Ollie Pope scored a brilliant unbeaten hundred as England made a comeback in the ongoing first Test against India in Hyderabad on Saturday.
England had a lead by 126 runs in the second innings after reaching 316-6 at stumps on the third day’s play.
Pope was on 148 runs while Rehan Ahmed had scored 16 at the close of play.
Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin claimed two wickets each in the second innings for the hosts.
India scored 436 in their first innings with a lead of 190 and had England on the ropes at 163-5 when Pope stitched a 112-run stand with wicketkeeper Ben Foakes, who made 34.
Pope reached his fifth Test ton and first against India with three runs off Ravindra Jadeja, removing his helmet and raising his bat to soak in the applause.
Pope dug in as he played back-and-forth sweeps to good effect, neutralising India´s forceful spin attack.
He survived one misjudged reverse sweep to backward point while on 110 when Axar Patel dropped the catch off Jadeja.
Axar´s left-arm spin dispatched Foakes to end the partnership but Pope made the day his own in a marathon knock featuring 17 boundaries.
India resumed the day on 421-7 in response to England´s first innings total of 246 and overnighters Jadeja and Axar started cautiously, with just six runs scored in the first half-hour.
Root, who posted 4-79, got Jadeja out and bowled Bumrah on the next ball but Mohammed Siraj avoided the hat-trick.
Jadeja top-scored for the hosts with 87.
Leg-spinner Ahmed cleaned up Axar on 44 to end the innings inside the first hour.
Spinner Jack Leach, who injured his knee while fielding on day one and again on day two, took the field heavily bandaged and bowled just one over in the morning.