India Vs England, 3rd Test: Virat Kohli's men need 1 wicket for historic Test win, England at stumps 311/9
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.
After Hardik Pandya, Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah claimed his second Test five-wicket haul.
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 the year 2014 while Joe Root scored 518 runs with two tons and 3 half-centuries to his name.
Congratulations to @Jaspritbumrah93 for his second Test five-for! India just one from victory! #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/j5G2JPwskn
— ICC (@ICC) August 21, 2018
Indian stylish opener KL Rahul and the 20-year-old Test debutant Rishabh Pant have both taken six catches in this the third Test match. This is the first time in Test history that two players from the same team have picked up six catches apiece in a match.
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 average of 28.40.
Ishant Sharma made a unique record of scalping most number of wickets against a country in Tests and dismiss the particular player maximum number of times. Ishant Sharma dismisses 11 times England batsman Alastair Cook like Kapil Dev dismisses 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 opposition for the 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 battle on! Buttler (67*) and Stokes (42*) stand firm through the afternoon session of day four to get England to 173/4 at tea, 347 runs behind India. Will they be able to take it to a fifth day?#ENGvIND LIVE ➡️ https://t.co/3x88SzxNtJ pic.twitter.com/MARR8wL0gc
— ICC (@ICC) August 21, 2018
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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First published: 21 August 2018, 23:44 IST