Ind vs Eng 3rd Test | England reach 290/5 at lunch on Day 3; trail by 155 runs
The Hindu
Match report of the India vs England 3rd Test match on the 3rd day at Rajkot on February 17, 2024
Kuldeep Yadav (2/77) found his rhythm and helped India take the upper hand in the first session of the third day as the hosts made vital breakthroughs to leave England struggling at 290/5 at lunch, on Saturday.
Resuming at 207/2 and 238 runs behind, England batters were also guilty of throwing away their wickets, while the perseverance of Kuldeep and Jasprit Bumrah (1/54) kept the visitors on their toes with almost every delivery they bowled on a benign wicket.
The absence of Ravichandran Ashwin, who had to pull out of the Test late on Friday night due to a medical emergency in the family, came as a major blow to the India camp.
But Kuldeep and Bumrah calmed the nerves with their incisive bowling. Seasoned England campaigner Joe Root (18) played a horrendous reverse ramp shot straight to Yashasvi Jaiswal at second slip off Bumrah.
It was the ninth time in 21 innings that Bumrah got the better of England’s most successful batter.
The gift from Root was followed immediately by a ripper from Kuldeep to Jonny Bairstow (0), who played on the back-foot to a delivery that turned sharply into the batter.
Bairstow burned a review against the lbw decision and jubilation ensued in the India camp.
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