Manchester:Scoreboard Friday at the end of day two of the fourth test between England and India at Old Trafford
.Seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and fast bowler Varun Aaron struck thrice in the opening session as England reached 201 for six at stumps, on the second day of their fourth cricket Test against India, here today.
England now have a small but important lead of 49 runs with four wickets in hand. At crease, currently are two in-form batsmen in Joe Root (22 batting) and Jos Buttler (9 batting).
Bhuvneshwar (3/47 from 18 overs) and Aaron (3/44 from 14 overs) removed Ian Bell (58), Chris Jordan (13) and Moeen Ali (13) during the session.
Pankaj Singh (0-64), Ravichandran Ashwin (0-28) and Ravindra Jadeja (0-5) were the other bowlers deployed in this session.
India 1st Inning: 152
England 1st Inning
113-3 overnight
| Alastair Cook | c Singh b Aaron | 17 |
| Sam Robson | b Kumar | 6 |
| Gary Ballance | lbw b Aaron | 37 |
| Ian Bell | c Dhoni b Kumar
| 58 |
| Chris Jordan | c Aaron b Kumar
| 13 |
| Joe Root | not out
| 23 |
| Moeen Ali | b Aaron
| 13 |
| Jos Buttler | not out
| 13 |
| Extras | 4b, 9lb, 3w, 5nb | 21 |
| Total | for six wickets
| 201 |
| Overs | | 62 |
| Fall of wicket | 1-21, 2-36, 113-3, 4-136, 5-140, 6-170 | |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wckts |
| Pankaj Singh | 14 | 2 | 64 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 18 | 6 | 47 | 3 |
| Varun Aaron | 14 | 2 | 44 | 3 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 13 | 1 | 28 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
