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- By Gurmeet Batra
- Sat, 05 Jul 2025 01:36 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
India National Cricket Team vs England Cricket Team: Harry Brook, whose herculean knock of 158 runs rescued England from 84/5 after Indian pacers' charge left hosts huffing for runs with wickets tumbling, is confident that the Ben Stokes-led side will be able to trigger another visitors' collapse on Day 4 of the ongoing 2nd Test.
With England struggling at 84 for 5 in reply to India's first innings total of 587 in the second Test here, Brook (158) and Jamie Smith (184) came to the hosts' rescue with a special 303-run partnership.
The second Test is still tilted towards India with the visitors reaching 64 for 1 in the second innings, an overall lead of 244 runs with two days of play remaining.
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Brook too admitted that India are in the driver's seat but said things can quickly change in a Test match.
"Hopefully we've clawed ourselves back into the game. I just tried to bat as long as I could. If I hadn't got out we wouldn't be in this situation now, but we saw (at Headingley) last week how quickly it can change," Brook said after the third day's play on Friday.
"India are in the driving seat but hopefully we can put pressure with early wickets and make them crumble," he said.
Mohammed Siraj duly played the role of a leader with a six-wicket haul while Akash Deep provided the breakthroughs on day two and three to keep India's advantage intact. Brook praised the efforts of Indian bowlers.
"The Indians bowled really well with it. They came wide on the crease, attacked the stumps, kept all three modes of dismissal in play, and they made it do just enough to be able to get them wickets at the end there," the England batter said.
"We didn't get it quite right tonight. Hopefully we can do that tomorrow morning. There's plenty of wickets to be had out there," he added.
