India vs England, Live Cricket Score, 1st Test Live Updates: Stumps! Two runs from Dom Bess’ over. England dominated the proceedings once again but there’s a lot to do for them in the final day. The target is 420 and India leave the field with 39 on the board for the loss of one wicket. Day 3 report: Rishabh Pant’s beautiful edge-of-the-seat hitting ended with his now customary indiscretion, putting India under the pump against a supremely confident England gunning for victory at the end of third day’s play in the opening Test on Sunday. At stumps, India were 257 for 6 in reply to England’s massive first innings score of 578 with 122 runs still needed to avoid the follow-on after Pant (91 off 88 balls) and Cheteshwar Pujara (73 off 143 balls) added 119 runs for the fifth wicket. [caption id=“attachment_9279471” align=“alignnone” width=“640”]
Photo by Pankaj Nangia/ Sportzpics for BCCI[/caption] Washington Sundar (33 batting, 68 balls), primarily a batsman converted into a specialist off-spinner, was trying to make amends for his poor show with the ball in company of Ravichandran Ashwin (8 batting, 54 balls), who is never tired of a good on-field scrap, at stumps. With a couple of days’ play still left, it will be interesting to see if England team management decides to give its bowlers some respite if it gets a chance to enforce the follow-on. The day belonged to the current toast of the Indian team, Pant, who smashed five towering sixes — all in the arc between long-on and deep mid-wicket off left-arm spinner Jack Leach (17-2-94-0). Leach didn’t exactly know what had hit him. Sourav Ganguly treated left-arm spinners with disdain but what Pant showed on Sunday was more of pure, unadulterated contempt. Leach wanted to target the rough outside Pant’s off-stump but every time he tossed it up, the stocky man from Rourkee came out like a raging bull who had been shown the red rag and hit the spinner with the turn into the Chepauk stands. He dazzled with his brilliance and then in an annoying manner, forgot that discretion is always the better part of valour while trying to hit off-spinner Dom Bess (23-5-55-4) over extra cover against the spin. This was after dispatching England’s most successful bowler to the square leg boundary. And he found the only man stationed at the deep extra cover — none other than Leach, who latched onto it as if his life depended on it. It was an innings that can evoke different emotions depending on one’s own perception of Pant. A Pant fan who loves his craft will feel an overriding sense of joy and exhilaration just seeing him hit Leach for four sixes few minutes after India were down and out at 73 for 4. Or just smack James Anderson through the cover region. If one is talking about a Test cricket fan then exasperation can take over just thinking about the possibilities had he decided to exercise some caution. Pant has quite literally thrown away Test hundreds four times in his short career. But then that’s Pant. There won’t be any middle path and perhaps the Indian team management will now try to mould itself rather than trying to change him which obviously didn’t work for both parties. Just like they don’t want to change Cheteshwar Pujara, whose 73 off 143 balls over nearly four hours, was in complete contrast to Pant’s pyrotechnics. The Indian team’s ‘PPP’ model — the ‘Pant-Pujara Partnership’ worked and even more so because the senior player was dispatching those boundary balls during their 119 runs stand in just over 24 overs. But then Virat Kohli, who looked a touch dejected in the end, wouldn’t mind if Pant’s shot had sailed into the stands. Pujara’s pull had bounced off Ollie Pope stationed at forward short leg off Bess only to lob into the waiting hands of Rory Burns. Bess easily impressed as he got the ball to dip and drift, something that worked for him while outfoxing Virat Kohli (11), who was caught at forward short leg. Ajinkya Rahane (1) was brilliantly caught by Joe Root when a full toss dipped on him at the final moment. This was after Rohit Sharma (6) and Shubman Gill (29 off 28 balls) were dismissed by Jofra Archer (16-3-52-2). With inputs from PTI.
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Stumps!
Two runs from Dom Bess’ over. England dominated the proceedings once again but there’s a lot to do for them in the final day. The target is 420 and India leave the field with 39 on the board for the loss of one wicket.
After 12 overs,India 37/1 ( Shubman Gill 14 , Cheteshwar Pujara 11)
Leach to Pujara. The batsman taking his time to get settle between the deliveries. Indians don’t want to face another over. Pujara cuts the final ball to deep point and takes a double. There’s time for one more over on this day.
After 10 overs,India 34/1 ( Shubman Gill 14 , Cheteshwar Pujara 8)
Dom Bess is introduced into the attack. There’s a short leg and a fielder at mid-wicket. Pujara steps out to reach the pitch of the ball and pushes towards the mid-wicket fielder. Another good ball from Bess, on the off-stump and the ball rises. Pujara plays with soft hands towards leg slip for a single.
After 9 overs,India 34/1 ( Shubman Gill 14 , Cheteshwar Pujara 8)
Anderson for his second over the innings. He’s targetting the stumps and almost gets a wicket. Pujara gets an inside edge and the ball falls short of Pope at backward short-leg. Pujara does well in the rest of the deliveries.
After 8 overs,India 34/1 ( Shubman Gill 14 , Cheteshwar Pujara 8)
Leach goes down the leg, Pujara clips it fine towards fine-leg and collects two runs. He punches the next ball on the backfoot to off-side for a single. Three dots to end the over.
After 7 overs,India 31/1 ( Shubman Gill 14 , Cheteshwar Pujara 5)
James Anderson into the attack. Shubman goes on the backfoot and almost hands a catch to a backward short leg fielder. Strays off the line in the next one, Pujara pushes it to deep mid-wicket for another single. Solid defensive shots from Shubman. Two from the over.
After 6 overs,India 29/1 ( Shubman Gill 13 , Cheteshwar Pujara 4)
The commentators were talking about the body language and lack of intent from English players but Leach shuts them down with a ripper to dismiss Rohit Sharma. A ball like that deserves a wicket. Pujara is the new batsman and he gets off the mark with a boundary. Still 20 minutes of play left. England will hope for one more wicket.
BOWLED!
Drifts in, takes a puff off the pitch, turns just enough to beat the bat and disturb the stumps. Absolute beauty from Leach to dismiss Rohit Sharma. Rohit b Jack Leach 12(20
After 5 overs,India 25/0 ( Rohit Sharma 12 , Shubman Gill 13)
Rohit is off the mark with a push towards the point. Archer to Shubman for the first time in this innings and the batsman takes a single after knocking it down in front of the wickets. Three pull shots from Rohit against Archer and he fetches 11 runs. Five overs done and the current run rate is five per over.
After 4 overs,India 12/0 ( Rohit Sharma 0 , Shubman Gill 12)
Leach to Shubman. There’s a slip, a silly point and a short leg. Didn’t do enough to test Shubman in this over. The consistency is missing and Shubman comes up with two boundaries. Leach is the lead spinner of his team so Root expects better returns, especially on this track. Eight from the over.
After 3 overs,India 4/0 ( Rohit Sharma 0 , Shubman Gill 4)
There’s extra bounce for Archer. The ball rises up to Rohit who does well to knock it back with soft hand. The batsman for the backfoot punch but gets beaten. He expects the ball too to come at him at a pace but it slows after pitching. Another maiden for Archer.
After 2 overs,India 4/0 ( Rohit Sharma 0 , Shubman Gill 4)
Leach has the ball now. Shubman is on strike. Two slips and a forward short leg. There’s bounce and the odd ball is also keeping low. Will be a tough test for Shubman, who had a great start to his Test career. And he shows his ability in the final ball. A touch short and he times his shot really good. Four from the over.
After 1 overs,India 0/0 ( Rohit Sharma 0 , Shubman Gill 0)
Archer starts off with outside off stump deliveries, Rohit doesn’t go for the shots. Just one slip and a gully behind the batsman. The fifth ball is a good bouncer, Rohit goes for it but too high. A solid block to end the over. A maiden.
Key stats from England innings:
– Ishant Sharma became the third Indian pacer to take 300 Test wickets after Kapil Dev and Zaheer Khan.
– England have never lost a Test in which Joe Root scored a century so far.
15 in wins, 4 in draws.
– Most 5-fors for Ashwin at a venue in Tests:
3 : Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
3 : MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
3 : RGIS, Uppal, Hyderabad
3 : Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
BOWLED!
Ashwin completes his five-wicket haul. Brilliant ball, it comes back in just enough to break the stumps. Jofra Archer b Ashwin 5(10)
After 46 overs,England 178/8 ( Jofra Archer 5 , Jack Leach 8)
Washington Sundar introduced into the attack. There’s spin for him as well on this track as Archer goes on the backfoot and pushes the ball towards deep square leg for a single. Leach looks comfortable facing Sundar. Just one from the over.
After 45 overs,England 177/8 ( Jofra Archer 4 , Jack Leach 8)
Ashwin continues. Leach attacked last over but against, he’s happy to defend. The camera shows James Anderosn being padded up to come in next. Just one run from the over.
After 44 overs,England 176/8 ( Jofra Archer 3 , Jack Leach 8)
Two boundaries in the over. The lead is now 417 runs and still Root is not interested in declaring the innings. Not sure if James Anderson is padded up in the dressing room. Nine off the over.
After 43 overs,England 167/8 ( Jofra Archer 2 , Jack Leach 0)
Ashwin has four wickets to his name so he will look for a five-for. He almost gets the fifth but the edge off Leach’s bat is not carried to the keeper. Wicket maiden for Ashwin.
After 42 overs,England 167/7 ( Dom Bess 25 , Jofra Archer 2)
After the dismissal, the players take the drinks and Archer is the new man in. This is becoming a drag. The play can go till 5 pm local time today so a declaration now would give 15-16 overs for England. That’s not too bad for India and that’s why it’s perplexing why Root hasn’t called in yet. Two runs from the over.
After 41 overs,England 165/6 ( Jos Buttler (W) 24 , Dom Bess 25)
The camera captures Root and head coach Chris Silverwood going inside for a small meeting. It could be anything but the guess is that it is about declaration. The lead is over 400 so the declaration could be anytime now. Five from Ashwin’s over.
After 40 overs,England 160/6 ( Jos Buttler (W) 23 , Dom Bess 21)
The lead has gone past 400 thanks to two boundaries in the over. Nadeem shifts to bowling over the wicket after two boundaries and sticks with the leg-stump line. Bess pads it away. Eight from the over.
After 39 overs,England 152/6 ( Jos Buttler (W) 23 , Dom Bess 13)
Finally a boundary. Buttler sees the opportunity to hit the ball through an empty off-side and scores a boundary. Ashwin goes round the wicket to Buttler and there are two LBW appeals against Buttler. Umpire says no to both. The first one looks a bit close.
After 38 overs,England 147/6 ( Jos Buttler (W) 19 , Dom Bess 13)
Nadeem to Bess. The batsman comes down the track and swings his bat. The ball spins and then rises up to beat the batsman and the keeper. Could’ve been a stumping but too tough for Pant. Another maiden.
After 37 overs,England 147/6 ( Jos Buttler (W) 19 , Dom Bess 13)
Ashwin comes to bowl for the first time post tea break. The second ball to Bess drifts away and then turns and bounce sharply, but too slow to make any impact. Again turn and bounce for Ashwin, this time Buttler goes for the sweep and misses it. Just one from the over.
After 36 overs,England 146/6 ( Jos Buttler (W) 19 , Dom Bess 12)
Ishant Sharma continues and there’s a hint of reverse swing but not threatening enough for the batsman. Bess plays a good drive down the ground, Bumrah does well to stop it before it reaches the fence. Just a single. Block from Buttler to end the over.
After 35 overs,England 144/6 ( Jos Buttler (W) 18 , Dom Bess 11)
Nadeem to Bess. Leg stump line, Bess pushes the third ball to fine-leg and runs two. Forty minutes done since tea and India have bowled only eight overs.
After 34 overs,England 142/6 ( Jos Buttler (W) 18 , Dom Bess 9)
Ishant Sharma into the attack. Bess gets a thick outside edge and it beats the fielder at slips. Wahington Sundar does well to stop the ball from reaching the fence and it’s three runs for the batsman. Indians are slowing the game down, Ishant taking a long time between deliveries. Root in the dressing room is smiling with a cup of coffee. Both teams are chilling at the moment.
After 33 overs,England 137/6 ( Jos Buttler (W) 17 , Dom Bess 5)
Nadeem continues. Buttler sweeps twice and takes a single the second time. Bess gives the strike back to Buttler. He tries the sweep again but can’t beat the short fine-leg fielder. Just two from the over.
After 32 overs,England 135/6 ( Jos Buttler (W) 16 , Dom Bess 4)
Jofra Archer is padded up in the dressing room so maybe England are not thinking about declaration just yet. Even a target of 370 will be very tough on this wicket but England don’t want to take any chances. Test cricket, at the moment, is at a phase where teams are successfully pulling off chases in the fourth innings. Just one run from Bumrah’s over.
After 31 overs,England 134/6 ( Jos Buttler (W) 15 , Dom Bess 4)
Nadeem to Bess. He’s bowling the leg-stump line, asking Bess to go for the shots with a leg-side field. The batsman is happy to just pad the ball away. Maiden over, The lead now stands at 375 runs.
After 30 overs,England 134/6 ( Jos Buttler (W) 15 , Dom Bess 4)
Bumrah beats Bess with a seaming away delivery. New batsman at the crease so Bumrah is making him play the deliveries. Bess clips the fifth ball down to deep square leg for a single. The final keeps low but Buttler blocks without any trouble.
After 29 overs,England 133/6 ( Jos Buttler (W) 15 , Dom Bess 3)
Nadeem takes a lot of time to set his field and Buttler looks a little irritated. Plays the first ball in the air at fine leg for a single. Pope tries three reverse hits against Nadeem, the third one results in his downfall. Nadeem has his first wicket of the innings. Dom Bess is the new man in and he comes down the track and hits just over mid-on fielder for a double. A single and Bess will keep the strike.
After 28 overs,England 123/5 ( Ollie Pope 22 , Jos Buttler (W) 14)
Bumrah starts off with bowling full and wide and gets punished. Check his line in the next ball. Two fielders on the leg side for catching opportunities but Pope is watchful. Four and five dots to finish the over.
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