IND vs ENG 1st Test: KL Rahul guides India close to 100-run lead as Leeds game sits on knife's edge

It was a moving day of the first India vs England Test in Leeds; however, the match remains firmly in the balance after another gripping day at Headingley. After England did well to come within touching distance of India's 471, with their 465, KL Rahul's unbeaten 47 led the visitors' charge in the second innings. The rain arrived in the latter stages of the third session as the Indian team went to stumps 90/2, and with a lead of 96.

It was a day marked by Harry Brook, England's tail's bazball and a fifer by ever-impressive Jasprit Bumrah. The conditions seemed cloudy, but there was hardly any seam on offer. However, the visitors struck early when Prasidh Krishna removed overnight centurion Ollie Pope



for 106. 

England captain Ben Stokes and Harry Brook partnered for some crucial runs and overs; however, Mohammed Siraj got the much-awaited wicket by nicking off the English skipper. 

The second innings began with cloudy skies and the threat of rain. Jaiswal lost his wicket early in the fourth over with Brydon Carse making the strike. Sai Sudharsan, who was dismissed for a duck in the first innings, played with composure in the second. He batted with patience and unleashed his strokes to make 30 before getting dismissed by Stokes. However, Rahul held one end and went back unbeaten on 47, while captain Shubman Gill being six not out as the match sits on a knife's edge.