25/11Result
3rd Test, England tour of India at Mohali, Nov 26-29 2016
India won by 8 wkts
Player of the Match
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra JadejaIndia
25/11Result
3rd Test, England tour of India at Mohali, Nov 26-29 2016
India won by 8 wkts
Player of the Match
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra JadejaIndia

9.47am A splendid effort from India to keep England down to 283 after they lost an opener before the toss, then lost the toss, and then dropped two catches in the first hour only to make it four for day one. The bowling has been excellent, and now they seem to have more than negated the disadvantage of losing the toss. Any lead India take will be big because by the time England begin to bat again, this pitch - experts say - will have broken up

DineshChowdary : "As ashwin dropped cook of Shami he takes a wicket of of ashwin . Tit for tat for ashwin"

Interesting times ahead. Parthiv Patel will walk out to open with M Vijay in his first Test in eight years

Exciting times ahead for India in other sport too. PV Sindhu and Sameer Verma have both made it to the Hong Kong Super Series finals, and coach Gopichand is looking forward to a Super Sunday

93.5
W
Mohammed Shami to Batty, OUT, Batty has reviewed an lbw decision, but this is just because they have a review. Short of a length, angling in, and Batty plays across its line. A sort of half-pull, the kind Root played yesterday. He is hit in front of middle, and with the bounce not extraordinary on this pitch, Batty is out plumb. The review confirms that

GJ Batty lbw b Mohammed Shami 1 (20m 13b 0x4 0x6) SR: 7.69

93.4
3
Mohammed Shami to Anderson, 3 runs, that is Jadeja-like. Dances down to a short ball and slaps this somehow past midwicket. Pujara is bamboozled by the quick outfield and lets this go through. Then he has to chase all the way to keep them down to three
93.3
2
Mohammed Shami to Anderson, 2 runs, short of a length, outside off, punched towards deep point for a couple. Ni one at point saving the single
93.2
0
Mohammed Shami to Anderson, no run, and he bluffs by pitching one up. Defended to mid-on

Santosh battula: "So then, let us handover the ball to Ashwin to complete the formality & also the symmetry. "

Over the wicket. two slips and a short leg

93.1
1lb
Mohammed Shami to Batty, 1 leg bye, misses out on a leg-side offering. Get just a leg-bye

END OF OVER:
93 | 3 Runs | ENG: 277/9

  • James Anderson8 (6b)
  • Gareth Batty1 (11b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja23-4-59-2
  • Mohammed Shami21-5-58-2
92.6
2
Jadeja to Anderson, 2 runs, and Anderson reverse-sweeps first up. He doesn't connect this properly, but sends it wide of slip

Jadeja to Anderson. Pleasure to make your acquaintance

92.5
1
Jadeja to Batty, 1 run, driven hard, gets a single to deepish mid-off
92.4
0
Jadeja to Batty, no run, this one doesn't turn, hits the pad, but is headed down leg
92.3
0
Jadeja to Batty, no run, falls short of slip. This is a push and not a defensive prod. A regulation edge and it falls short. Jadeja does slow it down, though
92.2
0
Jadeja to Batty, no run, slightly short of a length, on off, defended off the back foot
92.1
0
Jadeja to Batty, no run, full, on off, driven back to Jadeja

END OF OVER:
92 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 274/9

  • James Anderson6 (5b)
  • Gareth Batty0 (6b)
  • Mohammed Shami21-5-58-2
  • Ravindra Jadeja22-4-56-2
91.6
2
Mohammed Shami to Anderson, 2 runs, angling in, hits the pad, there is an appeal for leg-before but they get two runs to third man. Seems like it has hit the inside edge
91.5
4
Mohammed Shami to Anderson, FOUR, he is off the mark in the series with a four. Burnley Lara is back. Just opens the face on a shortish delivery, and gets a four to third man

Round the wicket

91.4
0
Mohammed Shami to Anderson, no run, bouncer, Anderson gets under it

England tour of India 2016-17 News

A First

0

No. of times 3 batsmen at No. 7 or lower got 50+ scores in a Test inns for India before this. Ashwin, Jadeja and Yadav have got 50s in this inns.

Jadeja's best

68

Jadeja's previous highest in Tests which came against England at Lord's in 2014. This is now his highest score in Tests and only his third fifty-plus score.

Rahane's poor series

12.60

Rahane's batting average in this series. He has made just 63 runs in five innings with a highest of 26.

Pujara's prolific year

7

Fifty-plus scores for Pujara in 2016 in 13 innings - his most in any year. He has made scores of 124, 18, 119 and 1 before this inns in this series.

another day, another gear

110.00

Kohli's strike rate in his first 30 balls in the second innings of the Vizag Test. He made 15 runs from this first-30 balls (53.33) in this inns

No trifling matter

2001

Last time a visiting team recovered from 4 for <100 to post a total higher than ENG's 283 in a Test in IND - AUS, who made 349 from 98 for 4

Bairstow's bumper year

10

No. of 50+ scores by Bairstow at No. 5 or lower in 2016. Only 2 others have managed this in a year - Mathews ('14), Chanderpaul ('02)

counter attack

44

Runs Bairstow and Stokes added in ten overs after lunch. England were on 92/4 in 29 overs at lunch.

Shuffle at No. 4

6

No. of batsmen tried at No. 4 by England in Tests this year - most by any team. Moeen Ali came in at No. 4 in this innings.

Cook of nine lives

2

No. of times Cook has already been dropped in this inns - by Jadeja in the 3rd over and Ashwin in the 11th over, both chances off Shami

India in Mohali

1994

Only time India lost a Test in Mohali, to WI. After that loss they have won 6 and drawn 5 at this venue