At the end of the third day, India is getting a hint of victory

Ravichandran Ashwin made the feat of taking 500 Test wickets in Rajkot a few days ago. Ashwin also showed his brilliance in the fourth Test of the series in Ranchi. Kuldeep Yadav showed whirlwind magic. England, reeling under the whirlwind of two spinners, folded before 150 in the second innings. India now has the chance to win the series by winning the Rachi Test.

SBS Desk

February 25, 2024

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At the end of the third day, India is getting a hint of victory

England went into the second innings on the third day with a lead of 46 runs. England's opening pair was broken for 19 runs. Ben Duckett went to defend Ashwin's ball on the fifth ball of the fifth over. Sarfraz Khan caught the edged ball at short leg. Duckett scored 15 runs off 15 balls with 2 fours. On the very next ball, Ashwin trapped Ollie Pope lbw. The Pope killed the golden duck. England scored 19 runs for 2 wickets in 5 overs. Then Joe Root came to bat at number four. Crawley and Root made a partnership of 46 runs off 72 balls for the third wicket. Ashwin broke the pair with the last ball of the 17th over. Root scored 11 runs from 34 balls.

England scored 64 runs for 3 wickets in 17 overs on Root's departure. Crawley picked up the 11th fifty of his Test career amid the comings and goings of teammates. He made a partnership of 45 runs from 67 balls with Jonny Bairstow for the fourth wicket. Kuldeep Yadav broke the partnership by bowling Crawley in the first ball of the 29th over. Crawley's innings of 60 runs is the highest partnership in England's innings. He hit 7 fours in an innings of 91 balls.

India then chased down the target of 192 runs and ended the third day's play on 40 runs without losing a wicket in 8 overs. Indian captain Rohit Sharma was unbeaten with 24 runs off 27 balls. Another opener Yasswi Jaiswal ended the day's play with 16 off 21 balls.