In the third Test of the five-match series, India are in dominant position at Niranjan Shah Stadium, formerly known as Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, in Rajkot as they ended the first day's play at 326/5 with Ravindra Jadeja and Rohit Sharma hitting centuries. Jadeja is unbeaten on 110 and Kuldeep Yadav is batting alongside him at 1.
Check India vs England 3rd Test Day 2 live score and match updates here Check IND vs ENG 3rd Test full scorecard from Rajkot here Starting the second session at 185/3 in 52 overs, India got easy runs as Rohit Sharma smashed his 11th Test hundred. However, inspired field change and short ball ploy got Rohit out off the bowling of Mark Wood. It was then that Sarfaraz Khan special loaded at Rajkot.
The pocket-sized dynamo pulled out dream shots from the book and caused Bazball tons of problems as he mashed a 52-ball hundred. He looked set to get to a big score before he was run out by a direct hit at the non-striker's end as Jadeja wanted to take a quick single to reach his hundred while batting on 99.
Local lad Jadeja did eventually get to his hundred as India finished the first day's play at 326/5 in 86 overs. 141 runs came in the last over at the loss of two wickets in 34 overs.
India vs England 3rd Test, 1st session Summary England started the first session of the third Test on a brilliant note as Mark Wood removed Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill in quick succession today.
India lost Rajat Patidar to Tim Hartley and had three wickets down inside the first 10 overs with less than 35 runs on the board. Rohit Sharma tried to attack spinner Hartley and was dropped by Root on 29. He survived an LBW call against James Anderson thanks to DRS. Rohit reached his first fifty in eight innings as the fifty partnership for the fourth wicket came up. Rohit managed to put on 60 runs with Ravindra Jadeja, who was promoted to number five in the batting order. At the end of the first session, India posted 93/3 in 25 overs.
India vs England 3rd Test, 2nd session Summary Starting the second session at 93/3 in 25 overs, India bossed over the English bowlers, giving no chance them at all. They added 40 runs in the first hour of play where 14 overs were bowled. The 100-run partnership between Rohit and Jadeja came up as Ben Stokes and England searched for a break. The break though did not come as India ended the session without the loss of any wicket. Ravindra Jadeja reached his fifty and Rohit was unbeaten on 97 as 92 runs came in 27 overs since Lunch.
Earlier India captain Rohit won the toss and elected to bat first. A high-octane clash is expected on the same lines as in the first two Tests. England's Bazball approach has shown maturity in Indian conditions and did make the contest exciting. England made one change in its playing 11, bringing in tearaway pacer Mark Wood instead of off-spinner Shoaib Bashir.
India made four changes in their Playing 11. Batter Sarfaraz Khan and wicket-keeper Dhruv Jurel made debut for India. Ravindra Jadeja replaced Axar Patel while Mohammed Siraj came in fellow pacer Mukesh Kumar.
3rd Test: India vs England Playing 11
India Playing 11 for 3rd Test: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah (VC).
England Playing 11 for 3rd Test: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson
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