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Nottingham: Joe Root's fifth Test fifty helped England limit the damage as they finished day three on 352/9, trailing behind by 105 runs.
Root displayed admirable batsmanship as he batted superbly with the tail. He shared important partnerships with Broad and James Anderson as England ate away into the deficit. His unbroken 54-run stand for the final wicket with Anderson frustrated India in a similar way when Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami demoralized England during their record stand for the final wicket.
Bhuvneshwar (4/61) shone with the ball while Ishant Sharma (3/109) put in an amazing spell in the second session which was an exhibition of the potential which he possessed.
He bowled in the right areas and generated movement both off the pitch and in the air in a spell which read 7-1-29-3. He settled into a nice rhythm and accounted for Sam Robson for 59 with a delivery that cut back in from a good length.
However, his dismissal of Gary Ballance was heartening. He angled the delivery across and got it to straighten at the last moment. The extra zip generated trapped Ballance on the crease and he departed for 71.
Ian Bell, who has a good record at Trent Bridge, threatened to take the game away with some good strokes but Ishant got some extra bounce of the wicket to send him packing for 25. In all the three dismissals, all the traits which made Ishant the real deal was evident. One tweet summed up Ishant's performance admirably:
Brief scores
India - 457 (Vijay 146, Dhoni 82, Kumar 58, Shami 51*, Anderson 3-123)
England - 352/9 (Root 78*, Ballance 71, Robson 59, Kumar 4-61, Sharma 3-109)
Status - England trail by 105
