Manchester, July 24 -- India added 57 runs to their overnight score on a rain-hit second morning to reach 321 for 6 at lunch in the Old Trafford Test against England today with Rishabh Pant batting on 39 after returning to the crease post a brief injury scare.
Giviing Pant company in the middle is Washington Sundar on 20.
Starting the day at 264/4, India lost Ravindra Jadeja early when he edged Jofra Archer to Brook at second slip for 20.
Archer, bowling with discipline and venom despite a modest pace, continued troubling Indian batsmen with movement off the seam.
Shardul Thakur, resuming on 19, stood tall under pressure. He counter-punched the English attack with a gritty 41 off 88 balls, including five boundaries. A dramatic sequence...