India end the day on a better note than it was expected after the three wickets fell. Five fielders were put around Rahane for the last two balls but Rahane was able to counter it well. The day belonged to England and Alastair Cook. He will come back again tomorrow in Test whites, and try to win this Test for his country. A long day awaits tomorrow for Rahane, Rahul and the others to follow.
Right, the final day of the tour coming up tomorrow. India face a daunting task on the best batting pitch of the series. Virat Kohli has been dismissed. The pressure is on the other batsmen to bat out 90 overs.
Can they do it?
Let's find out tomorrow.
Do join us at 3.30 pm. Time to say goodbye for now.
India vs England Day 4 Review LIVE from The Oval in London.
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After 18 overs,India 58/3 ( Lokesh Rahul 46 , Ajinkya Rahane 10)
STUMPS!
India end the day on a better note than it was expected after the three wickets fell. Five fielders were put around Rahane for the last two balls but Rahane was able to counter it well.
The day belonged to England and Alastair Cook. He will come back again tomorrow in Test whites, and try to win this Test for his country.
A long day awaits tomorrow for Rahane, Rahul and the others to follow.
Alright, Moeen Ali with the final over of the day.
After 17 overs,India 58/3 ( Lokesh Rahul 46 , Ajinkya Rahane 10)
Stokes continues, his last over of the day. Rahul has got a boundary whenever the opportunity to get one has come. The second last ball of the over, sprung and swung, to Rahul's surprise but missed the edge to Stokes' dismay. Rahul answers back with a flourshing cover drive to end the over with a boundary.
FOUR! Fullish from Stokes and he drives it beautifully through the covers for a boundary.
FOUR! On Rahul's thighs, he taps it to fine leg to pick a boundary.
Stokes continues
After 16 overs,India 50/3 ( Lokesh Rahul 38 , Ajinkya Rahane 10)
Moeen Ali changes end. Probably because there is more rough to take advantage of from this end. Rahane quietly plays the over.
Latest updates: India end the day on a better note than it was expected after the three wickets fell. Five fielders were put around Rahane for the last two balls but Rahane was able to counter it well.
The day belonged to England and Alastair Cook. He will come back again tomorrow in Test whites, and try to win this Test for his country.
A long day awaits tomorrow for Rahane, Rahul and the others to follow.
Day 3 report: Ishant Sharma bowls the first over of the day. Joe Root faces it. Hint of swing straightaway. Just 2 from the over.
At close of play, Cook was unbeaten on 46 runs in his last international innings as England reached 114/2.
Captain Joe Root (29 batting) was at the crease along with the veteran southpaw as the pair put on 52 runs for the third wicket to help the hosts take a 154-run lead.
England captain Joe Root and India captain Virat Kohli. AP
Earlier, all-rounder Jadeja, coming back into the fold, remained unbeaten on 86 while debutant Hanuma Vihari scored 56 to help the tourists trim the lead to 40 after resuming the day on 174/6.
India posted 292 in reply to England's first innings total of 332.
In the third and final session, Cook and Keaton Jennings (10) stretched their opening partnership to 27.
Things did not work for India as they spurned two reviews on the openers within three overs after the break.
On both occasions, Jadeja (1/36) and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant were at fault for asking skipper Virat Kohli to go for the reviews, despite the ball missing the off-stump.
Mohammed Shami (1-32) then got rid of out-of-form Jennings.
Cook and Moeen Ali (20) joined hands for a 35-run partnership for the second wicket and took England past 50.
Moeen was dropped by KL Rahul at second slip off Ishant Sharma (0/11) when he was batting on 14.
Jadeja did get Moeen soon after, bowling him through the gate as the ball spun a mile after kicking up from the rough.
India changed the ball on two occasions but Cook and Root used their reservior of experience to see the final overs with aplomb bringing up their 50-stand off 80 balls.
The score crossed 100 in the 38th over as the hosts assumed a commanding position in this Test.
Earlier in the day, half-centuries by Vihari and Jadeja helped India get close to England's first innings total.
Resuming the third day at 174/6, Vihari and Jadeja played sensibly.
Vihari notched up his maiden Test half-century before edging a Moeen delivery to England wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow, while Jadeja's 156-ball knock brought the visitors back in contest as India were once reeling at 160/6.
The all-rounder was involved in a 77-run partnership with Vihari before stitching 32 runs with tailender Jasprit Bumrah (0).
India had lost the wicket of Ishant Sharma (4) and Bumrah in the post-lunch session. While Ishant's thick edge went into Bairstow's gloves, Bumrah was run out, the last wicket to fall.
For England, Moeen, Ben Stokes and James Anderson had scalped two wickets each.
Brief scores: England 332 and 20/0 (Alastair Cook 13, Keaton Jennings 7) vs India 292 (Ravindra Jadeja 86, Hanuma Vihari 56; James Anderson 2/30) at Tea on Day 3.
With inputs from IANS
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