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India Vs England
Test Series |
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| Match Basics |
| 1st Test – Day 3: India Vs England |
| Date: 3rd August 2018 |
| Venue: Edgbaston, Birmingham |
| Umpires: Aleem Dar, Chris Gaffaney |
| Toss won by: England, elected to bat first |
| Scorecard Summary |
England’s 2nd Innings: 180 all out (53 overs, RR:3.39)
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| Performers (Day 3): |
| Batting: Sam Curran 63 off 65 balls, Johnny Bairstow 28 off 40 balls, Dawid Malan 20 off 64 balls. |
| Bowling: Ishant Sharma 5/51 in 13 overs, Umesh Yadav 2/20 in 7 overs, R Ashwin 3/59 in 21 overs.
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| India’s 2nd Innings: 110/5 (36 Overs, RR: 3.05) |
| Performers (Day 3): |
| Batting: Virat Kohli 43* off 76 balls, Dinesh Karthik 18* off 44 balls. |
| Bowling: Stuart Broad 2/29 in 9 overs, Jimmy Anderson 1/33 in 11 overs, Sam Curran 1/17 in 5 overs.
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| Highlights & Analysis |
India Vs England: England’s 2nd Innings
- With a lead of 22 runs and 9 wickets in hand, Joe Root and Kyle Jennings walked out to bat. For India, the ball was shared between Ashwin and Mohammed Shami from each end.
- This partnership did not last long as Kyle Jennings failed once again and India’s lead spinner, Ashwin got his second wicket of the innings.
- Dawid Malan joined Joe Root. The pair began to add some crucial runs as their partnership was now worth 23.
- Kohli, however continued with Shami and Ashwin from both ends and this strategy worked as in short time, Ashwin got the big scalp of Joe Root.
- Johnny Bairstow joined Dawid Malan. Bairstow took the aggressive approach, while Malan continued to rotate the strike and runs were now adding to England’s total.
- This sparked a change in bowling as Ishant Sharma was brought into the attack.
- Ashwin and Sharma continued from each end as Ishant finally got the wicket of Malan.
- After this 31 run stand ended, Ben Stokes joined Johnny Bairstow. And three overs later a super over was bowled by Ishant Sharma as both Bairstow and Stokes got out in a single over.
- Lunch was called on Day 3 of this test(India vs England). At this point, England were 6 wickets down for 86 runs and an imminent collapse was nearby.
- Post lunch, play resumed as Jos Buttler and Sam Curran came out to bat. Ishant Sharma continued to bowl his tight lengths and struck immediately after lunch; this time taking the wicket of Jos Buttler.
- Now, Adil Rashid joined Sam Curran. The pair added 38 runs without losing their wicket and Kohli brought Ashwin and Yadav from each end into the attack to get a breakthrough.
- This partnership went for another 48 runs after which Umesh Yadav shattered the stumps of Umesh Yadav to get his first wicket of the innings.
- Stuart Broad joined Sam Curran. The pair added some runs as Sam Curran reached a superb half century off 54 balls.
- This partnership also went into the 40s, however Ishant Sharma claimed the wicket of Broad and complete his 5 wicket haul.
- With England now 9 wickets down for 176 runs, Jimmy Anderson joined Sam Curran.
- The young Curran took his score into the 60s however, he departed in the same over to Umesh Yadav as England folded on 180 runs.
India Vs England: India’s 2nd Innings
- With 194 runs to win the first test (India vs England), Indian openers, Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan walked out to bat.
- For England, the new ball was shared between Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad from each end.
- Despite a shaky start, the pair added 16 runs to the total, however in the very next over, Broad struck as Vijay was given lbw.
- KL Rahul joined Shikhar Dhawan. This partnership lasted only one over as Broad struck again in the next over to remove Dhawan.
- With this match (India vs England), evenly poised, Kohli joined Rahul with India needing 172 runs to win with 8 wickets in hand.
- The pair added 22 runs as Root brought both Curran and Stokes into the attack from each end.
- Both bowlers remained consistent with their line and lengths and finally after getting beaten several times at off stump, Rahul gifted his wicket to Stokes.
- Rahane joined Kohli as India needed 148 runs with 7 wickets in hand.
- The pair survived the next two overs and drinks were called on Day 3 of this test match.
- Post drinks the pair took their partnership to 17 runs after which Rahane departed off Curran’s bowling.
- Ashwin joined Kohli and after adding a swift 13 off 15 balls, the off spinner departed off Anderson’s bowling and India lost their 5th wicket.
- Now, Karthik joined Kohli. The pair added another 32 runs to the total and despite several changes by Root, the batsmen remained strong.
- And, India finished on 110/5 with only 84 runs required on Day 4 of this test.
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| Teams |
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England |
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AM Rahane
HH Pandya
I Sharma
KD Karthik (Wkt.)
KL Rahul
M Vijay
Mohammed Shami
R Ashwin
S Dhawan
UT Yadav
V Kohli (Capt.)
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AU Rashid
BA Stokes
DJ Malan
JC Buttler
JE Root (Capt.)
JM Anderson
JM Bairstow (Wkt.)
KK Jennings
N Cook
SCJ Broad
SM Curran
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