Watch: James Anderson Traps Cheteshwar Pujara With A Beauty

Cheteshwar Pujara failed to replicate his first innings heroics in the second innings of the ongoing fourth England vs India Test. The India number three was out for just 5 as India found themselves in deep trouble.

It was Pujara’s unbeaten 132 that helped India recover from a collapse and take a slender 27-run lead. India were reeling at 195 for 8 but Pujara held firm and took them to 273. He waged a lone battle, remaining not out on 132 as India recovered to post 273. Pujara added 78 runs for the last two wickets with Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah contributing just 20 of them.

However, Pujara failed to make the most of the form in the second innings. He came to the crease when India lost opener KL Rahul for a duck while chasing 245. And the visitors then suffered a huge blow as Pujara also returned back to the pavilion without bothering the scorer much.

He was batting on 5 before James Anderson trapped him lbw. Pujara reviewed the decision but it did not save him. The right-handed batsman could not pick the delivery as he failed to judge that it would come in after pitching. As a result, he played outside the line and the ball ended up hitting him on the back leg after beating the inside edge.

Here is a clip of that wicket:

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Meanwhile, India need to chase 245 runs to win the game and level the series.The visitors took the remaining two England wickets quickly to bowl out the hosts for 273. England had started the day on 260 for 8 with Adil Rashid and Sam Curran. Mohammed Shami dismissed Rashid and Broad on successive deliveries before Curran was run out.