In a first session which looks like entirely going to the visiting side, England did not lose a single wicket for twenty overs. In a desperate move, India lost two of their reviews in a span of five delveries across two overs. The first one came from Ashwin to Ben Stokes as a reverse-sweep attempt by Stokes was missed. The ball hit Stokes on the glove and popped up in the air but wasn't caught. Ashwin was adamant that it was a LBW chance but a clear touch on the glove was seen.
In the very next over, Shahbaz Nadeem hit Stokes on the pads and appealed for a DRS. The ball was bouncing a little too much, thus missing the stumps on the ball-tracking system. Nonetheless, India lost another review and Root completed his 150 runs.
The third and the final review was also used by England for a catch appeal. Turn out, the ball had hit the forearm of Ollie Pope who was the player in contention.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joe Root now the only second batsman to make a 150+ score in 100th Test match after Inzamam-ul-Haq, who made 184 also against India at Bangalore in 2005.<a >#IndvEng</a><a >#IndvsEng</a></p>— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) <a >February 6, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
England are comfortably sitting at 521/6 with 10 overs remaining in the Day's play. Frustration increasing for Indian fans as the match is getting increasingly one-sided.