Senior batter Joe Root made a affected person fifty as England slow-walked to 153 for 2 at tea on Day 1 of the third Test in opposition to India right here on Thursday (July 10, 2025).
Root (54 batting) and Ollie Pope (44 batting) had been guarding England’s fort at the interval.
It was Root’s 67th fifty in Test cricket.
India’s each success got here within the first session of the day when pacer Nitish Kumar Reddy dismissed openers Zak Crawley (18) and Ben Duckett (23) in the identical over.
Brief Scores: England: 153 for two in 49 overs (Joe Root batting 54, Ollie Pope batting 44; Nitish Kumar Reddy 2/35).
