Ind vs Eng 3rd Test Day 4: India need 1 wickets to win; Bumrah takes fifer

Jasprit Bumrah breaks 169-runs stand between Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes to stall the resistance from England, who need 521 runs to win

India are one wicket away from a comprehensive victory as England were 311/9 at stumps on the fourth day while chasing a mammoth 521 in the third Test match at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Adil Rashid (30) and James Anderson (8) were at the crease when umpires dislodged the bails for the day. India Jasprit Bumrah broke the backbone of the English batting line-up, scalping five wickets in his 29 overs, while Ishant Sharma chipped in with two wickets. The day started with India reducing the hosts to 84/4 at lunch on the penultimate day. Assisted by overcast conditions suited to swing and seam bowling, the Indian pace trio of Ishant Sharma (2/24), Mohammed Shami (1/28) and Jasprit Bumrah (1/26) got rid of the English top order. Resuming at the overnight score of 23/0, England lost opener Keaton Jennings (13) in the very first over of the day, after the southpaw nicked one behind to Rishabh Pant off Ishant's short-of-length delivery. Ishant struck again in his very next over by sending back his old nemesis and former England skipper Alastair Cook (17) for the 11th time in Tests, this time caught comfortably by Lokesh Rahul at second slip. Struggling at 32/2, skipper Joe Root (13) along with rookie batsman Ollie Pope (16), did well to battle out the initial fury from the Indian pacers, who by now had their tails up. Root attacked first change bowler Shami with a couple of boundaries but looked consistently in doubt facing Bumrah, who finally managed to get the right-hander caught by Rahul at second slip. In the very next over, Pope joined his skipper back in the pavilion, thanks to a blinder of a catch at third slip by captain Virat Kohli off Shami.

Bumrah could have jolted England in the next couple of overs with the wicket of new man Buttler for a duck had Pant not dropped a regulation catch behind the stumps. Buttler and Stokes did well to survive a few anxious moments even as the stand-in England wicketkeeper started playing his natural game once he got his eyes in towards the end of the first session. The second session saw English middle-order batsmen Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler showing intent. The duo went on to play the entire session without losing their wickets and helped their team make scorecard read 173/4.

India vs England 3rd Test Day 4 Scoreboard

Day 4: Third session report

• After the tea break and change of ball, there was sudden turn of events at Trent Bridge.
• Bumrah first dismissed centurion Buttler (106) and then sent packing Johnny Bairstow in the very next delivery to dash the hopes of England.
• Chris Woakes, who slammed a brilliant ton in the last match, was next to go. Bumrah delivered a perfect ball which took an edge and keeper Rishabh Pant made no mistakes and grabbled it easily.
• With scoreboard reading 241/7, Hardik Pandya came in the picture to dismiss Stokes in the next over to make scoreboard read 241/8.
• Rashid and Stuart Broad (20) however, stopped the fall of wickets by stitching a 50- run partnership before Bumrah came up with a superb delivery to dismiss Broad. He was caught at slips.
• Needing one wicket to win, Indian bowlers tried hard to dismiss Rashid or Anderson but the duo played sensibly and carried the match to the final day.

In Pics: Day 4 second session (Buttler-Stokes stand) report 

Day 4: Second session report

• Ravichandran Ashwin (0-31) didn't take the field immediately because of a hip niggle but came on after a brief delay. Mohammed Shami (1-38) was off at the start of this session as well, though the reason was unknown.
• The batsmen were able to contend with Jasprit Bumrah (1-52) and Hardik Pandya (0-7) with minimum fuss.
• Ashwin had a good contest with Stokes, but it was clearly visible that his pivot while bowling was being hampered by the hip issue.
• There was one loud appeal for leg before against Stokes in the 55th over, but the batsman was saved by umpire's call.
• Shortly afterwards, Buttler brought up his ninth Test half-century off 93 balls, as their partnership also breached the 100-mark off 195 balls before the break.

In Pics: Day 4 first session highlights

India vs England 3rd Test Day 4: First Session report

• Resuming at the overnight score of 23/0, England lost opener Keaton Jennings (13) in the very first over of the day, after the southpaw nicked one behind to Rishabh Pant off Ishant's short-of-length delivery.
• Ishant struck again in his very next over by sending back his old nemesis and former England skipper Alastair Cook (17) for the 11th time in Tests, this time caught comfortably by Lokesh Rahul at second slip.
• Struggling at 32/2, skipper Joe Root (13) along with rookie batsman Ollie Pope (16) did well to battle out the initial fury from the Indian pacers, who by now had their tails up.
• Root attacked first change bowler Shami with a couple of boundaries but looked consistently in doubt facing Bumrah, who finally managed to get the right-hander caught by Rahul at second slip.
• In the very next over, Pope joined his skipper back in the pavilion, thanks to a blinder of a catch at third slip by captain Virat Kohli off Shami.
• Bumrah could have jolted England in the next couple of overs with the wicket of new man Buttler for a duck, had Pant not dropped a regulation catch behind the stumps.
• Buttler and Stokes did well to survive a few anxious moments even as the stand-in England wicketkeeper started playing his natural game once he got his eyes in towards the end of the first session.

Virat Kohli hit 23rd Test century
 
India captain Virat Kohli hit his 23rd century as India continued to dominate England in the third Test at Trent Bridge on Monday. Virat Kohli reached his century in the 92nd over off Chris Woakes' delivery when India's score was 279/3. Earlier, in the first innings Virat Kohli had missed his century. He was dismissed on 97 by England spinner Adil Rashid in the first innings. In the second innings, Virat Kohli along with Cheteshwar Pujara (72) went onto forge a 113-run partnership for the 3rd wicket. India had batted the first session of day three without the fall of a wicket courtesy Kohli and Pujara's partnership. Leading from the front, Kohli brought up his half-century off 74 deliveries and then reached the three-figures in 189 balls. His innings was laced with 9 boundaries. However, Kohli did survive a scare in the nervous nineties when Keaton Jennings dropped him on 93.

 
 
Virat Kohli creates captaincy record in England
 
On Day 3 of Trent Bridge Test Kohli went past Mohammad Azharuddin’s tally of 426 runs to become the Indian captain with most runs in a series in England. This is the second Test in the series where Kohli has scored 50 plus in both the innings. Kohli has achieved this record for the fifth time as a captain surpassing MS Dhoni (4 times) and Pataudi (3). Kohli has also reached 50 for the fourth time in this series. Only one India batsman has done it more often in a Test series in England (Gavaskar’s 5 in 1979).
 
In terms of most runs scored by an Indian Test captain away from home, Kohli tops the charts with 1,827 runs. Sourav Ganguly is second with 1,693 runs followed by M S Dhoni with 1591 runs. Interestingly, Kohli’s runs have come in 30 innings at an average of more than 60. Sourav Ganguly had scored 1693 in 43 innings (avg 43.41).
 
On the list of most century as a Test captain, Kohli jumped to 3rd sport surpassing Steven Smith (15), Steve Waugh (15) with 16 hundreds in 38 Test matches. Graeme Smith tops the chart with 25 tons while Ricky Ponting is at second spot.
 
Most Hundreds as Test Captain
 

Captain	For	100s	Tests
Graeme Smith	South Africa	25	109
Ricky Ponting	Australia	19	77
Virat Kohli	India	16	38
Steven Smith	Australia	15	34
Steve Waugh	Australia	15	57
Allan Border	Australia	15	93

 
Most Hundreds in overseas Test as captain
 

Captain	For	100s	Tests
Graeme Smith	South Africa	17	56
Virat Kohli	India	9	19
Steve Waugh	Australia	9	28
Alastair Cook	England	9	31
Clive Lloyd	West Indies	9	50

 

Felt pressure but county stint helped me: Pujara
 
Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara admitted that he was under pressure to score runs and credited his county stints for providing him the confidence to bat in English conditions and overturn his poor form during the third Test. Pujara scored 72 runs and added 113 runs with skipper Virat Kohli as India piled on 352-7 (dec). and set an imposing 521-run target for England to win the third Test. "Playing County cricket did help me. I've learnt a lot. Although I didn't score too many runs in County cricket but I was playing on challenging pitches. I think I was always confident," said Pujara. "I always felt that I was batting well especially in the nets, especially the way I was timing the ball. I was very confident that I was up for a big one.

"The way I batted in this innings, I felt that whatever I was working on in the nets, it came along. Really pleased to score those 72 runs, valuable 72 runs for the team," he added. Pujara overcame a poor run of form wherein he averaged 14.66 in the past nine innings, with his last half-century coming in Johannesburg on a green-top against South Africa. The batsman said he did feel pressure because of that poor form. "Yes (I did feel pressure). To be honest there is always some pressure especially when you have not scored too many runs. Even as a team as a batting unit, before this Test match, collectively we hadn't scored too many runs," he said. "It was important all our top-order starts scoring runs, especially in this Test match. The way our opening batsmen batted in first innings and second innings, I think lot of credit goes to them because sometimes it's not about scoring big 50s or 100s. "If they score 30 or 40 runs it is quite valuable for the team. I think both innings we got off to more than 50 runs without losing any wicket which is always important," he said.

Talking about his recent run-outs and poor shot selections, Pujara said, "Sometimes if you are playing this game, there will be different modes of dismissals. I am not too concerned about them. The important thing today is the way we batted as a unit and the number of runs we scored. "And we are very well balanced in this Test match. We are looking forward to tomorrow rather than worrying about what happened in the past or the way our batsmen got out. We should be really happy with the amount of runs we have."  Pujara said one needs to trusts one's technique to score runs in this conditions. "You just need to trust your technique, your temperament and be confident about how you know to play in such condition," he said. "Ultimately wherever you go, especially for all the Indian batsmen when we play away from home, whether in England, South Africa or Australia or New Zealand, I think we just need to trust our technique. "Everyone has a different technique, and everyone has a way to play. We just need to play the way we know as a batsman."

Learn from Kohli, show some guts: Farbrace to England batsmen
 

England assistant coach Paul Farbrace has asked his top batsmen to take a cue from Indian skipper Virat Kohli and show guts and gumption in the third Test. After being bowled out for 161 in the first innings, hosts England now face an improbable 521-run target going into the final two days at Trent Bridge. "I'm a big believer in players learning from players, and I think ours will be watching the way Kohli lets the ball come, and almost takes third and fourth slip out of the game," Farbrace said. "You're looking for the best players to learn from the best players, and try to adapt their game to suit - and I think there's no better exponent of that at the moment than him. "Having had such a poor performance yesterday, you would expect your batsmen to show some gumption and some guts and get stuck in tomorrow and show that they are the best players" he added.

"You would be hard-pressed to argue against him (Kohli) being seen as the best player in the world at the moment. The way he's developed, played through this series, has been absolutely fantastic. I like the way he plays the game it's fantastic to see," he said. "He's a high-quality player, and has shown he's learned a lot on this tour alone. The way he's tinkered, practised and obviously worked at his game fantastic and he thoroughly deserves the runs he's scored. Our bowlers might argue that we've perhaps given him a few too many chances but the bloke has shown that he is high-quality." 

Farbrace was critical of the English batsmen and hoped that the batsmen would improve in the second innings, taking the lead from James Anderson who bowled fantastic spells on day three. "I thought Jimmy Anderson showed why he is the best seam bowler in world cricket. On the first day he didn't quite get it right, but today he got it spot on and bowled really well," he said. "He kept challenging the stumps and the outside edge. You're looking for (Alastair) Cook, (Joe) Root and (Ben) Stokes to get stuck in and show they are top quality players."

Here is the playing 11 of both the teams:

 

India playing 11: Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (w), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah

 

England playing 11: Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Joe Root (c), Ollie Pope, Jonny Bairstow (w), Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, James Anderson

India vs England head-to-head comparison in Test matches
 
Total
 
Matches played: 119
 
India won: 25
 
England won: 45
 
Drawn: 49
 
In England
 
Matches played: 59
 
India won: 6
 
England won: 32
 
Drawn: 21

In Nottingham

Matches played: 6
 
India won: 1
 
England won: 2
 
Drawn: 3
 
When and where to watch England vs India, 3rd Test
 
Match Date: 18 August - 22 August 2018
 
Match Timing: 3:30 pm (IST), 10:00 am (GMT), 11:00 am (Local time)
 
Match Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England
 
India vs England 3rd Test match live streaming details
 
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