India vs England 2nd Test, Day 2: Hosts attain 119/3 in reply to India’s 364 at stumps

Skipper Joe Root and Rory Burns helped England get well from early setbacks to achieve 119 for 3 of their first innings in reply to India’s 364 all out at stumps on the second day of the second Test towards England right here on Thursday.
Root (48 batting) and Burns (49) shared a vital 85-run stand for the third wicket after Mohammed Siraj (2/34) dismissed Dom Sibley (11) and Haseeb Hameed (0) in successive deliveries within the fifteenth over.

That’s Stumps on Day 2⃣ of the second #ENGvIND Test at Lord’s!
England 119/3 & path #CrewIndia by 245 runs.
2⃣ wickets for @mdsirajofficial1⃣ wicket for @MdShami11
Joe Root unbeaten on 4⃣8⃣
Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/KGM2YELLde pic.twitter.com/5Tu0dsNVyu
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 13, 2021
Root joined fingers with Burns to resurrect the house staff’s innings with their very important partnership.
Burns, nonetheless, departed a run in need of his fifty, trapped in entrance of the wicket by Mohammed Shami (1/22).
Thereafter, Root and Jonny Bairstow (6 batting) performed cautiously to finish England’s day with none additional harm.
Earlier, resuming their first innings on the in a single day rating of 276 for 3, India added simply 88 runs for the lack of seven wickets.
Veteran seamer James Anderson was the choose of the bowlers for England with figures of 5 for 62.
The five-match sequence is levelled at 0-0 after the rain-marred opener resulted in a draw at Nottingham.
Brief scores: India 1st Innings: 364 all out in 126.1 overs (KL Rahul 129, Rohit Sharma 83, Virat Kohli 42; James Anderson 5/62). England 1st Innings: 119 for 3 in 45 overs (Rory Burns 49, Joe Root 48 batting; Mohammed Siraj 2/34).