India vs England 5th Test Day 2: India 174/6 at Stumps due to Anderson, Stokes' show: As it happened

London, Sep 8: India are in all sorts of bother at the end of the second day's play as James Anderson and Ben Stokes once again rattled their top order and pushed the visitors to the wall on Saturday (September 8).

India scored 174/6 and still trail England by another 158 runs and face another humiliating defeat in the five-match series which they have already lost by a margin of 1-3. Debutant Hanuma Vihari (25*) and Ravindra Jadeja (8*) will resume their innings on day three and would look to reduce the deficit.

Day 1: As it happened

Ben Stokes struck two late blows - including grabbing the key wicket of Virat Kohli - as England seized control of the fifth Test. India at one stage reached 70-1 in reply but, like their opponents 24 hours earlier, found life tough in the final session, losing five wickets as they slumped to 174-6 by the close of play.

James Anderson claimed two wickets to take his career tally to 561, meaning he needs just three more to overtake Glenn McGrath and become the most successful non-spin bowler in the format.

The Lancastrian dismissed both Cheteshwar Pujara - who resisted for 101 deliveries before edging behind on 37 - and Ajinkya Rahane, though a strong lbw shout against Kohli fell on deaf ears when umpire Kumar Dharmasena turned down the appeal, with a review failing to overturn the on-field call.

While Anderson aired his frustration, leading to a talking-to from Dharmasena, Stokes was delighted to make the crucial breakthrough late on Saturday.

Stokes also dismissed Rishabh Pant for five but Hanuma Vihari survived through to stumps, the debutant using a review to overturn an lbw decision as he ended up unbeaten on 25 alongside Ravindra Jadeja, who was eight not out.

As it happened:

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Earlier in the morning session, Jos Buttler scored his 10th career half-century to rescue England to 304 for eight as Indian bowlers struggled to wrap up the home team's tail. Starting at overnight score of 198 for seven, the Indian pacers found some lateral movement in the morning but were unable to get the English tail-enders' out.

The English tail-enders' performance has been the main reason why India are 1-3 down in the series, and it was a near-repeat effort from the home team's lower-order on Saturday morning as Indian bowlers failed to get wickets despite getting assistance from the pitch.

Mohammed Shami (0/72) was again India's best bowler on Saturday, beating the bat again and again but luck didn't favour him. Adil Rashid (15) and Buttler pushed the score past 200 quickly as 45 runs came in the first hour of play. Jasprit Bumrah (3/64) did account for the wicket of Rashid, out lbw in the seventh over of the morning despite a DRS referral from the batsman.

But Buttler and Broad denied the Indian bowlers any further breakthroughs in the remainder of the session, much to the frustration of the Indians. Buttler reached his half-century off 84 balls as England crossed 250 in the 104th over. Later, Buttler brought up his 50-run partnership with Broad off 61 balls as England quick scoring rate added to India's frustration.

India reduced England to 181 for seven at one stage on Friday, but now the game seemed to be slipping away from the visitors. England have already taken an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series with wins in Birmingham, Lord's and Southampton. India won the third Test at Nottingham.

(With inputs from agencies)