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India Vs England, 3rd Test: Ishant Sharma on the verge of breaking Kapil Dev's record at Trent Bridge; find out here

Speed News Desk 21 August 2018, 19:01 IST

India Vs England, 3rd Test: Ishant Sharma is on the verge of breaking Kapil Dev's record

Virat Kohli's Juggernaut continued to dominate the Day3 of the third Test against England at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Kohli notch up his 23rd Test ton and 58th International hundred in the five Tests match series on English soil.

Indian skipper Virat Kohli taken the revenge with England's skipper Joe Root of his 2014 innings in England against England. Kohli scored 134 runs in year 2014 while Joe Root scored 518 runs with two tons and 3 half centuries to his name.

Now the time changes completely Kohli scored 440 runs with two tons and two half-centuries to his name while Joe Root scored 142 runs at an avaerage of 28.40.

Ishant Sharma made a unique record of scalping most number of wickets against a country in Tests and dismiss particular player maximum number of times. Ishant Sharma dismiss 11 times England batsman Alastair Cook like Kapil Dev dismiss English former cricketer Graham Gooch.

If Ishant scalped two wickets more then he will break the record of Indian former skipper Kapil Dev for dismissing oppostion for most number of times.

He scalped 49 wickets against England, 48 wickets against Australia and 36 against Sri Lanka. Indian pacer Ishant Sharma strikes as Alastair Cook is dismissed for 17.

England Playing XI:

Keaton Jennings, Alastair Cook, Joe Root (c), Ollie Pope, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.

India's Playing XI:

Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah

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