Kohli puts England to shame with stunning catch

India captain Virat Kohli gave England a brutal reminder about their shortcomings in the field with a brilliant slips catch on day four of the Third Test.

England have dropped a staggering amount of chances this series but India had no such trouble as an exhibition of slips catching helped fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah take five wickets in the second innings at Trent Bridge.

However, arguably the best catch of the lot was taken by Kohli off the bowling of Mohammed Shami.

India’s skipper showed incredible split-second reflexes to dive full stretch to his left and snaffle a thick outside edge from Ollie Pope.

The hosts ended the fourth day on 9-311, still 210 runs short of their target – with India needing just one wicket on the final day to seal a big victory at Trent Bridge.

Defeat will see England’s lead in the five-Test series cut to 2-1, setting up an exciting fourth Test encounter at Southampton starting next Thursday.

Jos Buttler’s maiden Test century in a 169-run partnership with Ben Stokes (62) provided some resistance after England’s top four had been removed for 62 before lunch.

The second new ball proved decisive though as India picked up five wickets in the evening session.

The impressive Bumrah took five wickets but the entire Indian seam attack produced excellent sustained accuracy throughout Tuesday’s play, helped by some outstanding catching and some awful shot-selection from England’s top order.

Keaton Jennings (13) went in the first over, the left-hander poking at a short, rising delivery from Ishant Sharma and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant comfortably snaffled up the chance.

Two overs later Ishant celebrated the removal of England’s other opener Alastair Cook (17) who edged to Lokesh Rahul at second slip.

England needed a gritty innings from one of their top order but their biggest hope disappeared when captain Joe Root departed for 13 when his thick edge off Bumrah was brilliantly caught by Rahul.

Pope showed his inexperience with a poor shot, following a wide delivery outside off stump as Kohli took his screamer of a catch at third slip.

It could have been even worse for England had Buttler not been dropped by Pant off Bumrah.

After that reprieve, Buttler displayed the kind of patient application that had been sorely missed from the upper order batsmen.

Buttler (106) and Stokes (62) batted throughout the afternoon session, showing the kind of focus and grit that was needed if England were to get anywhere close to saving the Test.

But the second new ball put paid to any illusions of a miracle from the hosts.

Bumrah trapped Buttler lbw to end the fifth wicket partnership and then Jonny Bairstow, playing with a fractured finger, was bowled by the Indian seamer with his first ball.

There was variety to Bumrah’s approach and it was a bouncer that removed Chris Woakes, who gloved a sharply rising delivery to Pant.

Stokes went in the next over, a sharply moving delivery from Hardik Pandya squaring him up as he edged to Rahul at second slip.

Stuart Broad (20) and Adil Rashid (30 not out) played their shots with the contest all but over, Broad giving Bumrah his fifth wicket of the day as he too was caught by Rahul.

India had taken the extra time available to try and wrap the game up before the close but they will need to return on Wednesday to conclude their inevitable triumph.

With AAP