In a day that combined valiant grit and unrelenting dominance, Ben Stokes and England’s openers flipped the script of

Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett put England in charge after Ben Stokes’ five-for - Duckett fell six runs short of a century and Crawley was out for 84.

A mammoth 166-run partnership between openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley helped England to score 225 runs for the loss of two wickets at the end of the play on the second day against India in the ongoing fourth Test of the five-match series at Old Trafford in Manchester on Thursday.