Another well-judged leave from Pant as the incoming delivery from Stokes passes over the off-stump.
There is some cloud cover building over Headingley as Stokes is getting the ball to move around quite a lot than in his previous overs.
Pant watchful for the first four balls before he hammers a full delivery powerfully back past the bowler for a boundary through long-off.
Bashir continues as Pant sweeps the spinner's first ball over square leg for a six.
Pant, on 124, gets a lifeline. He comes down the track next ball and has a big swing but is beaten all ends up and also loses his bat. But wicketkeeper Jamie Smith misses an easy stumping to give Pant a lifeline.
Pant keeps strike with a single from the last ball of the over.
There is no stopping the India wicketkeeper now. Stokes' short ball is easily pulled in the gap at square leg by Pant for a boundary and slaps the third ball to sweeper cover for one.
Karun falls for a duck in his comeback game. He plays an uppish drive off Stokes but Pope leaps to his left to grab a stunning catch while still in the air.
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