Virat Kohli didn’t take field on Day 4 of the second Test between England and India due to a stiff back. However, the Indian captain will be fit enough to bat.
Earlier, England declared at 396/7 and lead India by 289 runs. Chris Woakes and Sam Curran came out all guns blazing and piled on the runs quickly for the hosts before Pandya got the better off Curran for 40.
Woakes continued a superb return to England duty with a maiden Test century. He shared a partnership of 189 with Jonny Bairstow (93) that was an England record for the sixth wicket in Test matches against India, beating the 171 put on by Ian Botham and Bob Taylor at Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1980.
It was a stand made all the more valuable by the fact England had slumped to 98 for four at lunch, after their latest top-order collapse threatened to undo the bowlers’ good work.
