IND vs ENG 2nd Test Live Updates: Ollie Pope was unbeaten on 67 at tea with England nonetheless trailing by 18 runs and struggling in opposition to a persistent Indian bowling assault within the opening Test on Saturday.

England have been 172-5 on the break in Hyderabad after starting the second innings behind by 190 after the hosts have been bowled out for a mammoth 436 within the morning session.

Pope was batting alongside wicketkeeper Ben Foakes (2) after transient and disappointing spells from Joe Root (2) and skipper Ben Stokes (6).

Jasprit Bumrah and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked two wickets every.

Zak Crawley fell to Ashwin’s off-spin early however England raced to 89-1 at lunch after Ben Duckett defied the Indian assault with back-and-forth sweeps to maintain the scoring fee above 5 per over.

Bumrah bowled a sensational spell after lunch to get Duckett bowled for 47, quickly after the batsman survived an lbw name that may have doubtless been upheld if reviewed.

He then acquired veteran batsman Joe Root lbw for 2 to lift the quantity of a raucous weekend crowd.

Ravindra Jadeja bowled Jonny Bairstow for 10 and Ashwin acquired his second after bowling Stokes.

India resumed the day on 421-7 in response to England’s first innings complete of 246 and overnighters Jadeja and Axar Patel began cautiously, with simply six runs scored within the first half-hour.

Root, who returned figures of 4-79, acquired Jadeja out and bowled Bumrah on the following ball however Mohammed Siraj averted the hat-trick.

Leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed cleaned up Axar on 44 to finish the innings inside the primary hour.

Spinner Jack Leach, who injured his knee whereas fielding on day one and once more on day two, took the sphere closely bandaged and bowled only one over within the morning.