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England’s pace bowlers seized control of the fifth Test against India at The Oval, building on the earlier heroics of Jos Buttler’s unbeaten 89.
England’s fast bowlers backed up an inspired innings from Jos Buttler to reduce India to 6-174 and help grab command of the fifth Test on day two at the Oval.
Stuart Broad and Sam Curran removed India’s openers, then James Anderson and Ben Stokes tore through the middle order with two wickets each.
Then, India captain Virat Kohli, the leading batsman in the series, was taken out by Stokes for 49 near stumps.
England’s lead of 158 was largely thanks to the series’ second leading run-scorer, Buttler, who struck 89 to guide his side to 332 from an overnight total of 7-198.
Supported by Adil Rashid (15) and Stuart Broad (38), Buttler made his third half century in his last four test innings, to take England to a total that would have far exceeded its own expectations at the start of the day.
England carried that momentum into their bowling as Broad struck with his first ball to dismiss Shikhar Dhawan leg before wicket for three.
Broad’s 432nd wicket lifted him past Sir Richard Hadlee to eighth on the all-time wicket-taking list.
Lokesh Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara shared a second-wicket partnership of 64, but both fell for 37. Curran produced a near-perfect delivery to bowl Rahul, and Pujara was caught behind off Anderson.
Anderson claimed his second wicket in seven balls when Ajinkya Rahane was caught at slip for a duck, leaving Kohli to repair his side’s resistance once more.
However, even Kohli couldn’t rescue his team in good bowling conditions under cloudy London skies, as he edged a Stokes delivery to England captain Joe Root at slip.
Rishabh Pant (5) fell in similar fashion to his captain two overs later, edging Stokes to Cook at slip, leaving debutant Hanuma Vihari (25 not out) and Ravindra Jadeja (8 not out) with plenty of work to do on Sunday.
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