India vs England Live Score Updates, 3rd Test Day 4: Rohit Sharma-led India will be looking to further assert their authority in this match by extending their lead to over 450 or 500 runs and asking the visitors to Bazball their way out of a sticky situation in Rajkot.
Shubman Gill and nightwatchman Kuldeep Yadav are currently batting at the Niranjan Shah Cricket Stadium in Rajkot with scores of 65 and 3 respectively. India are comfortably on 196/2 with their lead now at 322 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.
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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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