Birmingham, July 3 -- Former cricketers Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton lampooned England's top order for an early collapse courtesy of Indian quicks Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj's scorching spells in the final session on Day 2 of the second Test at Edgbaston on Thursday.

Akash and Siraj bowled in tandem and made early inroads in the final hour of the third session. Akash ran rampant in the third over and forced a thick outside-edge from Ben Duckett, which flew straight to captain Shubman Gill, stationed at third slip, forcing the southpaw to return for a five-ball duck.

On the next delivery, Ollie Pope fell for a golden duck after coming forward to flick, but gave away a thick leading edge to KL Rahul at second slip, who fumbled i...