ENG vs IND 2nd Test Day 3: Full match highlights and key factors

ENG vs IND 2nd Test scoreboard:

• IND: 587 and 64/1 (13 overs, second innings)
• ENG: 407
• IND leads by 244 runs.

A rollercoaster day at Edgbaston, Birmingham. From a couple hundred to the showstopper bowling performance by Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep, every element was in Day 3 of the ongoing 2nd Test between England and India.

England was on top of their game until Jamie Smith and Harry Brook were on the crease. Back-to-back strikes from Siraj and Akash put India in the game and make the battle more balanced. Brook and Smith formed a 303-run partnership of 368 deliveries. Prasidh Krishna was the most expensive for India. Smith found Krishna as the weak link of India's bowling attack and hammered.

Brook returned to the dugout after making 158, while Smith remained not out for an individual 184. After the departure of his long-standing partner, Smith had no option but to witness the remaining part of the team come and go. The duo started to fight back when England lost 5 wickets on 84, and when the partnership broke, it was 387. If Smith got more support from the lower part of the batting lineup, England could've scored more than 407. They lost 5 wickets in 20 runs because of a brilliant spell by Siraj and Deep.

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Siraj clinched England skipper Ben Stokes, Joe Root, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, and Shoaib Bashir on Day 3, and Akash bagged the wickets of Brook and Chris Wokes. After the stumps of Day 3, India is leading by 244 runs. KL Rahul and Karun Nair will start Day 4 for the team. 

Key factors of the day:

• 300+ runs partnership between Brook and Smith
• Smith's dominating batting 
• Dream spell by Siraj 

ENG vs IND 2nd Test Day 3 scoreboard in brief:

England- 407

India- 64/1 (13 Overs, Second Innings)