It all happened during the 25th over of England’s first innings bowled by pacer Umesh Yadav. Rohit took a stunning catch at the slips to get rid of English batter Dawid Malan. Yadav went round the wicket and pitched a cross-seam delivery at a good length that appeared to have come in.
But after pitching, the red-leather slightly moved away only to carry the outside edge, which flew towards Rohit at second slip, and he dived to his right to complete a spectacular catch.
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England’s comeback after early wickets
The hosts managed to come back on Day 2 of the match courtesy of the crucial partnership between Ollie Pope and Jonny Bairstow. England had lost three wickets before the stumps on the opening day, and made a bad start on the second day as well.
Yadav first removed night-watchman Craig Overton by forcing the batter to play a cut shot only to find the outside edge into the slips. The right-armer then sent back Malan to reduce England to 62/5.
However, Pope and Bairstow inspired their side to come back by smashing a flurry of boundaries to increase the run rate and put pressure on Indian bowlers. The pair put together a stand of 77 runs for the sixth wicket before lunch, as England were still 52 runs behind.
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