Eng 2nd inns: 256-4 (55 ovs); Target: 371 |
Scorecard
Thakur, who has struggled with the ball, is back into the attack. He has gone for 17 runs in his first three overs in this innings so far.
He bowls a tidy over conceding just two runs including a leg bye. India will need more of that from the other end as they aim to bowl some tight overs.
Jadeja gets the ball to turn sharply along with bounce as Duckett is beaten while trying to sweep. He then resorts to his favourite reverse sweep, this time guiding it fine for a four and then takes one to keep strike.
Thakur's golden arm does the trick. He strikes with the big wicket of Duckett, who drives uppishly but is caught in the covers.
Duckett walks back after a fantastic knock of 149 from 170 balls, hitting 21 fours and a six.
This is a big boost for India's hopes as this will help them dent England's charge and also pull back the scoring rate.
Thakur is man of the moment. He strikes off the next ball, getting Harry Brook caught down the leg side after he misses the flick off the full delivery going down.
Two wickets in two balls for Thakur to turn the game on its head as England slip to 253/4.
Ben Stokes off to a confident start as he flicks the full delivery from Thakur through midwicket to get off the mark.
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