India lose three wickets in second session as England rise
KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill fell as England nudged marginally ahead in the Test
ESPNcricinfo staff
23-Jul-2025 • 8 hrs ago
Ben Stokes was pumped up after trapping Shubman Gill lbw • Getty Images
Tea India 149 for 3 (Jaiswal 58, Rahul 46) vs England
Liam Dawson marked his comeback to Test cricket by dismissing Yashasvi Jaiswal with his seventh ball to help prise the opening day back open in Manchester.
India's openers batted through the morning session after being inserted but England struck three blows and kept the scoring rate below three an over in the afternoon to leave the fourth Test in the balance.
KL Rahul became the fifth Indian player to reach 1,000 runs in England during the first session and played late throughout his innings. But he edged Chris Woakes to third slip for 46 while looking to punch down the ground, bringing an opening partnership of 94 in exactly 30 overs to an end.
Jaiswal continued to frustrate England and reached his eighth 50-plus score in 16 innings against them after lunch, but fell soon before drinks. He battled his instincts for much of the morning session to soak up pressure in gloomy conditions, but then became the returning Dawson's first victim since July 2017, edging to Harry Brook at slip for 58.
It was the highlight of a superb spell from Dawson, who had 1 for 21 in seven overs at the tea interval and exerted the sort of control that the injured Shoaib Bashir, whom he replaced in England's only change, struggled to in the first three Tests. He kept the recalled B Sai Sudharsan quiet, who was then dropped on 20 down the leg side by Jamie Smith off Ben Stokes.
Stokes himself struck soon before the interval, pleading with Rod Tucker for an lbw decision - which eventually came - after striking Shubman Gill on the pad as he shouldered arms. Gill's unsuccessful appeal meant that he has scored 16, 6 and 12 since his epic Edgbaston Test, and left England slightly ahead on day one.