India vs England: Joe Root hits brilliant ton as hosts take control on Day 2 at Headingley

[caption id=“attachment_9917111” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] England skipper Joe Root continued his fine form, notching up his third century of the series, as the hosts finished with 423/8 on Day 3, extending their lead to 345 runs on Day 2 of the third Test against India on Thursday. His knock was studded with 14 fours. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9917131” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Dawid Malan shone on his return to Test cricket for England, striking 70 runs. The southpaw’s knock included 11 fours and together with Root, shared a brisk 139-run stand off 189 balls to pile misery on Indians, who were all out for 78 on Day 1. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9917141” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Openers Rory Burns (61) and Haseeb Hameed (68) laid a solid foundation with their 135-run opening stand, before Burns was cleaned up by Mohammed Shami early on Day 2. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9917151” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Shami was the pick of the Indian bowlers and ended the day with figures of 3/87. The pacer dismissed Burns, Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9917171” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Ravindra Jadeja finally opened his account as far as the wicket-taking column is concerned, finishing with a spell of 2/88 on Thursday. He dismissed Hameed and Moeen Ali. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9917181” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Shami and Jadeja were ably assisted by Mohammed Siraj, who was among the wickets as usual and finished with figures of 2/86 on Thursday. AP[/caption]