Kuldeep sends England on a downward spiral

The leftarm wrist spinner’s fivefor triggers a collapse as the visitors lose seven wickets for 43; Ashwin finishes with a fourfor; hosts end the day at 135 for one as Rohit and Jaiswal hit fifties

ENGLAND — 1ST INNINGS

Zak Crawley b Kuldeep 79 (108b, 11x4, 1x6), Ben Duckett c Gill b Kuldeep 27 (58b, 4x4), Ollie Pope st. Jurel b Kuldeep 11 (24b), Joe Root lbw b Jadeja 26 (56b, 4x4),

Jonny Bairstow c Jurel b Kuldeep 29 (18b, 2x4, 2x6), Ben Stokes lbw b Kuldeep 0 (6b), Ben Foakes b Ashwin 24 (42b, 3x4), Tom

Hartley c Padikkal b Ashwin 6 (9b, 1x4), Mark Wood c Rohit b Ashwin

(2b), Shoaib Bashir (not out) 11 (22b, 2x4), James Anderson c Padikkal b Ashwin 0 (3b); Extras (b-2, lb-1, nb-2): 5; Total (in 57.4 overs): 218.

FALL OF WICKETS

1-64 (Duckett, 17.6 overs), 2-100 (Pope, 25.3), 3-137 (Crawley, 37.2), 4-175 (Bairstow, 43.4),

5-175 (Root, 44.2), 6-175 (Stokes, 45.4), 7-183 (Hartley, 49.2), 8-183 (Wood, 49.4), 9-218 (Foakes,

57.1).

INDIA BOWLING

Bumrah 13-2-51-0, Siraj 8-1-24-0, Ashwin 11.4-1-51-4, Kuldeep 15-1-72-5, Jadeja 10-2-17-1.

INDIA — 1ST INNINGS Yashasvi Jaiswal st. Foakes b Bashir 57 (58b, 5x4, 3x6), Rohit Sharma (batting) 52 (83b, 6x4, 2x6), Shubman Gill (batting) 26 (39b, 2x4, 2x6); Total (for one wkt. in 30 overs): 135.

FALL OF WICKET

1-104 (Jaiswal, 20.4).

ENGLAND BOWLING Anderson 4-1-4-0, Wood 3-0-21-0, Hartley 12-0-46-0, Bashir 11-2-64-1.

Toss: England. man Ben Stokes surprisingly chose a backfoot ondrive to become Kuldeep’s fifth scalp.

After three wickets fell in the space of 13 dot balls, England looked at Ben Foakes to rebuild with the tailenders but did not reckon with Ashwin’s strikepower.

The offspinner removed Tom Hartley and Mark Wood in one over before tea, returned to pack off Foakes and James Anderson.