India Vs England: Virat Kohli slams England skipper Joe Root and takes revenge of 2014 bad nightmare
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.
England's JosButtler and Ben Stokes have ensured that there are no more wickets going into the lunch break after England lost a couple of quick wickets as England skipper Joe Root and Ollie Pope.England need 437 runs more to win while India need 6 more wickets to make come back into the series.
Back underway at Trent Bridge. England are 84/4, still trailing by 436 runs. Could India seal victory before tea or will the hosts battle on?#ENGvIND LIVE ➡️ https://t.co/3x88SzxNtJ pic.twitter.com/p8fxu08yrc
— ICC (@ICC) August 21, 2018
Kohli v Root in England:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) August 21, 2018
2018:
Kohli - 440 @ 73.33, 2 100s, 2 50s
Root - 142 @ 28.40, 0 100s, 1 50
2014:
Kohli - 134 @ 13.40, 0 50s/100s
Root - 518 @ 103.60, 2 100s, 3 50s#EngvInd
And, that's lunch on Day 4 of the 3rd Test. England 84/4, #TeamIndia need 6 more wickets to win the 3rd Test.
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 21, 2018
Live - https://t.co/4cMWTbVEFC #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/tlm6vxt2Pf
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
First published: 21 August 2018, 18:25 IST