India vs England Highlights 2nd Test Day 4: India 181/6 at stumps, lead England by 154 runs in 2nd innings

That would be end of play on Day 4 of the Lord's Test. Bad light forced early stumps. India posted 181/6 after a century stand put by Rahane and Pujara for the 4th wicket. India lead by 154 runs. 

Ajinkya Rahane: 8

Kraig Brathwaite / Mohammed Shami: 6

Virat Kohli / Dean Elgar: 5

Moeen Ali bowls an absoulute jaffa to knock Ravindra Jadeja over. Turned a bit and takes off the off stump. Jadeja walks back after scoring just 3. 175/6, lead by 148 runs.

WICKET! Ajinkya Rahane's fighting knock comes to an end. Misjudges the spinner and edges it to Buttler. Umpire raises his finger and Rahane has to go. IND: 167/5, lead by 140 runs

Great effort from Mark Wood at thrid man boundary to save a boundary but seems to have hurt his shoulder in due process. A little consultation with the physio and he is ready to field. IND: 163/4, lead by 136 runs.

WICKET! Pujara deserved a fifty but Mark Wood didn't let that happen. Length ball, kicks up suddenly and Pujara has to throw his bat. Edges to Joe Root at second slip. Pujara departs for 45, IND: 155/4, lead by 128 runs.

150 runs on board for India. Rahane and Pujara has rewritten the Indian innings with a 96-run partnership, after the collpase in the morning session. England pacers, on the other hand, will surely be rejigging their plans in the break. IND: 151 for 3, lead by 124 runs.

Well, well, well…  After 196 balls and a rock-solid defense, Pujara has moved to 40. He is 10 runs away from his 30th Test fifty. IND: 149/3, lead by 122 runs.

India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane brings up his 24th Test fifty at Lord's. A well-made half-century to uplift India's confidence after the debacle in the fist session. IND: 139/3, lead by 112 runs.

4 bye runs and India take a 100-plus lead in the second innings. Commendable batting by Pujara and Rahane. The India vice-captain is into the 40s, 42 to be precise.

Rahane plays the sweep and gets a boundary behind square pretty comfortably. India lead swells to 99.

Another maiden over from ane England pacer but the concern is, how to break this partnership. Rahane, Pujara seems relaxed and applying themselves with a cooler head. IND: 121 / 3, lead by 94 runs.

That was truely insensible. Anderson to Rahane, bowler probably hears a nick and he appeals for caught behind. Umpire says no. The England indulge in a discussion and Root calls for a review at the penultimate second. End result - review lost as no bat involved. India: 120/3, lead by 93 runs.

Rahane seems confused too play the shot. He advanced initially and then moved backward to slice a latter delivery through point. Jonny Bairtsow dives but misses. Rahane survives.

Here comes England's most experienced bowler into the attack. Anderson has taken a fifer in the first innings and he will look to break this growing partnership.

FOUR! Wide of off stump and Pujara plays it beautifully through backward point to get his second boundary. 

Rahane, Pujara are out to bat. India are 105 for 3, leading by 78 runs. Moeen Ali begins England's attack after tea.

In what turned out to be a wicketless session, the duo of Rahane and Pujara added 49 runs runs, taking India's total to 105 for 3. The hosts have taken a lead of 78 runs. Rahane was batting at 24 and Pujara was unbeaten on 29.

India's two most-trusted batters have shown immense character that too, when the team wanted them to stay steady at the crease. Rahane, Pujara bring up a 50-run stand for the 4th wicket, just before the tea break. 

Cheteshwar Pujara gets a boundary and 100 runs on board for India. He and Ajinkya Rahane have shown great resistance in the second session, especially after losing three big guns in Rahul, Rohit and Virat. The batting was a bit slower after lunch but this kind of patience was required to restrict the hosts from taking wickets any more. IND: 103/3, lead by 76 runs.

Wood unleashes a barrage of bouncers with a attacking field set but Pujara faces every single one of them with utmost grit. India: 89/3.

After 117 balls, Pujara gets a boundary; his first in the second innings. Fuller delivrey from Wood, Pujara flicks it nicely through square leg. He moves to 17. IND: 85 for 3, lead by 58 runs.

Cheteshwar Pujara is batting at 12 off 101 balls, at a strike rate of 11.88. But the good thing is, his defence is giving India a hope of being steady in the onging Test match.

42 overs gone, India are 78 for 3, leadiing England by 51 runs. The duo of Pujara and Rahane has batted for more than an hour in the second session and their defence looks unbreachable.

This is the fourth time since the 2020-21 Australia tour that Pujara has not scored a boundary off his first 100 balls faced.