India, July 27 -- KL Rahul fell just 10 runs short of what would've been a defiant century under pressure in the fourth Test against England at Old Trafford, as he helped dig India out from an early collapse and drove their fight to save the match. Watching from the non-striker's end as India collapsed to 0/2 within the first over, Rahul steadied the innings alongside captain Shubman Gill with a composed, clinical knock. With the team trailing by 311 runs after England's first-innings 669, his 90-run knock was a lifeline India desperately needed.

Ben Stokes, who didn't bowl through the entirety of the second and third session of Day 4, presumably due to stiffness, took the ball as the partnership continued to frustrate England. And the E...