IND vs ENG 2nd Test Day 3 Highlights: Chasing 399 to win, England 67/1

India vs England 2nd Test Day 3 highlights: R Ashwin took the only wicket to fall in the England second innings as the visitors stared their chase of 399 and got to 67/1

On Day 3 of the India vs England 2nd Test, England managed to remain 67/1 in their chase of 399 at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on Sunday, February 04. Shubman Gill smashed his third Test century and helped India reach 255 as they set England a target of 399 runs to win the match.

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In the third and final session, the Indian innings began at 227/6 and they lost two quick wickets of KS Bharat and Kuldeep Yadav. Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin then played out 71 balls to add 26 runs and frustrate the English team before Hartley got Bumrah and Rehan Ahmed had Ashwin caught brilliantly by Ben Foakes. As a result, India was bowled out for 255 and set England a target of 399 to win the match and take a 2-0 lead. 

England came out to bat with at least 14 overs to be played. They started well as the openers added 50 runs without taking much of a risk. However, with the introduction of Ashwin, Duckett played a loose shot and was caught brilliantly by Kona Bharat to give India their first and only break. Rehan Ahmed, who joined Cralwy, saw the English side to 67/1 at the end of the day's play. In the last session, 95 runs came in 28.3 overs at the loss of five wickets. 

England will need 332 runs with nine wickets in hand when they will come out to bat on Day 4. 

IND vs ENG 2nd Test Day 3: Session 1 report

Starting the day at 28-0, India lost quick wickets, both falling to James Anderson as Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal departed. Shubman Gill was lucky enough to survive two LBW calls as he was given out once and then it was reversed because of a faint nick on the bowling of Tom Hartley at another time, the ball was clipping the top of the middle but since it was given not-out, it remained so courtesy of umpire's call on Anderson's bowling. 

Gill made good use of both chances as he raced away to his first fifty of the series and added an invaluable 81 runs with Shreyas Iyer for the third wicket. Iyer was caught brilliantly by Stokes off Hartley and then Ben Foakes took a stunning catch behind the stumps to get rid of Patidar and all of a sudden India was four down. Axar though did well to take India to Lunch with Gill with the score at 130/4. 102 runs came from the session at the loss of four wickets in 30 overs.

IND vs ENG 2nd Test Day 3: Session 2 report

Starting the second session at 130/4 with Gill and Axar in the middle, India went off to a great start, not losing any wickets till 81 more runs were added in the session, Gill reached his third Test ton and then, trying to reverse sweep, got a ball to brush off his gloves and was caught by wicketkeeper Ben Foakes off the bowling of Shoaib Bashir. 

With the partnership broken, England got Axar out quickly too as he was trapped leg before wicket by Tom Hartley. Both the wickets came courtesy of reviews as the in-filed umpires had called both of them not out. 29 overs and 97 runs at a loss of just two wickets would mean that it was India's session as they led by 370 runs.  
 

India vs England 2nd Test scorecards

England 1st innings scorecard

England 1st Inning
253-10 (55.5 ov) CRR:4.53
Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	c S Iyer b A Patel	76	78	11	2	97.44
Ben Duckett	c RM Patidar b K Yadav	21	17	4	0	123.53
Ollie Pope	b J Bumrah	23	55	2	0	41.82
Joe Root	c S Gill b J Bumrah	5	10	1	0	50
Jonny Bairstow	c S Gill b J Bumrah	25	39	4	0	64.1
Ben Stokes (C)	b J Bumrah	47	54	5	1	87.04
Ben Foakes (WK)	b K Yadav	6	10	1	0	60
Rehan Ahmed	c S Gill b K Yadav	6	15	1	0	40
Tom Hartley	c S Gill b J Bumrah	21	24	2	1	87.5
James Anderson	lbw b J Bumrah	6	19	1	0	31.58
Shoaib Bashir	Not out	8	15	1	0	53.33
Extras	9 (b 7, Ib 1, w 0, nb 1, p 0)
Total	253 (10 wkts, 55.5 Ov)
Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Jasprit Bumrah	15.5	5	45	6	0	2.84
Mukesh Kumar	7	1	44	0	1	6.29
Kuldeep Yadav	17	1	71	3	0	4.18
Ravichandran Ashwin	12	0	61	0	0	5.08
Axar Patel	4	0	24	1	0	6

India 1st innings scorecard

India 1st Inning
396-10 (112 ov) CRR:3.54
Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal	c J Bairstow b J Anderson	209	290	19	7	72.07
Rohit Sharma (C)	c OJD Pope b S Bashir	14	41	0	0	34.15
Shubman Gill	c BT Foakes b J Anderson	34	46	5	0	73.91
Shreyas Iyer	c BT Foakes b TW Hartley	27	59	3	0	45.76
Rajat Patidar	b R Ahmed	32	72	3	0	44.44
Axar Patel	c R Ahmed b S Bashir	27	51	4	0	52.94
Kona Srikar Bharat (WK)	c S Bashir b R Ahmed	17	23	2	1	73.91
Ravichandran Ashwin	c BT Foakes b J Anderson	20	37	4	0	54.05
Kuldeep Yadav	Not out	8	42	0	0	19.05
Jasprit Bumrah	c J Root b R Ahmed	6	9	1	0	66.67
Mukesh Kumar	c J Root b S Bashir	0	3	0	0	0
Extras	2 (b 0, Ib 1, w 0, nb 1, p 0)
Total	396 (10 wkts, 112 Ov)
Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
James Anderson	25	4	47	3	1	1.88
Joe Root	14	0	71	0	0	5.07
Tom Hartley	18	2	74	1	0	4.11
Shoaib Bashir	38	1	138	3	0	3.63
Rehan Ahmed	17	2	65	3	0	3.82

4:52 PM

IND vs ENG 2nd Test Day 3: Here's how the third session went

 

In the third and final session, the Indian innings began at 227/6 and they lost two quick wickets of KS Bharat and Kuldeep Yadav. Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin then played out 71 balls to add 26 runs and frustrate the English team before Hartley got Bumrah and Rehan Ahmed had Ashwin caught brilliantly by Ben Foakes. As a result, India was bowled out for 255 and set England a target of 399 to win the match and take a 2-0 lead. 

 

England came out to bat with at least 14 overs to be played. They started well as the openers added 50 runs without taking much of a risk. However, with the introduction of Ashwin, Duckett played a loose shot and was caught brilliantly by Kona Bharat to give India their first and only break. Rehan Ahmed, who joined Cralwy, saw the English side to 67/1 at the end of the day's play. In the last session, 95 runs came in 28.3 overs at the loss of five wickets. 

 

England will need 332 runs with nine wickets in hand when they will come out to bat on Day 4. 

4:49 PM

Stumps on Day 3 at Vizag

 

Over Summary: 1 1 0 4 0 4; England 67-1 after 14 overs 

Zak Crawley (29), Rehan Ahmed (9); Axar Patel 1-0-10-0

 

Axar Patel is introduced into the attack and Rehan gets off the mark with a single. Rehan is not a night watchman, but probably a night hitman! He hits Axar for a four and gets an edge past the slip for a four and England is 67/1 at the end of the day’s play and would now need 3321 runs with nine wickets in hand when they would come out to bat on Day 4 of the match.

 

4:45 PM

Four from the Ashwin over

 

Over Summary:4 0 0 0 0 0; England 57-1 after 13 overs 

Zak Crawley (28), Rehan Ahmed (0); Ravichandran Ashwin 2-0-8-1

 

Four from the penultimate over of the day 

 

4:42 PM

Crawley watchful again

 

Over Summary: 0 2 0 1 0 0; England 53-1 after 12 overs 

Zak Crawley (24), Rehan Ahmed (0); Kuldeep Yadav 4-0-21-0

 

Crawley is getting too defensive here as well as Kuldeep is trying to get him out. The ball is keeping low and Rehan has been able to keep the two of them out. 

 

4:37 PM

Ashwin strikes in first over

 

Over Summary: 0 0 4 0 W 0; England 50-1 after 11 overs 

Zak Crawley (21), Rehan Ahmed (0); Ravichandran Ashwin 1-0-4-1

 

Rehan Ahmed is the nightwatchman and he would defend the last ball well. 

 

4:36 PM

Bharat takes brilliant catch, Ashwin has Duckett

And we have Jasprit Bumrah out after five overs and it is Ravichandran Ashwin who is back into the attack as four overs remain in the day. In the air, but the reverse sweep goes past the keeper for a four and 50 is up for the English side. 

 

The wicket comes as Duckett goes defensive and tries to push at it as Kona Bharat takes a brilliant catch to give India their first breakthrough. 

 

4:32 PM

Duckett continues to sweep

 

Over Summary: 0 0 4 0 1 0; England 46-0 after 10 overs 

Zak Crawley (21), Ben Duckett (24); Kuldeep Yadav 3-0-18-0

 

Axar Patel is running to the left after having run right in the last over and both times he is unable to stop the shot from Duckett from going for a four. 

 

4:29 PM

Bumrah troubles Crawley

 

Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 2; England 41-0 after 9 overs 

Zak Crawley (21), Ben Duckett (19); Jasprit Bumrah 5-1-9-0

 

Bumrah continues as there is avail change at the end of the eighth over. He can beat Cralwy nearly every time the two are facing each other. Just two off the last ball. 

 

4:23 PM

Duckett sweeps Kuldeep

 

Over Summary: 4 0 2 0 0; England 39-0 after 8 overs 

Zak Crawley (19), Ben Duckett (19); Kuldeep Yadav 2-0-13-0

 

Catch it is the call, but it is far away from Axar Patel at deep square leg as Duckett gets a four to deep mid-wicket. Duckett keeps on attacking but gets only six runs from the over. 

 

4:18 PM

Crawley watchful against Bumrah

 

Over Summary: 0 0 0 2 0 0; England 33-0 after 7 overs 

Zak Crawley (19), Ben Duckett (13); Jasprit Bumrah 4-1-7-0

 

Bumrah will continue from the other end as he looks to give India the first breakthrough. Two from the over as Crawley remains watchful. 

 

4:14 PM

Kuldeep into the attack

 

Over Summary: 0 0 6 0 0 1; England 31-0 after 6 overs 

Zak Crawley (17), Ben Duckett (13); Kuldeep Yadav 1-0-7-0

 

Two overs from Mukesh and we have a change as Kuldeep Yadav has been introduced into the attack. The first ball keeps low and we have something brewing here. Yes, it is a six as Crawley hits through the line. 

 

4:10 PM

Beautiful four from Duckett

 

Over Summary: 0 0 0 4 0 0; England 24-0 after 5 overs 

Zak Crawley (10), Ben Duckett (13); Jasprit Bumrah 3-1-5-0

 

Bumrah has been right on the money. But it is Mukesh who is releasing the pressure from the other end. Punched through the covers and it would mean four more runs to Duckett’s tally. 

 

4:05 PM

Crawley cashes on Mukesh

 

Over Summary: 0 N1 0 0 4 4 0; England 20-0 after 4 overs 

Zak Crawley (10), Ben Duckett (9); Mukesh Kumar 2-0-19-0

 

Mukesh Kumar bowls a no-ball. And then he hits the pads of Crwley, who is looking tentative and not sure at all. Erring on the length. Fuller and driven straight down the ground for a four. Nightmarish Test for Mukesh continues as he has been hit for yet another four. 

 

4:02 PM

Bumrah beats Crawley

 

Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 0; England 10-0 after 3 overs 

Zak Crawley (2), Ben Duckett (8); Jasprit Bumrah 2-1-1-0

 

Nearly an edge there as Bumrah betas Crawley again. And the pattern continues throughout the over as Bumrah bowls a maiden. 

 

3:54 PM

More of the same from Duckett

 

Over Summary: 0 0 1 0 4 4; England 10-0 after 2 overs 

Zak Crawley (2), Ben Duckett (8); Mukesh Kumar 1-0-9-0

 

Mukesh Kumar with the second over Ben Duckett gets going straight away, hits a four and it is more of the same for him as he gets back-to-back fours.