England vs India, 2nd Test Day 3: Joe Root-Jonny Bairstow century stand frustrates tourists in morning session

At
lunch
break
on
day
three,
England
reached
216/3
at
lunch
break
and
trailed
India
by
147
runs.
Root
remained
unbeaten
at
89*
while
Bairstow
(51*)
batted
exceedingly
well
and
put
up
a
partnership
of
108
runs
for
the
fourth
wicket.
Both
the
batsmen
scored
their
respective
half-centuries
and
batted
at
ease
on
the
pitch
that
looks
conducive
for
batting.

The
duo
–
who
stitched
their
sixth-century
stand
in
Test
cricket
–
denied
the
Indian
bowlers
any
success
as
they
ended
up
adding
97
runs
in
the
morning
session.

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While
Root
–
who
slammed
a
brilliant
century
in
the
second
innings
of
the
opening
Test
in
Nottingham
–
looked
at
his
best
and
neared
yet
another
fine
century,
Bairstow
too
seemed
at
home
as
he
notched
up
his
eighth
fifty-plus
total
at
the
home
of
cricket.

Bairstow
who
has
been
under
a
lot
of
pressure
due
to
the
disappointments
in
the
past
was
at
his
best
as
no
Indian
bowler
could
trouble
him
enroute
to
his
22nd
Test
fifty.
Bairstow
has
so
far
played
13
Tests
at
Lord’s
and
scored
900-plus
runs
at
an
average
of
47-plus.
Bairstow
last
slammed
a
half-century
in
Tests
exactly
two
years
ago
at
the
same
venue.

Root,
on
the
other
hand,
seems
to
own
the
year
2021
as
the
right-handed
batsman
has
already
scored
four
centuries,
including
two
double
tons,
and
scored
1110-plus
runs.
He’s
now
marching
towards
another
fine
century
at
the
iconic
venue.

It
was
a
forgettable
session
for
the
Indian
bowlers
as
they
failed
to
pick
up
any
wickets.
The
pace
quartet
of
Mohammed
Shami,
Jasprit
Bumrah,
Mohammed
Siraj
and
Ishant
Sharma
tried
their
hands
but
remained
wicketless.
Captain
Kohli
also
introduced
spinner
Ravindra
Jadeja
with
hopes
to
break
the
partnership
and
also
keep
the
over
rate
fine.
Jadeja
too
failed
to
pick
up
any
wickets
but
bowled
beautifully.