad as he attempts to drive it. 

A mistimed hit to covers followed by a punch straight to the fielder at mid-on. 

Pope gets off the strike with a drive to mid-off. Gill picks up the ball and throws it to the keeper. 

Root then nudges one through deep backward point and gets a single. 2 runs come off the over. 


Reddy begins his new over with a fullish delivery to Root who pushes it to mid-off. No run. 

Root then cuts a shortish delivery outside off but the ball goes straight to Jaiswal at gully. 

A single through deep backward point follows. 

Pope then picks up a single by cutting a fuller delivery outside off to the gully region. 

A dot and a single (leg byes) to end the over. 3 runs come off it. 


Root almost inside edges onto his stumps trying to flick Akash's Deep's first ball of the fresh over! 

Three dots later, Root flicks a fullish delivery to deep mid-wicket and gets a single. 

Pope blocks the final delivery as Akash concedes just a single.