Ravindra Jadeja marked his return to India duty by top-scoring with 86 not out as Anderson was kept waiting for a landmark wicket
london — Ravindra Jadeja marked his return to India duty by top-scoring with 86 not out as England’s James Anderson was kept waiting for a landmark wicket on Sunday.
Jadeja also shared a seventhwicket stand of 77 with Hanuma Vihari, who made 56 on debut, as India finished on 292 all out — just 40 runs behind England’s first in- nings 332.
Anderson took two for 54 in 21 overs to leave him two shy of Aus- tralia great Glenn McGrath’s record of 563 Test wickets, the most taken by any fast bowler.
At tea, England were 20 without loss in their second innings, a lead of 60 runs. Alastair Cook, England’s all-time leading Test run-scorer, was 13 not out in his final innings before international retirement.
Keaton Jennings, who had earlier dropped India No 11 Jasprit Bumrah first ball when Jadeja had made just 56, was unbeaten on seven.
India resumed in trouble at 174 for six, with Vihari 25 not out and Jadeja, recalled in place of the injured Ravichandran Ashwin, unbeaten on eight.
The veteran new-ball duo of Stuart Broad and Anderson were straight into the attack on an overcast Sunday morning. But Vihari, who came through a couple of close lbw incidents involving Broad when on nought, was increasingly assured as he completed an admirable fifty in 104 balls, including six fours and a six.
Stokes thought he had Jadeja caught behind for 28 but Dharmasena said not out and an England review confirmed that the Sri Lankan had made yet another good decision this match.
But a stand of 77 finished when off-spinner Moeen Ali drew Vihari forward, with wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow holding a thin edge.
Jadeja, primarily a left-arm spinner, completed a 113-ball fifty including seven fours, celebrating the landmark with a trademark twirl of the bat.
Silly-point Jennings then snatched at a bat/pad chance when Bumrah went forward first ball to Adil Rashid after the leg-spinner had Mohammed Shami caught in the deep.—