India Vs England, 3rd Test: Team India resume after Lunch as Ajinkya Rahane joins skipper Virat Kohli in the middle
From Virat Kohli’s leadership to Ravi Shastri’s coaching and India’s team selection, there are several questions raised which surrounds the Virat Kohli led Indian cricket team after the humiliating loss at Edgbaston and Lord's.
IIndian Skipper Virat Kohli and his deputy Aninkya Rahane are at the crease to start the post-lunch session for India.
England's pacer Chris Woakes finally breaks the Indian opening partnership. Woakes gets an edge from Shikhar Dhawan and ball travelled to the second slip in the safe hands of Jos Buttler. Dhawan scored 35 runs
Indian stylish batsman KL Rahul has been trapped by Chris Woakes and the umpires has raised his fingers. Indin team lose both the openers.
Rishabh Pant becomes the 291st player to represent TeamIndia in Test cricket. Rishabh Pant replaced an injured Dinesh Karthik in the playing XI for the Test match.
Indian batting department has struggled and all three openers used so far - Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay and KL Rahul were not impactful against the swing of the England pacers.
Lunch on Day 1 of the 3rd Test with #TeamIndia 82/3 in 26.4 overs.
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 18, 2018
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It's lunch at Trent Bridge, and Chris Woakes has grabbed his third wicket just before the break! The visitors will resume after the interval on 82/3, with Virat Kohli's wicket still intact. #ENGvIND 3rd Test LIVE ⬇️https://t.co/3x88SzxNtJ pic.twitter.com/Fh8Dpw4na9
— ICC (@ICC) August 18, 2018
From the England side all the eyes will be on Ben Stokes, who has been included in the squad in place of Sam Curran, after he was cleared of affray charges.
After losing the two Tests match against England have given birth to a plethora of questions which revolve around the Indian batting department.Virat Kohli's visitors suffered a humiliating innings and 159 runs at Lord's as England took a 2-0 lead.
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: 18 August 2018, 18:35 IST