India vs England Live Score Updates, 3rd Test Day 3: IND vs ENG, Kuldeep Yadav and Shubman Gill have provided India with a solid start in the first half hour of play, showing a mixture of defensive and offensive batting depending on the situation of the match. Kuldeep in an earlier interaction with the broadcasters revealed that India would be happy with a total of 400 runs and the Indian batters would be aiming to get their team past that momentous mark.
Kuldeep has also revealed that Ashwin could soon come back in the game and bowl in the 4th innings of the match, offering India a huge advantage. Meanwhile, Yashasvi Jaiswal will also resume his innings soon after walking off the field due to back spasms.
Shubman Gill and nightwatchman Kuldeep Yadav are currently batting at the Niranjan Shah Cricket Stadium in Rajkot with scores of 78 and 14 respectively. India are comfortably on 220/2 with their lead now at 340 runs.
On the third day of the Test match, England lost 8 wickets in quick succession after resuming the day with a score of 207/5. Mohammed Siraj led the Indian attack with 4 wickets, while Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja each claimed 2 wickets.
India, on the other hand, started their 2nd innings aggressively with the usual opening pair of skipper Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal. However, first innings centurion Rohit was quickly dismissed by England’s Joe Root in the second innings.
After the skipper’s dismissal, India’s two young guns, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill, put on a 155-run partnership that not only helped stabilise the Indian innings but also put England on the back foot. Yashasvi Jaiswal furthered his sensational run in the series with an unbeaten 3rd Test century.
However, Jaiswal was forced to leave the field with back spasms and was replaced by Rajat Patidar, who struggled to find his feet at the crease and was eventually dismissed without any change to the scoreboard.
Joe Root and Tom Hartley were England’s only wicket-takers on a day that did not go in their favour. But you can bet on this Ben Stokes-led side to come back from behind on day four and spring a few surprises. The immediate aim for England would be to break the current partnership and bowl India out for a lead of under 400 runs before chasing down an insurmountable target.
India and England Playing XI:
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (C), Ben Foakes (w/k), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (w/k), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
India vs England Live Score: IND 220/2 after 58.4 overs
India vs England Live Score: Fabulous cover drive from Shubman Gill to end the over, India are now slowly inching towards a lead of 350 runs and these 2 batters are looking solid on the crease, probably poised to play a big knock for their side.
India vs England Live Score: IND 213/2 after 56.0 overs
India vs England Live Score: Kuldeep has looked in great touch this morning, defending the ball nicely while also managing to hit the first six of his international Test career. Commentators reckon that the confidence of Kuldeep’s bowling is now reflecting in different aspects of his cricket. Meanwhile, Shubman has also looked positive in his approach while not going on an all out offensive yet
IND 213/2 after 56.0 overs
Kuldeep Yadav 14 (34)
Shubman Gill 71 (131)
India vs England Live Score: Live action begins
India vs England Live Score: Tom Hartley begins the proceedings for the day against the pair of Shubman Gill and Kuldeep Yadav. Shubman taps the ball down the ground for a quick single on the first ball of the day. Dinesh Karthik has also revealed that Ashwin could come back in the match.
India vs England Live Score: Fresh injury concerns for Yashasvi Jaiswal? Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar speculate
India vs England Live Score: According to a report by Hindustan Times, Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri during their commentary stint yesterday speculated that back spasm felt by Jaiswal could be owing to the huge leap taken by him while celebrating 3rd Test ton.
While Jaiswal received the required attention from team physio, the Indian opener had to be ruled out of the 3rd inninngs of the match just an over later.
India vs England Live Score: Virendra Sehwag praises Yashasvi, ‘de dana dan’
India vs England Live Score: Writing on X, Sehwag wrote, “Back to back century for Yashasvi Jaiswal. Treating Spinners the way they should be treated. De dana dan”
In an episode of What the Duck, Ravichandran Ashwin had revealed his feelings about off spinners, he said, “Viru said, ‘You know what, I don’t think off-spinners are bowlers. They do not trouble me at all. I just find it easy smashing them’,
India vs England Live Score: Joe Root gets backed by Bun Duckett
India vs England Live Score: Speaking at the post-day press conference, Duckett said, “I’d be interested to know if those people were against it when he was doing it to Pat Cummins and hitting him for six in the summer. I’ve no words really for it. It’s the same as me playing a reverse sweep and getting caught at point. Options are practised and that shot has been very successful for him over the past year so next time it may go over slip,”
India vs England Live Score: Why is Ashwin not playing today?
India vs England Live Score: Ravichandran Ashwin won’t remain a part of the ongoing Rajkot Test against England. The ace Indian cricketer, who earlier claimed his 500th wicket in Test cricket, withdrew from the match due to a family emergency, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on February 16.
The BCCI did not provide details of Ashwin’s family emergency. However, BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla revealed later on that it was Ashwin’s mother who was unwell.
“Wishing speedy recovery of mother of @ashwinravi99. He has to rush and leave Rajkot test to Chennai to be with his mother,” Shukla posted on X (formerly Twitter).
India will have to continue the match with 10 “active” players because it is not allowed to replace Ashwin with a player who’ll be allowed to bat or bowl. The substitute player will be allowed to field only.
India vs England Live Score: Ben Stokes doesn’t Bazball, says Michael Vaughan
India vs England Live Score: Writing on X (formerly Twitter), Vaughan wrote, “the skipper doesn’t Bazball .. he plays the situation .. Joe is far too good to gift India such a cheap wicket 20 mins into a crucial day when they are down to 10 players .. Sport is about changing styles at the right time”
India vs England Live Score: Why does Sarfaraz Khan wear no 97 jersey? His father explains
India vs England Live Score: “Apne dekha hoga unke T-shirt ke peeche jo naam hai naa, number hai naa, vo Nau (9) aur Saat (7) hai. Actually, vo mera he naam hai. Hindi mein aap usko Nau (9) aur Saat (7) padh sakte hai. Toh aisa lagta hai ki bass wahi gaye hai aur main stance liya hoon. Main iss tarike se chauke maar raha hoon, chakke maar raha hoon,” NDTV Sports quoted Naushad Khan as saying.
India vs England Live Score: ‘Knew they would make a mistake’ says Mohammed Siraj
India vs England Live Score: Speaking at the post-day press conference, Siraj said, “We had only four bowlers and we had a responsibility. We knew they would attack so we spoke about sticking together knowing that they would make a mistake. We did not plan anything much, we were waiting for them to make a mistake. I knew the yorker would be a good wicket-taking option. The important role for a bowler is to bowl six dot balls, we know they are not used to playing out six dots in a row
India vs England Live Score: Yashasvi is next all formats superstat, says Michael Vaughan
India vs England Live Score: Writing on his X (formerly Twitter) account, Vaughan wrote, “Another fascinating days play .. England for the wrong reasons & India for all the right reasons .. the loss of @ashwinravi99 seems to have galvanised the group .. And @ybj_19 is the next all format all condition superstar .. #INDvENG”
India vs England Live Score: Ben Duckettt wants to take credit for Yashasvi Jaiswal’s century
India vs England Live Score: Speaking at the post-day press conference, Duckett said, “When you see players from the opposition playing like that, it almost feels like we should take some credit that they’re playing differently than how other people play Test cricket,”
“We saw it a bit in the summer and it’s quite exciting to see other players and other teams are also playing that aggressive style of cricket,” the left hander added.
India vs England Live Score: Rohit Sharma’s hilarious interaction with Siraj
India vs England Live Score: A threat of over-rate penalties was looming over the Indian team on Day 3 of the match when Rohit Sharma switched to his Mumbaikar tone to order the fielders to pass the ball faster.
“Jaldi toh mangao ball yaar, ham log 3 over peeche hain. Ye jaldi all out ho gaye na toh ham log ka vo lagega (Get the ball quickly; we are three overs behind. If these guys get all out now, we will be struck with over-rate penalties),” the Indian skipper can be heard saying in the stump mic.
Interestingly, Rohit Sharma was not specific about his instructions as he never mentioned penalties or fines but just said “ham log ka vo lagega.” This proves the point Virat Kohli once made in one of his interviews when he spoke about how Rohit Sharma is never specific with his commands. “He will say something, but it’s your job to figure out what he actually meant,” Virat Kohli said.
India vs England Live Score: ‘Bazball is also about soaking up pressure’ says Nasser Hussain
India vs England Live Score: Speaking to Sky Sports, Nasser Hussain said, “After the first two Tests against India, we said that Root might not be suited to Bazball. But the stats say otherwise. He averages 51 under this regime and he averaged 49 before that. His dismissal sort of sums up where we are with Bazball. It will thrill and frustrate in equal measure,”
“When he is playing those reverse-scoops to the first ball of the day of an Ashes Test, we all jump up and applaud. When he does it to Bumrah here and gets out, we all say ‘what a disgrace’,” he added
“One thing Joe will look at is the timing of that shot. Ashwin was not there, India are down a bowler; Ravindra Jadeja is playing off the back of an injury; Jasprit Bumrah is playing three Tests in a row and there is talk of him needing a rest. Bazball is about being attacking but it is also about soaking up pressure. Get Bumrah into his second or third spell, take it deep and then play the shot later in the day,” Hussain further added.
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