IND vs ENG 3rd Test HIGHLIGHTS: India Beat England By 434 Runs To Go 2-1 Up In Five-Match Series
India vs England 3rd Test: India Beat England on Day 4 and have gone 2-1 up in the series.
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Jadeja's match, Jadeja's ground and Jadeja gets the final wicket too, completing a fifer. Mark Wood picks out long off. ENG all out for 122. India beat England by 434 runs to take 2-1 lead.
India on verge of a win. That would put them 2-1 ahead in the five-match series.
England 9 Down then as Ashwin gets a wicket in the second innings. Wicket number 501 for the off-spinner as the batter drags it onto the stumps. ENG- 91/9 after 36.1 Overs.
And there's the breakthrough. Foakes and Hartley were showing some resistance but the local boy has broken it, getting rid of Foakes who went for the cut but it's edged and caught behind by Jurel. ENG- 82/8 after 35.5 Overs.
Ashwin's bowling, by the way. What a commitment to the team and the cause from the spinner. No success yet for him in the second innings. Tom Hartley, Ben Foakes out in the middle for England. Can India clinch a victory today or will we have to wait till Monday?
Rehan Ahmed goes for the big one but gets caught at long on for 0. ENG- 50/7. Seems like only a matter of time before India emerge victorious here in Rajkot.
England Captain Departs! Ben Stokes falls. Another England batter who is out LBW after missing the sweep shot. Kuldeep Yadav gets the wicket. ENG- 50/6 after 22.5 Overs.
It's Joe Root who misses the sweep this time and is given out LBW. He reviews but the ball would have gone on to clip the stumps, so the decision stays umpire's call. ENG-50/5 after 21.5 Overs. Root goes for 7 off 40.
Root, Stokes Fighting It Out for England.
Another One Bites The Dust! Jadeja gets his second wicket as Bairstow is out LBW off his bowling after he misses the sweep. ENG- 28/4 after 11.1 Overs.
WICKET! Seems like it won't be a long wait for the result as England lose their third wicket for 20. It's Jadeja who gets amongst the wickets. Pope goes for the cut but manages an edge that is caught by Rohit Sharma in the first slip. ENG- 20/3 after 9.4 Overs.
Final Session On Day 4. Joe Root and Pope to resume England's innings from 18/2.
Bumrah strikes! It's another wicket against his name in the series. Crawley is given out LBW. He reviews but the decision stays as it umpire's call after the projection shows it would gone on to clip the leg stump. ENG- 18/2 at TEA on Day 4.
Would you believe it? England have lost their first wicket, thanks to a run out. It's a superb take on the full from wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel on a throw from Mohammed Siraj. Ben Duckett can't make it back on time. ENG- 15/1 after 6.1 Overs.
Crawley, Duckett Open For England. Bumrah begins with a maiden over.
Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Put On A Spectacle. Jaiswal finishes with an unbeaten 214 off 236 balls. Sarfaraz Khan on 68* off 72. But not to forget Shubman Gill's 91. Ultimately, it was a superb batting effort from India but are the runs comfortable for an India win or will BazBall make it a close game than it seems at the moment? Let's find out together.
There's the Declaration. India declare at 430/4 after 98 overs. England need 557 to win.
Both the batters get to their individual milestones in quick succession. First Sarfaraz with a fifty plus score in second innings of his debut test to go with a fifty plus score in the first innings and then a double hundred from Jaiswal! Some extraordinary display of batting especially by the left-handed youngster in this innings.
Sarfaraz Khan Ups The Ante too as he now approaches another fifty in this Test match. It's more of white-ball cricket at the moment. BazBazll Who? Watch this fearless Indian duo bat.
This has been a very unlike Test partnership for India. The duo is going over a rate of 6. Would you believe it? Jaiswal nearing a double hundred and has already scored the most number of sixes by an Indian in a Test innings, standing at 10.
Yashasvi Jaiswal gives England a taste of 'JazBall' as he takes on England's best- James Anderson for 3 consecutive sixes in the 85th over. INDIA at 350-4 in 85 overs, Lead by 476 runs.
Yashasvi Jaiswal brings up his 150 as India take their lead to 447 runs. INDIA at 321-4 after 83 overs.
First session of Day 4 ends as India stand at 314-4 in 82 overs with Yashasvi Jaiswal at 149 and Sarfaraz Khan at 22. India lead by 440 runs.
Sarfaraz Khan joins Yashasvi Jaiswal in quick-scoring as India build a healthy lead already. Things look bleak for England. INDIA at 300-4.
Kuldeep Yadav's entertaining innings comes to an end as Joe Root takes a sharp catch at slip off Rehan Ahmad's delivery Sarfaraz Khan walk in at the crease. INDIA at 258-4 after 72 overs.
After Shubman Gill's unfortunate run-out, out comes India's centurion in the second innings- Yashasvi Jaiswal.
RUN-OUT!!! A wicket comes against the run of play as Shubman Gill departs on 91 after being run out by Tom Hartley and Ben Stokes. Heartbreak for the youngster as he was just nine runs shy of his second century of the series. INDIA are 247/3 after 64.3 overs, lead England by 373 runs.
That concludes a dominant day for India on the field. Nightwatchman Kuldeep Yadav survives. He goes not out for 3 off 15 along with Shubman Gill who scored 65* off 120. India lead by 322 runs with 8 wickets in hand at the end of the third day's play. IND- 196/2 at Stumps On Day 3.
Patidar out for 0 off 10 as he hits a half-tracker off Hartley straight to the fielder. Soft dismissal. IND-191/2 after 47.4 overs.
Yashasvi Jaiswal Retires Hurt For 104. Perhaps a call taken by the captain and coach as the team needs him later in the series as well. He is walking back for 104 off 133 deliveries.
Fifty For Gill too. 150 of the partnership has also come up. Lead past 300 with 9 wickets in hand but Jaiswal seems to be struggling with an injury concern.
Hundred For Jaiswal. His innings has put India in the driver's seat for sure as runs keep coming thick and fast for India. IND-158/1 after 39 overs.
100 of the partnership comes up then as both Jaiswal and Gill up the ante. IND-130/1. Lead by 256 runs.
Leg spinner Rehan Ahmed into the attack. India's lead past 230 already. 9 wickets in hand. Can India bat England out of this game from here?
Fifty For Jaiswal. What a performance this from the youngster as he gets there off 80 balls with a six. Brings up the team hundred too in the second session.
Final Session Begins. It's Gill and Jaiswal who resume India's innings. Wood with the ball in hand for England.
IND- 44/1. They lead by 170 runs and have Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill are unbeaten in the middle as players will go for Tea.
India captain Rohit Sharma falls. He is out LBW to Joe Root for 19. IND- 30/1 after 11.3 Overs.
Rohit, Jaiswal Open For India. It's Anderson and guess what Joe Root sharing the new ball for England.
England all out for 319!!! Another yorker and James Anderson can't get bat on that as it rattles the stumps. India then have a lead of 126 runs going into the second half of the match.
Jadeja gets Hartley. England's innings coming to a rather quick end then as Jadeja gets Hartley stumped. Batter decided to go down the track but it's the flatter one from Jaddu and he has no chance to get bat on ball or get back in the crease on time. Jurel behind the stumps makes no mistake. ENG- 314/9 after 70.2 Overs.
How is that for a yorker?! It's not Bumrah who is synonymous with those but Siraj who rattles the stumps of Rehan Ahmed with a superb yorker. ENG- 314/8 after 69.5 Overs.
Tom Hartley and Rehan Ahmed out in the middle for England. Surely, advantage India at this stage. Good chance for them to take a healthy lead, knowing they would be a batter/bowler short for the rest of the match.
Tom Hartley and Rehan Ahmed out in the middle for England. Surely, advantage India at this stage. Good chance for them to take a healthy lead, knowing they would be a batter/bowler short for the rest of the match.
Both set batters dismissed. Wow what a start to the post lunch session for India as Siraj now gets rid of Foakes for 13. The batter checked his shot there but Rohit Sharma grabbed the oopportunity perfectly diving forward at mid on. Wicket in the last ball of the 65th over, wicket in the first ball of the 66th. ENG- 299/7.
It's the local hero Ravindra Jadeja who has picked up the wicket and what a match he is having here at the Niranjan Shah Stadium. This time he gets rid of Ben Stokes. No real turn on that one but it goes not where he intended it to go and is caught by Bumrah at wide long on. Stokes falls for 41 off 89. ENG- 299/6 after 65 overs.
Jadeja From The Other End for India. This is a big partnership in the context of the game.
The second session is underway and it's Mohammed Siraj who begins for India.
3 Wickets Falling In That Morning Session as we are make our way into the second session. Match hanging in the balance. Kuldeep Yadav produced the two wickets that have kept India in the game while Bumrah produced the other. Who will hand India a breakthrough in the second session on Day 3? Let's find out.
At lunch on Day 3, England stands at 290/5, trailing by 155 runs against India. Ben Stokes remains unbeaten on 39 runs, while Ben Foakes is at 6 runs.
It's a close call! Kuldeep Yadav nearly secures a wicket as Ben Stokes misreads the turn and bounce, allowing the ball to pass over the stumps for a boundary. Despite the keeper, Jurel, making an attempt, he fails to gather the ball, resulting in four byes being conceded. England's score reaches 274/5, trailing by 171 runs against India.
A crucial breakthrough for India as Kuldeep Yadav dismisses Ben Duckett for 153 runs. Duckett's shot connects, but it goes straight into the hands of Shubman Gill for an easy catch. Duckett's magnificent innings comes to an end.
England now stands at 260/5, trailing by 185 runs against India.
Ben Duckett secures a single that pushes his score to 150. e Heraises his bat, acknowledging the cheers from the crowd!! England are 244/4 after 46.1 overs, trail India by 200 runs
Jasprit Bumrah strikes again, dismissing Joe Root only 18 runs, extending the England batter's struggle with form. Few minutes later, Kuldeep Yadav makes a strong LBW appeal against Jonny Bairstow, which prompts the review and eventually leads to Bairstow being declared out.
That's the end of the day's play. England- 207/2 at stumps, still trail India by 238 runs. Duckett the star with bat for the visitors. He will resume having scored 133 off 118. He will have Root for company when play commences on Day 3.
Joe Root walks in at 4. He joins Duckett who seems to be in the form of his life, the way he has played so far.
Much needed breakthrough for India as Siraj gets rid of Pope, out LBW. They set the field for a short-one and got him out with a fuller lenth delivery. Superb from India after a passage of play wher they were outplayed. Pope goes back for 39 off 55. ENG- 182/2 in 30 overs.
Is this a Test match or what? Englang going at over 6 runs an over. Rohit and India looking clueless. ENG- 171/1 after 29 overs. Ben Duckett-116*, Ollie Pope- 37*.
England scoring at over 5 runs an over. After 27 overs, they are 151/1 going at a strike rate of 5.59.
Hundred for Duckett. What an innings this has been for Duckett. He has got to a hundred, taking the aggressor's role and as a result England are looking are very strong.
Wicket number 500 for Ashwin. He gets rid of Crawley who goes for the sweep but produced a top edge that gets caught by Patidar. ENG- 89/1 after 13.1 Overs.
What an innings this from Duckett. His first half-century on Indian soil. Gets there off 39 balls. Meanwhile, it's Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj who are bowling in tandem for India at the moment.
Scoring Rate Up And Running For England. 50 up inside 10 overs.
It's Tea On Day 2. And England are 31/0 after 6 overs. They still trail by 414 runs. Siraj and Bumrah bowled 3 overs apiece but none have managed to find a breakthrough so far.
Mohammed Siraj Will Bowl from the other end.. That's good news as he had sustained a blow to his knee while batting and looked in pain.
The England opners are out in the middle. Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett would look to help the team off to a good start. Jasprit Bumrah with the new ball in hand.
India are all out for 445 then as Bumrah is the last man to get out after a series of DRS referrals in the last few minutes. Wood gets the last man. IND- 445/10.
Seems like he has injured himself has Siraj. He has edged one batter onto his knee. Not good signs as India could be a bowler short given the way he is in pain.
Bumrah, Siraj Adding Invaluable Runs for India. Bumrah the aggressor at the moment. India past 430 already.
Falls short of a fifty on debut. Out for 46 for 104 balls. Rehan has got this to spin a bit further away and an edge is induced which is taken by the keeper. IND- 415/9 after 123.5 overs.
And there's the breakthrough for the Three Lions. Rehan Ahmed strikes. Ashwin tried to clear mid-on but couldn't as James Anderson holds on to the catch. He departs for 37 off 89. End of a 77-run partnership. ENG- 408/8 after 120 overs.
Welcome back! The second session is up and running and 400 comes up for India with the duo of Ashwin and Jurel unseparated.
India are 388/7 At Lunch on Day 2. India havwe been penalised 5 runs after India's batters were found to be running on the middle of the pitch. They received a warning on Day 1 and have now been penalised meaning England will start their innings at 5/0.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Dhruv Jurel stay unbeaten on 57 run partnership, as the pair seeks a 450+ total for the hosts in first innings.
India End Day 1 at 326/5. Ravindra Jadeja unbeaten on 110*, Kuldeep Yadav- 1* off 10. What an eventful day of Test match cricket.
Interesting Move as Kuldeep Yadav walks in ahead of Dhruv Jurel.
Finally the hundred comes up for Jadeja. Got there off 198 balls.
Sarfaraz got run out after he responded to an initial yes from Jadeaja on 99. However, by the time Jaddu said no, Sarfaraz had come too far down. Direct hit at the non-striking end means he has to go back for 62 off 66.
Pressure!? 'What's that' says Sarfaraz Khan as he gets to a fifty on debut off just 48 balls. What a fine innings this has been. Proud moment for the family.
Debutant Sarfaraz Khan into the middle.
Finally a breakthrough for England as Mark Wood gets rid of Rohit Sharma for 131. Wood breaks the 200-plus run stand. A short ball which Rohit tries to go after with all his might but fails and an easy catch that sees the back of the Indian captain. IND- 237/4 after 63.3 Overs.
Welcome back! Rohit's got to a hundred first over after tea which was bowled by Rehan. He has reached the milestone off 157 balls. Great knock this from the Indian captain.
It's Tea On Day 1. A session that completely belonged to India with Rohit and Jadeja staying unbeaten to ensure first wicketless session of the series. India are 185/3. Rohit on 97*, Jadeja on 68*. We will be back post tea.
Fifty For Jadeja. Missed the second Test due to an injury and he has come back with a bang in the third. India need much more of him in this match, not only with the bat but also with the ball when they come out to field.
Wow! What a partnership this has been for India. The duo have added 100 runs for the fourth wicket already and are going strong.
First six of the match and of course it's the Hitman who smashes it. Hartley piched this one outside off with the ball going further away and even though Rohit was nowhere near the pitch of the ball, he has manage to hit it over long on for a maximum.
The second session has begun and it's Rohit and Jadeja who are out there trying to bring India back into the match after the fall of those early wickets. Rohit's got to a fifty but his job is far from done as India need their skipper to get a big one. Wood and Hartley bowling in tandem at the moment for England.
Players are heading off the field for lunch on Day 1. Solid fifty-plus partnership between Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja helped India show a strong fightback, recovering from 33/3. At Lunch on Day 1, the hosts have reached 93/3 after 25 overs.
Rohit Sharma achieves his 17th half-century in Tests just five minutes before the lunch break, with India standing at 81/3 after 23 overs. A valiant knock from the Indian captain.
Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja are engaged in a challenging battle to stabilize the innings for India from the three-down position. IND are 71/3 after 19.3 overs
Rohit Sharma's fate changes as DRS comes to his rescue! Initially given out by on-field umpire after an LBW appeal from Anderson, the Indian captain decides to challenge the decision. Upon review, it's disclosed that the ball struck the bat before hitting the pad. Umpire reverses his decision, Rohit survives. IND are 63/3 after 16.4 overs.
Rohit and Jadeja aiming to rebuild India's innings after losing quick wickets. India's last instance of losing their first three wickets for under 35 runs in a home Test occurred against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens in 2017. IND are 47/3 after 12.5 overs.
OUT! India faces a potential collapse within the first hour on Day 1. Spinner Tom Hartley makes an impact in his very first over. Rajat Patidar falls victim to sharp turn and bounce, resulting in Duckett taking a simple catch. England enjoying a dream start to the match. India are 33/3 after 9 overs
WICKET! Mark Wood gets Shubman Gill caught by Foakes! Edge and GONE!! India have lost their second wicket within the first half-hour of play. England, through Mark Wood, claim their second wicket! Gill walks back to the pavilion with his head down. IND - 24/2 after 6.1 overs.
WICKET! Mark Wood delivers to Jaiswal, and he's caught! It's a really good delivery that finds the edge. Yashasvi Jaiswal (10), the danger man, departs cheaply, giving England an early breakthrough on what seems to be a flat surface.
Rohit Sharma gets off the mark with a superb boundary towards long off. It's a lovely shot from the Indian skipper. IND - 17/0 after 2.3 overs
Confident and superb start for India!!
India's openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal are at the crease. Yashasvi faces Anderson and smashes it straight down the ground for a boundary. IND 7/0 after 1.2 overs
India Playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
England Playing 11: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes(w), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson
What Ben Stokes said after toss: We would've batted first too. (On playing his 100th Test) Time flies when you're having fun. The series has been a fair reflection of both teams, we've been very happy with the way we've gone about things in the first two Tests. In Test matches there are only so many moments that you sieze the game in and that's what India did in the last one. Just one change for us.
What Rohit Sharma said after winning the toss: We're going to bat first. We've made some changes, made four changes. Two debutants. Siraj and Jadeja are back. Axar Patel and Mukesh Kumar miss out. Looks a good pitch, better than the last two we've played on. Rajkot is known to be a good pitch but it'll deteriorate as it goes.The next three Test matches will be as exciting as the first two. Need to keep our focus here and see how we can do well.