Vijay was caught at short leg off Adil Rashid (3-64) in the 23rd over, while Moeen
Ali (1-47) bowled Rahane in the 24th over, leaving India at 4-71. Kohli then added 47 runs for the fifth wicket with Ravichandran Ashwin (32). England changed up its bowlers as the last hour of play began, a move that paid dividends when Zafar Ansari (1-41) removed Ashwin, caught by Joe Root at extra cover.
Wriddhiman Saha (9) returned a catch to Rashid in the 43rd over as India struggled toward the finish line.
But Kohli and Jadeja then added 40 runs for the sixth wicket, batting for 31 minutes across 10 overs to help the home side earn a tough draw. Earlier, England declared their second innings at 260-3 with Alastair Cook (130) scoring his 30th test hundred.
“I thought it was a fair declaration. Maybe we could have declared a bit earlier, but obviously we didn’t want to give India a sniff. A braver person might have declared on 240, but on the same pitch we were 180-0,” said Cook after the day’s play.
He had reached his hundred off 194 balls, inclusive of ten fours. It was his fifth test hundred in India, the most by a visiting batsman here. He went past Sir Everton Weekes, Clive Lloyd and Hashim Amla, who all have four hundreds in India.
