India Vs England, 3rd Test: Virat Kohli and Pujara completes half-centuries and take lead beyond 300 runs
India Vs England, 3rd Test: Virat Kohli and Pujara completes half-centuries and take lead beyond 300 runs
Virat Kohli led Indian cricket team dominated the Day 2 of the third Test against England at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Virat Kohli's men scored 124 runs for 2 in their second innings. India's juggernaut extended their lead to 292 runs and maintained the totat control over the game.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli smashed his 19th Test fifty and the fourth 50+ score in six innings in England while Cheteshwar Pujara brings up his 18th Test half-century and raised his bat towards the dressing room.
India's pace bowling all-rounder Hardik Pandya picked up his maiden five-wicket haul as India thrashed England for 161 in the first innings to strengthen the grip in the third cricket Test match.
Hardik Pandya became the second fastest Indian to take a fifer when he took just 29 balls to take five wickets while India's Turbanator Harbhajan Singh is on the top to take five-wicket haul when he took only 27 balls against West Indies in Kingston back in 2006.
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