India’s famed fast bowling unit put their team in pole position for the fifteenth time, bowling out England for 284, before the hosts got their foot in the door by cheaply getting the top order in an entertaining third day’s play of the fifth day. Successful in time. testing. India had scored 125 for 3 in their second innings at stumps. Cheteshwar Pujara (50 batting, 139 balls) Showcasing his daring avatar with a half-century, putting it out in the company of the flamboyant Rishabh Pant (30 batting, 46 balls). The overall lead was 257 runs.
However, the dismissal of Shubman Gill (4), Hanuma Vihari (11) and Virat Kohli (20) will make the spectators going into the last day uncomfortable.
Kohli, as always, got the best delivery of the entire third day’s play, when the rival captain Ben Stokes No batsman would be able to escape such a delivery with a found to back length and with less than a split second of reaction time.
Kohli, who stood two feet outside the batting crease, was literally putting his best foot forward for the defense from 17 yards, while facing questions of scrutiny. James Anderson Keep asking, but luckily his name was written on the delivery outside the off-stump.
Pujara played his usual waiting game with clips from his toes and the occasional square cut when width provided. Pant, on the other hand, took precautions mixed with aggression and if he stayed for an hour on the fourth morning, he would turn the tide.
While India have never lost a Test match in recent years, after taking a lead of more than 100 runs, the current England team is at the bottom. Brendon McCullumThe ‘bazzball’ (relentless attacking) philosophy has made fun of the target of nearly 300 runs.
India would like to score at least 275 in their second essay and would like to give England a target of at least 400 plus to close the match.
The third day is considered a dynamic day in Test cricket and things indeed progressed at a breakneck pace as England scored 4.61 runs per over. Jonny Bairstow(106 in 140 balls) scored his third century in the same number of matches.
Bairstow was quick but brutal in his attack, which saw him hitting 14 fours and two sixes.
But, in line with India’s overseas script over the years, captain Jasprit Bumrah (3/68 in 19 overs), Mohammed Shami (2/78 in 22 overs) and mohammed siraji (4/66 in 11.3 overs) kept the pressure on to ensure a massive 132-run lead.
Shardul Thakur (1/48) was taken to the cleaners by Bairstow, but his joy of taking crucial wickets saw him get rid of Stokes (25), when the partnership of 66 looked dangerous.
Kohli sledge, Bairstow hammer
The morning session was of Bairstow (106 off 140 balls), who smashed the Indian attack after being sledged extensively by Kohli.
Kohli had something to say to Bairstow about his ‘play and miss’ game and the England batsman was not one to pick up the baggage.
After that brawl, Bairstow started chasing down his arms and played a lot of loft shots at mid-off and took some towards mid-wicket boundary.
Famous commentator Ian Bishop tweeted, “Please don’t hit a bear like Jonny Bairstow again.” Virender Sehwag Jokingly said that Kohli forced Bairstow to convert from “Pujara to Pant”.
Bairstow, who looked struggling during the final hour on the second day, played in the first 20 minutes of the morning and missed.
But once Bumrah continued to attack, he had a lot of options in front of the wicket.
While Thakur got the prized skull off Stokes, Bairstow punished him with some harsh punishment along with a square drive with a ramp shot.
There was also a regal pick-up pull to take maximum runs off Siraj’s delivery.
There were two more sixes off Thakur’s ball as the morning session belonged to England, before India were making a comeback in the next one.
Bumrah created pressure, Siraj took the reward
Once Bairstow struck Shardul Thakur (48 runs in 7 overs) through cover point to complete his 11th Test century off 119 balls and his third century in as many matches, he suddenly went into a shell.
captain Jasprit Bumrah (3/68 in 19 overs), who has seen a dream game in the form of an individual performance, bowled a possible spell hitting the bat over and over again.
In the next 20 balls, Bairstow could only manage six runs after his devastation, in which he hit 14 fours and two sixes.
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Bottled up by Bumrah, Bairstow had no option but to try a wide drive when a fuller delivery from Shami hit the fourth stump line. The resulting thick edge was manipulated by a jumper Kohli, who made amends for his unnecessary association with the batsman.
Once upon a time Bairstow-Sam Billings (36) The stand of 92 runs came to an end, Siraj bowled quicker and faster and added three wickets and 43 runs to get the remaining.
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