England's decision of having a bat didn't provide them the success they wanted as the visitors were in deep trouble in the second session of the third Test against India at 94/7. After losing skipper Joe Root and Zak Crawley in the wee hours of the first session.
If they thought, the second session will be better, little did they know, what was waiting for them. Ravichandran Ashwin removed Ollie Pope for just one, Axar Patel in the next over took the onus on him to get rid of Ben Stokes. The star all-rounder departed for just 6.
More trouble was waiting for them as Axar packed up Jofra Archer's bags by nailing a straighter delivery on the stumps. England were reduced to 94/7 as they were staring at an early dismissal. By the the report was published, England had lost another one as Ashwin removed Jack Leach for just 3.
Earlier, England had won the toss and chose to bat in the Day-night Test. While England made four changes getting James Anderson, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow and Zak Crawley back in the line-up, India made one more change apart from Kuldeep as pacer Jasprit Bumrah was back in the side at the expense of Mohammed Siraj.
The fast-bowler Ishant Sharma, who is playing his 100th Test match provided the first breakthrough for the hosts as he dismissed the opener, Dom Sibley, for a duck. England didn't recover from that blow, local boy Axar Patel pegged them again dismissing Jonny Bairstow for another duck as England were reduced to 27/2.
