India on top despite Smith and Brook's hundred heroics in 2nd Test
Ben Stokes speaks with Umpire Sharfuddoula Saikat regarding the Indian wicket review being made too late
Jamie Smith made the highest Test score by an England wicketkeeper of 184 not out and Harry Brook passed 150 again but India still ended Friday's third day of the second Test at Edgbaston with a lead of over 200 runs.
England were in dire straits at 84-5, more than 500 runs behind, when Smith joined forces with Brook in just the second over of the day's play.
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They came together after Mohammed Siraj had taken two wickets in two balls, including removing Ben Stokes for the first golden duck of the England captain's Test career.
But England's sixth-wicket duo went on to add 303 runs before Brook fell for 158.
And by the time England were dismissed for 407, Smith had surpassed Surrey mentor Alec Stewart's previous highest Test score by an England wicketkeeper of 173 against New Zealand at Auckland in 1997.
But the new ball proved England's undoing for the second time in the match as they lost their last five wickets for 20 runs.
Siraj (6-70) and fellow paceman Akash Deep (4-88), in for the rested Jasprit Bumrah, did the damage between them in an England innings featuring six ducks.
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India, looking to level the series after last week's five-wicket loss in the first Test at Headingley, led by 180 runs on first innings, with captain Shubman Gill's superb 269 the cornerstone of their 587 all out.
And they had extended that advantage to 244 runs at the close, with India 64-1 in their second innings after gifted left-hander Yashasvi Jaiswal, whose 28 featured six fours, was lbw to fast bowler Josh Tongue.
Stokes expressed frustration with umpire Sharfuddoula Saikat after Jaiswal took a seemingly delayed DRS review.
The incident occurred in the eighth over of India’s second innings when Jaiswal was given out.
After a brief chat with KL Rahul, Jaiswal opted for the review, but Stokes pointed out that the 15-second timer had already expired before the 'T' signal was made.
Despite the delay, the on-field umpires, after a quick discussion involving Rahul, allowed the review to proceed. Stokes appeared visibly upset, shaking his head as he returned to the fielding group, while the Edgbaston crowd booed the decision.
Eventually, Jaiswal was dismissed, as the DRS showed all three reds.
