India vs England Highlights, 3rd Test Day 4: India win by 434 runs, lead series 2-1

Rohit hugs Sarfaraz. Ravindra Jadeja kisses the ball. India win by 434 runs and register their biggest-ever win in their 577-Test history. Mark Wood is the last to fall. Finds Jaiswal in the deep and it is a comfortable catch. Jadeja finishes with a fifer. What a win for India!

Jadeja returns and gets rewarded immediately. A short delivery outside off, Foakes looks to cut it but gets a thick edge, Dhruv Jurel completes the catch and India are just two wickets away now

Foakes c Jurel b Jadeja 16, England 82/8

Rehan Ahmed holes out to Siraj and Kuldeep strikes. Rehan lofts it straight to Siraj at long-on. Tossed up by Kuldeep outside off, Rehan gets forward and lofts, hits it off the inner half but Siraj is there and he reverse-cups with ease

Ahmed c Siraj b Kuldeep Yadav 0(5), England 50/7

England skipper follows Root not long after into the pavillion. Tossed up by Kuldeep on leg-stump, Stokes went for the sweep, played across it and missed it completely. The ball hits him flush on the front-pad and Hawkeye returned with three-reds. Stokes goes and so does a review for England.

Stokes lbw b Kuldeep Yadav 15(39), England 50/6

Joe Root had come under fire for shot selection in the first innings. He’s not earned any fans after the second innings either. Tossed up by Jadeja, full on middle, Root leans forward to sweep and missed, the ball sneaks under the bat before hitting him just above the ankle. Umpire Joel Wilson’s finger goes up. England review. No bat involved, little spike on UltraEdge as bat had hit the ground. Hawkeye shows that it would be clipping the top of off-stump

Root lbw Jadeja 7 (40), England 50/5

Jadeja gets his second and Bairstow is plumb! Full on off-stump, Bairstow looks to sweep, his front-leg was a touch wide and he missed it completely. The ball strikes him on the back thigh which was right in front of the stumps. Easy decision for umpire Joel Wilson. Bairstow didn’t even look at Joe Root at the other end.

Bairstow lbw b Jadeja 4(3), England 28/4

India have wicket number three. Flat delivery on off-stump by Jadeja, angles into Pope’s off-stump and grips enough to catch a thick outside edge as the England batter pressed back looking to cut. Sharp reflex catch from Rohit Sharma at slip at hip height

Ollie Pope c Rohit b Jadeja 3(14), England 20/3

Bumrah gets the ball to nip back on the stumps and Crawley is struck leg before. The England opener misses the defence, hit on the back leg, in-line and it is going to hit the top of off stump. Umpire Kumar Dharmasena gives it a long think and then raises his finger. England review. The decision stands. Crawley shakes his head and says something to Dharmasena. And that’s also Tea

Crawley lbw b Bumrah 11 (26), England 18/2

What a mix-up between Crawley and Duckett and the latter falls. That’s a gift for India. Duckett defends a length delivery from Bumrah to the right of mid-wicket, to Siraj’s throwing hand, runs and Crawley looked never interested in it. Duckett is halfway down when he is sent back, a powerful throw on the half-volley. Jurel collects it and breaks the stumps. Duckett had given up. He walks off. Replays show that had Jurel not reached in time, Duckett would have survived. Great stuff!

England 15/1, Duckett run out 4 (15)

Rohit Sharma finally calls Sarfaraz Khan and Yashasvi Jaiswal back in. India stop short at 430/4, lead by 556 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal urged to go into the dressing room first by Sarfaraz. Beautiful to see. Jaiswal reluctantly agrees and walks off to hugs from teammates. From back spasms y’day to staggering hitting today once again. Hat-trick of sixes off Anderson the highlight of his innings.

For India then it is a lead of 556 runs and England have a massive, massive target to chase. India have four and a half sessions to get them out. Let’s see how things pan out

200 runs in successive Tests for India

Vinod Kambli: 224 vs Eng Mumbai WS | 227 vs Zim Delhi (1992/93)
Virat Kohli: 213 vs SL Nagpur | 243 vs SL Delhi (2017/18)
Yashasvi Jaiswal: 209 vs Eng Vizag | 200* vs Eng Rajkot (2023/24)

Yashasvi Jaiswal had slowed down with the milestone approaching and he can finally relax his arms now. Gets a single, races towards the other end and raises his arms in celebration. **DOUBLE CENTURY FOR YASHASVI JAISWAL!

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7 fielders on the off side for Jaiswal as Anderson comes to bowl.

84.2 overs: SIX! Low full toss, Jaiswal leans in and picks it up with a sweep. Sails over deep square leg

84.3 overs: SIX! Full, wide outside off, Jaiswal shuffles down the track and sends it over deep extra cover. That’s most sixes in an innings by an Indian in Tests

84.4 overs: Make that three sixes in a row! Length delivery outside off, Jaiswal stayed in the crease, waited for it and swatted it over the bowler’s head, a flat six

Most sixes in a Test innings for India

10 Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Eng Rajkot 2024 *
8 Navjot SIdhu vs SL Lucknow 1994
8 Mayank Agarwal vs Ban Indore 2019

Most sixes in a Test series for India

20 Y Jaiswal vs Eng 2024 *
19 Rohit Sharma vs SA 2019
14 Harbhajan Singh vs NZ 2010
11 Navjot SIdhu vs SL 1994

Jaiswal has now crossed 500 runs in the series. Only the second Indian left-handed batter after Sourav Ganguly’s 534 runs vs Pakistan in 2007

Length delivery outside off by James Anderson, Yashasvi Jaiswal steers it down to third man, raises his arms in acknowledgement as he gets a big applause. Another superb knock from the youngster. Two balls later he smacks a boundary after going across the stumps, takes a tumble while scooping it fine into the leg side for a four

Players who converted each of their first three 100s to 150+ scores:

Javed Miandad
Andrew Jones
Brian Lara
Mahela Jayawardene
Matthew Sinclair
Graeme Smith
Yashasvi Jaiswal

Two sixes in three balls from Jaiswal and then Sarfaraz to Joe Root. A low full-toss outside off by Root in the 79th over, Jaiswal gets forward and thrashes it over the fence at long-on

A single later, Sarfaraz capitalises on a delivery outside off, he gets forward and slogsweeps over wide long-on

OUT! Kuldeep Yadav departs for 27 runs from 91 balls. Rehan Ahmed gets the wicket. England are convinced they have their man. UltraEdge shows a spike. Kuldeep Yadav looked not bothered but his stay in the middle ends. A full legbreak outside off, Kuldeep jams the drive down, clear outside-edge and taken at slip. Joe Root completes the catch but might have hurt himself slightly in the process. Umpires went upstairs to check if there was bat, and UltraEdge confirms it

Sarfaraz Khan is the new man in and India are 258/4

Shubman Gill is run out for 91 (151) and that’s a big bonus for England. Tossed up outside off by Hartley, Kuldeep looked to go back over the bowler but ended up dragging it towards wide mid-on. Gill was already halfway down the track as Stokes got to it quickly, he fired a throw back to the bowler and Gill was a touch too late to turn around and dive back in. Inches short of his ground and of a ton for a second straight match. Gill is livid as he walks back while Kuldeep sinks to his knees and looks down

India are 246/3, lead by 372 runs

BCCI have confirmed R Ashwin will return to the squad before lunch. “The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is pleased to announce the return of R Ashwin to the squad after a brief absence due to a family emergency. Ashwin had to temporarily withdraw from the squad after Day 2 of the 3rd Test in Rajkot to attend to a family emergency.”

“Both R Ashwin and the team management are pleased to confirm that he will be back in action on Day 4 and will continue to contribute towards the team’s cause in the ongoing Test match.”

“The team management, players, media and fans have shown immense understanding and empathy, acknowledging the importance of family as a priority. The team and its supporters have stood united in support of Ashwin during this challenging period, and the management is delighted to welcome him back to the field.”