India, June 24 -- India were down and out on the final day of the first Test against England in Headingley, Leeds, but the fall of Zak Crawley in the second session paved the way for India to stage a comeback. Prasidh Krishna dismissed Crawley (65) and Ollie Pope (0) in quick succession; however, Ben Duckett was still going strong, and India were up against it.

It was then that Shardul Thakur decided to step up for the visitors as he took two wickets on consecutive balls in the 55th over, as he dismissed the left-handed batter Duckett (149) and Harry Brook (0). As soon as the latter was dismissed, India were quite upbeat, realising a door had been left open for them to barge in and stage a memorable comeback.

Shardul Thakur, fondly refe...