India, July 4 -- Jamie Smith might have been dismissed in trying to play the pull shot in the first innings of the first Test against India, but the England wicketkeeper-batter showed no intentions of backing down against Prasidh Krishna in the second Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham. On Day 3, the right-arm pacer decided to unleash a short-ball barrage at the right-handed batter. However, the latter was one step ahead as he dished out a series of fours and sixes.

Prasidh kept banging it in short and Smith kept hitting them out of his sight for boundaries towards the legside. In the 32nd over of England's first innings, Jamie Smith hit 32 runs off the bowling of Prasidh.

Prasidh did not concede a run off the opening ball of the over. Howev...