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Two days before Virginias crucial General Assembly elections, Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Sunday rallied support in Henrico County for Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant, R-Henrico and House candidates Riley Shaia and David Owen, whose contests will be key to which party wins control of the legislative chambers.

The second came after the interval, Root trudging off the field shaking his head after being trapped lbw by Shahbaz Nadeem for 218. Ollie Pope had just been similarly removed by Ashwin for 34 and though Root might have forgiven himself for one lapse of concentration after nine and a half hours at the crease as Virat Kohli generously patted him on the back, the score flicking from 473 for four to 477 for six was a source of much annoyance. Having spoken of targeting 600-plus the previous evening...