IND vs ENG 3rd Test highlights: India knocks England out of ICC WTC final
The last time India won inside two days in a Test was in 2018, beating Afghanistan in Bengaluru. Check India vs England highlights and IND vs ENG scorecard here
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England's previous Test loss inside two days came way back in 1921 against Australia. Photo: Sportzpics for BCCI
India registered only its second Test victory inside two days, overhauling a target of 49 against England in the day-night third game to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series at Narendra Modi Stadium, popularly known as Motera Stadium on Thursday.
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The last time India won inside two days in a Test was in 2018, beating Afghanistan in Bengaluru. England's previous Test loss inside two days came way back in 1921 against Australia.
There was no end to England's batting woes against the spin duo of Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin as the side folded for 81 in its second innings. This was the team's lowest Test total against India.
Openers Rohit Sharma (25) and Shubman Gill (15) then completed the formalities in 7.4 overs, barely half an hour into the final session of the day.
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Earlier, Patel picked five wickets in the English second essay, adding to his outstanding haul of six in the first innings. His became the best bowling performance in a pink-ball match.
Ashwin, on the other hand, added four more to his first-day spoils of three scalps to cross the 400-wicket mark in the longest format.
He became the fourth Indian after Anil Kumble (619), Kapil Dev (434) and Harbhajan Singh (417) to achieve the feat.
England's scorecard bore a dismal look with all-rounder Ben Stokes 25 and Ollie Pope's 12 being the best contributions.
In the afternoon session, India's first innings folded for 145 with opener Rohit Sharma top-scoring with a 66-run knock. England captain Joe Root returned career-best figures of 5/8 for his team.
ICC World Test Championship points table
| Position | Teams | PCT(%) | Points | Series Won | Won | Lost | Drawn |
| 1 | India | 71 | 510 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 70 | 480 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Australia | 69.2 | 390 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | England | 64.1 | 480 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 43.3 | 420 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | South Africa | 30 | 240 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | West Indies | 23.8 | 360 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 16.7 | 240 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
India second innings scorecard
| Batsman | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
| Rohit Sharma | not out | 25 | 25 | 3 | 1 |
| Shubman Gill | not out | 15 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
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Total: 49-0 in 7.4 Overs
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| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |
| Jack Leach | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |
| Joe Root | 3.4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
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England second innings scorecard
| Batsman | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
| Zak Crawley | b Axar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic Sibley | c Pant b Axar | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonny Bairstow | b Axar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Root | lbw b Axar | 19 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | lbw b Ashwin | 25 | 34 | 3 | 0 |
| Ollie Pope | b Ashwin | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Foakes | lbw b Axar | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Jofra Archer | lbw b Ashwin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Leach | c Rahane b Ashwin | 9 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| Stuart Broad | not out | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | c Pant b Sundar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: 81-10 in 30.4 Overs | |||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |
| Axar Patel | 15 | 0 | 32 | 5 | |
| R Ashwin | 15 | 3 | 48 | 4 | |
| Washington Sundar | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
India first innings scorecard
| Batsman | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
| Rohit Sharma | lbw b Leach | 66 | 96 | 11 | 0 |
| Shubman Gill | c Crawley b Archer | 11 | 51 | 2 | 0 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | lbw b Leach | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Virat Kohli | b Leach | 27 | 58 | 3 | 0 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | lbw b Leach | 7 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| Rishabh Pant | c Foakes b Root | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| R Ashwin | c Crawley b Root | 17 | 32 | 3 | 0 |
| Washington Sundar | b Root | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Axar Patel | c Sibley b Root | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ishant Sharma | not out | 10 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | lbw b Root | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
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Total: 145-10 in 53.2 Overs
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| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |
| James Anderson | 13 | 8 | 20 | 0 | |
| Stuart Broad | 6 | 1 | 16 | 0 | |
| Jofra Archer | 5 | 2 | 24 | 1 | |
| Jack Leach | 20 | 2 | 54 | 4 | |
| Ben Stokes | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Joe Root | 6.2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | |
England first innings scorecard
| Batsman | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
| Zak Crawley | lbw b Axar | 53 | 84 | 10 | 0 |
| Dominic Sibley | c Rohit b Ishant | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonny Bairstow | lbw b Axar | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Root | lbw b Ashwin | 17 | 37 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | lbw b Axar | 6 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| Ollie Pope | b Ashwin | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Foakes | b Axar | 12 | 58 | 1 | 0 |
| Jofra Archer | b Axar | 11 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Leach | c Pujara b Ashwin | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | c Bumrah b Axar | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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Total: 112-10 in 48.4 Overs
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| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |
| Ishant Sharma | 5 | 1 | 26 | 1 | |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 6 | 3 | 19 | 0 | |
| Axar Patel | 21.4 | 6 | 38 | 6 | |
| R Ashwin | 16 | 6 | 26 | 3 | |
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8:24 PM
Man of the match: Axar Patel
Axar Patel said if you get back to back wickets in three innings it feels so good but he is not thinking much. He wants to continues his form with the ball and also looking to contribute with the bat. He said his strength is to bowl wicket-to-wicket and not give the batsmen any room. He analysed that the mindset of batsmen is they play out couple of maidens, then they want to release the pressure by either going for a sweep or try to hit over the infield.
8:21 PM
India vs England 3rd Test Day 2 highlights
India knocks England out of ICC World Test Championship's final contention
3rd Test Day 2: IND vs ENG key highlights
3rd Test Day 2: IND vs ENG key highlights
- India: 200 runs in 34.2 overs (206 balls), Extras 3
- Over 40.2: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - Sharma (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Drinks: India - 225/7 in 45.2 overs (R Ashwin 20)
- Over 52.5: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - Bumrah (Upheld)
- Innings Break: India - 245/20 in 53.2 overs (Ishant Sharma 20)
- Over 53.2: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - Anil Chaudhary, Batsman - Bumrah (Struck down)
- Over 0.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Anil Chaudhary, Batsman - Bairstow (Upheld)
- Over 3.2: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - Dominic Sibley (Struck down)
- Over 8.3: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Anil Chaudhary, Batsman - Dominic Sibley (Struck down)
- Over 24.4: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Anil Chaudhary, Batsman - Joe Root (Upheld)
- England: 50 runs in 26.4 overs (200 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: England - 50/4 in 27.2 overs (Joe Root 28)
- Over 23.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - Jofra Archer (Struck down)
- Over 28.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Anil Chaudhary, Batsman - Ben Foakes (Struck down)
- Innings Break: England - 82/20 in 30.4 overs (Stuart Broad 2)
- Dinner break: India - 11/0 in 2.0 overs (Rohit Sharma 6, Shubman Gill 1)
- Over 5.3: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - Shubman Gill (Struck down)
7:54 PM
IND vs ENG live score after 7.4 Overs: 49-0; India wins
India 2nd innings: 49-0; Rohit Sharma (25), Shubman Gill (15)
Joe Root continues and Rohit sweeps the first ball towards deep mid-wicket for FOUR.
Rohit smashes the second ball towards deep extra cover for FOUR whike blocks the next.
Rohit dances down the track and wallopes towards deep mid-wicket and finishes off things in style. India wins the match by 10 wickets and England is out of ICC World Test Championship contention.
Joe Root continues and Rohit sweeps the first ball towards deep mid-wicket for FOUR.
Rohit smashes the second ball towards deep extra cover for FOUR whike blocks the next.
Rohit dances down the track and wallopes towards deep mid-wicket and finishes off things in style. India wins the match by 10 wickets and England is out of ICC World Test Championship contention.
7:49 PM![]()
IND vs ENG live score after 7 Overs: 35-0
Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 0 ; India 2nd innings: 35-0; Rohit Sharma (11), Shubman Gill (15)
Jack Leach continues and bowls a MAIDEN over to Shubman Gill.
Jack Leach continues and bowls a MAIDEN over to Shubman Gill.
7:48 PM![]()
IND vs ENG live score after 6 Overs: 35-0
Over Summary: 0 0 0 1 1 1 ; India 2nd innings: 35-0; Rohit Sharma (11), Shubman Gill (15)
Joe Root continues and Gill defends the first two balls while pads the first straight in line stumps, follows by a loud appeal. Umpire remains unmoved, Root takes REVIEW, the ball was going over the STUMPS.
Gill chips down the wicket and hits towards long-on for a single. Rohit and Gill collects a single each off the last two deliveries to end the over.
Joe Root continues and Gill defends the first two balls while pads the first straight in line stumps, follows by a loud appeal. Umpire remains unmoved, Root takes REVIEW, the ball was going over the STUMPS.
Gill chips down the wicket and hits towards long-on for a single. Rohit and Gill collects a single each off the last two deliveries to end the over.
7:45 PM
Jack Leach continues and Rohit defends first two ball while dances down the track off the 3rd ball, hits straight down the ground for FOUR.
Rohit defends the remaining three deliveries.![]()
IND vs ENG live score after 5 Overs: 32-0
Over Summary: 0 0 4 0 0 0 ; India 2nd innings: 32-0; Rohit Sharma (10), Shubman Gill (13)
Jack Leach continues and Rohit defends first two ball while dances down the track off the 3rd ball, hits straight down the ground for FOUR.
Rohit defends the remaining three deliveries.
7:40 PM![]()
IND vs ENG live score after 4 Overs: 28-0 | Gill hits SIX down the ground
Over Summary: 0 0 0 L1 B4 6 ; India 2nd innings: 28-0; Rohit Sharma (6), Shubman Gill (13)
Root cotinues and Rohit defends the first three balls while collects a leg byes for India off the 4th delivery.
India gets FOUR BYES as Root sprays down the leg side and Foakes fails to collect the ball.
Gill dances down the track off the last ball and smashes straight down the ground for SIX.
Root cotinues and Rohit defends the first three balls while collects a leg byes for India off the 4th delivery.
India gets FOUR BYES as Root sprays down the leg side and Foakes fails to collect the ball.
Gill dances down the track off the last ball and smashes straight down the ground for SIX.
7:37 PM![]()
IND vs ENG live score after 3 Overs: 17-0
Over Summary: 4 0 0 2 0 0 ; India 2nd innings: 17-0; Rohit Sharma (6), Shubman Gill (7)
Jack Leach continues and Gill jabs the first ball towards deep mid-wicket for FOUR while defends the next two deliveries.
Gill edges the 4th ball through first slip for a couple of runs.
Gill blocks the last two balls to end the over.
Jack Leach continues and Gill jabs the first ball towards deep mid-wicket for FOUR while defends the next two deliveries.
Gill edges the 4th ball through first slip for a couple of runs.
Gill blocks the last two balls to end the over.
7:35 PM
India vs England 3rd Test Day 2: India's chase begins
Shubman Gill on the crease, Leach bowls the first over after Dinner.
6:57 PM
India vs England 3rd Test Day 2: IND needs 38 more runs to win after Dinner
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill at the crease
Partnership: 11(12)
Partnership: 11(12)
Overs Left today: 34
- 3rd Test Day 2: IND vs ENG key highlights
- India: 100 runs in 34.2 overs (206 balls), Extras 3
- Over 40.1: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - Sharma (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Drinks: India - 125/7 in 45.1 overs (R Ashwin 10)
- Over 52.5: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - Bumrah (Upheld)
- Innings Break: India - 145/10 in 53.2 overs (Ishant Sharma 10)
- Over 53.2: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - Anil Chaudhary, Batsman - Bumrah (Struck down)
- Over 0.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Anil Chaudhary, Batsman - Bairstow (Upheld)
- Over 3.2: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - Dominic Sibley (Struck down)
- Over 8.3: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Anil Chaudhary, Batsman - Dominic Sibley (Struck down)
- Over 14.4: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Anil Chaudhary, Batsman - Joe Root (Upheld)
- England: 50 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: England - 50/4 in 17.2 overs (Joe Root 18)
- Over 23.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - Jofra Archer (Struck down)
- Over 28.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Anil Chaudhary, Batsman - Ben Foakes (Struck down)
- Innings Break: England - 81/10 in 30.4 overs (Stuart Broad 1)
- Dinner: India - 11/0 in 2.0 overs (Rohit Sharma 6, Shubman Gill 1)
6:54 PM
Joe Root, right-arm off break, comes into the attack and Rohit glances the first ball towards fine leg for a single.
Gill pads the second delivery while tucks the third one backfoot towards mid-wicket for a single.
Rohit punches the 4th ball towards backward point for no run.
India gets FOUR BYES as Root sprays down the leg and Foakes fails to collect the ball.
Rohit blocks the last delivery. India now needs 38 more runs after DINNER BREAK to win the match.![]()
IND vs ENG live score after 2 Overs: 11-0
Over Summary: 1 0 1 0 B4 0 ; India 2nd innings: 11-0; Rohit Sharma (6), Shubman Gill (1)
Joe Root, right-arm off break, comes into the attack and Rohit glances the first ball towards fine leg for a single.
Gill pads the second delivery while tucks the third one backfoot towards mid-wicket for a single.
Rohit punches the 4th ball towards backward point for no run.
India gets FOUR BYES as Root sprays down the leg and Foakes fails to collect the ball.
Rohit blocks the last delivery. India now needs 38 more runs after DINNER BREAK to win the match.
6:50 PM
Rohit and Shubman Gill are at the crease. Rohit on strike. Jack Leach opens the attack...
Rohit leaves the first three deliveries while gets a thick outside edge while driving, collects a couple of runs as Anderson makes a sloppy fielding effort.
Rohit takes the last ball as full toss and flicks towards mid-wicket for three runs.![]()
IND vs ENG live score after 1 Over: 5-0
Over Summary: 0 0 0 2 0 3 ; India 2nd innings: 5-0; Rohit Sharma (5), Shubman Gill (0)
Rohit and Shubman Gill are at the crease. Rohit on strike. Jack Leach opens the attack...
Rohit leaves the first three deliveries while gets a thick outside edge while driving, collects a couple of runs as Anderson makes a sloppy fielding effort.
Rohit takes the last ball as full toss and flicks towards mid-wicket for three runs.
6:46 PM
India vs England 3rd Test Day 2: India needs 49 runs to win
3rd Test Day 2: IND vs ENG key highlights
- India: 100 runs in 34.2 overs (206 balls), Extras 3
- Over 40.1: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - Sharma (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Drinks: India - 125/7 in 45.1 overs (R Ashwin 10)
- Over 52.5: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - Bumrah (Upheld)
- Innings Break: India - 145/10 in 53.2 overs (Ishant Sharma 10)
- Over 53.2: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - Anil Chaudhary, Batsman - Bumrah (Struck down)
- Over 0.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Anil Chaudhary, Batsman - Bairstow (Upheld)
- Over 3.2: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - Dominic Sibley (Struck down)
- Over 8.3: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Anil Chaudhary, Batsman - Dominic Sibley (Struck down)
- Over 14.4: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Anil Chaudhary, Batsman - Joe Root (Upheld)
- England: 50 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: England - 50/4 in 17.2 overs (Joe Root 18)
- Over 23.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - Jofra Archer (Struck down)
- Over 28.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Anil Chaudhary, Batsman - Ben Foakes (Struck down)
- Innings Break: England - 81/10 in 30.4 overs (Stuart Broad 1)
6:39 PM
Washington Sundar, right-arm off break, comes into the attack and Broad survives first two deliveries while collects a single off the 3rd ball.
Anderson tries to reverse sweep, manages only an edge to keeper, GONE. England all out.
India needs 49 runs to win.
IND vs ENG live score after 30.4 Overs: 81-10 | Sundar scalps Anderson
England 2nd innings: 81-10; Stuart Broad (1), James Anderson (0)
Washington Sundar, right-arm off break, comes into the attack and Broad survives first two deliveries while collects a single off the 3rd ball.
Anderson tries to reverse sweep, manages only an edge to keeper, GONE. England all out.
India needs 49 runs to win.
6:35 PM![]()
IND vs ENG live score after 30 Overs: 80-9 | Ashwin scalps Leach
Over Summary: 0 0 0 W 0 0 ; England 2nd innings: 80-9; Stuart Broad (0), James Anderson (0)
Ashwin continues...
Jack Leach survives first three deliveries while edges the 4th ball to first slip and Rahane completes the catch. Jack Leach c Rahane b Ashwin 9(22) [6s-1]
James Anderson, left handed bat, comes to the crease and survives the last two deliveries.
Ashwin continues...
Jack Leach survives first three deliveries while edges the 4th ball to first slip and Rahane completes the catch. Jack Leach c Rahane b Ashwin 9(22) [6s-1]
James Anderson, left handed bat, comes to the crease and survives the last two deliveries.
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First Published: Feb 25 2021 | 1:21 PM IST
