Shoaib Bashir takes three wickets to tie England to India

Shoaib Bashir took three first-class wickets but England once again faced resistance from in-form Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal in Ranchi.

Joe Root (122 not out) and Ollie Robinson (58) helped England add 51 to 302 overnight for seven but they lost their last three wickets for six runs in 17 balls on the second morning of the fourth Test.

James Anderson caught Rohit Sharma to move to within three of 700 Test wickets before the recalled Bashir trapped Shubman Gill and Rajat Patidar lbw and Ravindra Jadeja grabbed the bat as India went to tea on 131 for four.

Jaiswal (54 not out) was consistent on a pitch that, although individual deliveries remained low, was devoid of the bogeys that had caused England so much trouble 24 hours earlier.

Robinson, in his first competitive appearance since July, twice cleared Jaiswal but the ball bounced close to Zak Crawley and then Ben Stokes, much to England's apparent dismay.

Anderson made the breakthrough in the second over, getting one to hold his line and kissing Rohit's outside edge on his way to Ben Fox, but as Robinson did the same to Jaiswal, the ball fell to a diving Crawley at second slip before kicking off. Away from the top four opener.

Robinson was memorably berated during the Ashes game for bowling “124 km/h (77 mph)” by former Australian opener Matthew Hayden and the seamer did little to get rid of the mark as he operated in the mid-70 mph range.

But he was involved in a brilliant tussle with Jaiswal, who pushed a wider pass after lunch and Fox surged forward to take the edge, only for third umpire Joel Wilson to rule that the ball had bounced.

England celebrated before the 'no out' ruling was returned on the big screens and caught England momentarily off guard, with skipper Ben Stokes putting his hands over his mouth in shock.

At the other end, Bashir was probing away, and while he was once again bowled over his head for six by Jaiswal, the off-spinner, in only his second Test, extracted some innings to beat both Gill (38) and Patidar (12) at the inside edge and gain leg. Before the rulings.

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Tom Hartley was not introduced until the 32nd over and was beaten for six in a row by Ravindra Jadeja, who was undone by an extra bounce from Bashir and caught Ollie Pope at short leg.

Earlier, India had the new ball after two overs, but the hosts were unable to capitalize on Robinson collecting three balls in an eventful outing off Akash Deb, who beat the outside edge of the lower-order batsman twice.

Robinson put up a maiden Test half-century by sweeping Jadeja for the ninth over, to go for one six, extending his stand with Root to three figures – England's first century for the eighth wicket since August 2017 stands.

But Jadeja's reverse sweep attempt touched Robinson's glove on the way to Dhruv Jurel and England's innings quickly collapsed.

Shoaib Bashir took a skier to backward point while Jadeja got India's third wicket of the morning when Anderson chipped in a sweep and was lbw. Jadeja was the pick of the bowlers with four for 67.