Sun is back again after little bit of drizzle which forced early lunch on Day 3 in the ongoing rescheduled fifth Test between India and England at Edgbaston, Birmingham. The match is expected to resume at 5:25 pm (IST).
Jasprit Bumrah-led side are dominating after sending six of the English batters in the hut at the score of 200/6 on Day 3 with the lone warrior Jonny Bairstow still on the crease on 91.
After have their fare share of struggle till Day 2, it was the first session in this match that England have dominated and won with Bairstow firing on all cylinders after getting off to a patchy start.
It needed a bit of Kohli-ribbing for Bairstow to switch modes from an overt defence to this current avatar of his of smacking everything around for fun.
Jonny Bairstow and Sam Billings were batting on 91 and 7, respectively, when play was halted and the teams decided to go for lunch.
The hosts trailed the Indians' first innings total of 416 all out by 216 runs.
England resumed the day at 84 for five, with Jonny Bairstow (12) and skipper Ben Stokes, who was yet to open his account, at the crease. Stokes got out for 25.
Earlier, Stokes (25) and England's man of the moment Bairstow added 66 for the sixth wicket before Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah produced a moment of inspiration on the field, taking a diving screamer off Thakur's bowling to dismiss his opposite number.
The dismissal couldn't have come at a more opportune time for India after an attacking field seemed counter-productive as seven boundaries came between overs 33 and 36.
In fact, in a spell of 10 minutes, Stokes was dropped twice, first by Shardul, who couldn't latch on to a skier when the English skipper had shimmied down the track only to mistime it.
The second chance was off the delivery before the dismissal when he flat-batted Shardul straight to Bumrah at mid-off and to everyone's horror, he missed a regulation catch.
But instead of being discreet, Stokes did a repeat act only to find that the Indian skipper holding on to a much tougher chance.
For Bairstow (12x4, 2x6), who seemed to be struggling during the final hour on second day, did play and miss during the first 20 minutes.
Former India skipper Virat Kohli had something to say to Bairstow about his 'play and miss' game and the England batter wasn't someone to take the stuff lying down.
Post that altercation, Bairstow started chancing his arms as he played a lot of lofted shots over mid-off and clipped a few towards mid-wicket boundary.
While Thakur got the prized scalp of Stokes, Bairstow did hand him some harsh punishment with a ramp shot followed by a square drive.
There was also a regal pick-up pull for maximum off Mohammed Siraj's bowling.
There were two more sixes off Thakur's bowling as the session belonged to England.