Bumrah has a field day, India's fielders don't in overcast Leeds

His 14th Test five-for stopped England short of a lead and India were 96 runs ahead at stumps

- Somshuvra Laha

KOLKATA: A streaky but bold 99 from Harry Brook and some late-order resilience helped England slash India's first innings lead to just six runs but a solid 66-run second-wicket partnership between KL Rahul and Sai Sudharsan meant India ended the third day of the first Test on a strong 90/2 at Headingley.

Jasprit Bumrah braved some ordinary catching from the slip cordon to still finish with 5/83, equalling Kapil Dev's record of most five-wicket hauls (12) for an Indian in away Tests, playing almost half the Tests (34, compared to Kapil's 66) to reach that mark.

It was followed up by a solid batting response from India on a grey Yorkshire day. When rain intervened with almost an hour still left for the day, India were ahead by 96 runs.

Sudharsan was dropped by Ben Duckett off Josh Tongue's bowling at backward point when he was on 24 before he clipped an inswinging delivery from Ben Stokes to Zak Crawley at short midwicket.

The reprieve went with the general theme of the day as Brook used three lives to score at a stupendous rate to almost take England past India's first innings.

After a rare Bumrah overstep saved him on Saturday, Brook was dropped twice on Sunday — Rishabh Pant grassing a catch off Ravindra Jadeja on 46, and on 80 Yashasvi Jaiswal spilling a shoulder-level edge at gully.