India Advantage After Cook last-ball wicket

Visakhapatnam: England were 87-2 at stump after openers added 75 off 302 balls the chase of 405 on the fourth day of the second Test against India in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.

The visitors, openers shared 75 in 50 captivating overs before Hameed was out lbw to Ravichandran Ashwin for 25.

Captain Cook (54) was pinned leg before by Ravi Jadeja with four balls of the day remaining to leave England 87-2.

India were earlier bowled out for 205 to set England 405 to win or, more likely, five sessions to survive.

Earlier fast bowler Stuart Broad shrugged off a right foot injury to lead England's fightback in the morning session.

Broad and Adil Rashid claimed four wickets apiece as India collapsed at 98 for three at the start of play, losing their last seven wickets for 87 as captain Virat Kohli top scored with 81.

The target would have been less daunting but for a stubborn last-wicket partnership of 42 runs between Shami and Jayant Yadav, who finished unbeaten on 27, that delayed the scheduled lunch break by 20 minutes.

Broad struck early to send overnight batsman Ajinkya Rahane back for 26 in the fifth over of the day.

The wicket ended the 77-run fourth-wicket partnership between Rahane and Kohli.

Leg-spinner Rashid soon swung into action with four wickets including that of Kohli who added 25 runs to his overnight 56.

India scored 455 in their first innings and England replied with 255.

Brief scores
India - 455 (Kohli 167, Pujara 119, Ashwin 58, Moeen 3-98, Anderson 3-62) and 204 (Kohli 81, Broad 4-33, Rashid 4-82)
England- 255 (Stokes 70, Bairstow 53, Root 53, Ashwin 5-67) and 87 for 2 (Cook 54)
Status - England need 318 runs to win