Day 2: Third session report
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After tea, opening duo of Shikhar Dhawan (44) and KL Rahul (36) looked to build on India's advantage by making another cautious start.
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Rahul, in particular, was aggressive as he hit seven fours and scored at 100-plus strike rate during his 33-ball stay.
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Dhawan, on the other end, was a bit more watchful as the duo brought up the 50 in the ninth over.
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But Ben Stokes (1/30) broke the partnership by cleaning up Rahul in the 12th over.
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New man in, Pujara was cautious after his recent failures and put on 51 runs with Dhawan for the second wicket before Adil Rashid (1/23) foxed the left-hander with a google, only to be stumped by Jonny Bairstow.
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At stumps on day two, India were well placed at 124 for two in 31 overs in their second innings with Cheteshwar Pujara batting on 33 and skipper Virat Kohli unbeaten on 8.
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India, thus, took an overall lead of 292 runs over England with three full days play remaining in the match.
Day 2: Second session report
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Coming on to bat after lunch, the hosts crossed 50 in the 10th over, after which the downfall began.
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Sharma was handed the ball as play restarted and he had both openers -- Alastair Cook (29) and Keaton Jennings (20) in all sorts of trouble.
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He dismissed Cook for the tenth time in Test cricket, caught behind in the 12th over after the left-hander was dropped by Cheteshwar Pujara at first slip two balls earlier.
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On the very first ball of the next over, Bumrah removed Jennings caught behind as well.
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Olliver Pope (10) and Joe Root (16) added 21 runs for the third wicket, but Sharma's fuller lengths caused all sort of troubles for both the batsman. He had Pope caught behind as well with Rishabh Pant latching on to his third catch of the day.
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Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (0/3) went off the field for a short time owing to a stiff hip, but he recovered enough to return to the field.
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Pandya made sure that the off-spinner wasn't required at all in the first innings. First, he had Root caught at second slip with KL Rahul getting his fingers under the ball in time for the TV umpire to rule in his favour.
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An over later, Pandya and Rahul combined again to send Jonny Bairstow (15) back.
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England were reeling at 108 for 5 in the 30th over as Ben Stokes' struggle ended with Rahul this time claiming a catch off Mohammed Shami (1/56).
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Pandya wasn't done just yet. His next three wickets came in the space of three balls across the 31st and 33rd over, during which he was on a hattrick as well.
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Pandya accounted for both Chris Woakes (8) and Adil Rashid (5) as Pant collected his fifth catch in only his first Test outing.
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Pandya was on a hattrick after he trapped Stuart Broad (0) with the first ball of the next over, but James Anderson (1 not out) fended it off.
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Pandya's 28-ball effort was the second-quickest five-wicket haul for India in Test cricket after Harbhajan Singh took a fiver off 27 balls against West Indies in 2006.
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Jos Buttler (39) threw his bat around and hit three fours and two sixes as England barely managed to save the follow on. He added 33 runs for the last wicket with Anderson before holing out off Bumrah in the deep.
In Pics: Session 2 Highlights
Day 2: First Session report
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India's opening pacers Mohammed Shami (0/23) and Jasprit Burmah (0/16) lost control of the proceedings as the English openers weathered the first couple of overs to score at 5-run an over thereafter.
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The Indian slip cordon helped them as Jennings edged through the vacant fourth slip when he was on 1.
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Bumrah bowled a predominantly leg stump line and failed to exert himself, while Shami gave away width as the ball didn't swing much early on despite cloud cover.
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Earlier, play was delayed by 30 minutes due to morning rain.
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Thereafter, all eyes were on youngster Rishabh Pant (24) but he only added two runs to his overnight score as Broad worked him over with angled deliveries.
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Pant played on in the fifth over of the day, and afterwards India's tail threw in the towel quickly.
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Broad also accounted for R Ashwin (14) who was bowled with an incoming delivery that ricocheted onto the stumps off his pads.
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Ashwin had earlier been left off on nought when Jos Buttler ducked under a catch at slip, and then again on 13 when Olliver Pope dropped him at fourth slip.
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Shami (3) and Bumrah (0) hardly provided any resistance as Anderson cleaned them up off successive deliveries in the 95th over.
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Shami just went for a skier, while Bumrah presented absolutely no defence as India's long tail failed to wag again.
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Even so, this was India's highest total on English soil after being put into bat. The Indians had earlier scored 295 at Lord's in 2014.
In Pics: R Ashwin and Rishabh Pant's wickets
How Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane put India in commanding position on Day 1?
The Indian cricket team had the best day so far in the ongoing Test series as captain Virat Kohli and his deputy Ajinkya Rahane shared a brilliant 159-run partnership, before England clawed their way back in a riveting first day of the third Test match at Trent Bridge. In overcast conditions and a pitch that offered an even contest between bat and ball, openers KL Rahul (23) and Dhawan (35) made a cautious start as India batted with discipline. The duo shared a 60-run stand before the latter was dismissed by English pacer Chris Woakes. Woakes then accounted for Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara (14) and India stumbled to 82 for 3 after 27 overs, and were staring at yet another chance of a batting collapse. However, Kohli (97) and Rahane (81) were watchful from the beginning, leaving deliveries that were swaying away from them. The duo displayed a picture of calmness and were excellent in running between the wickets, as India steadied the ship and put England in a spot of bother. Both Kohli and Rahane looked at ease against spin and pace and played glorious shots to put India in a commanding stage. The two players scored 23 boundaries between them and registered their fifties respectively. England tried all their tricks and plans to separate Kohli and Rahane, but were always thwarted by the duo. India were in a comfortable position at tea. Meanwhile, Rahane, who scored 3,000 Test runs in the process, got a life on 57, when James Anderson failed to take a blinder at point off Woakes. However, the relief was short lived as the 30-year-old Mumbai batsman played a similar shot, wherein Alastair Cook pulled off a one-handed catch, eventually being dismissed for a well-made 81. Kohli (97) looked in sublime touch and was on course to reach his 23rd Test century, when he decided to go downtown and played a rash shot, resulting in a thick edge towards Ben Stokes at slip. The skipper missed his ton by just three runs.
Day 1 Highlights
Here's What Ajinkya Rahane said after first day play
Ajjinkya Rahane finally delivers in 2018
The year 2018 has been tough for Ajinkya Rahane. During the South Africa tour, he was dropped for the first Test match in favour of Rohit Sharma. In the final test against Proteas he did make 48 runs but failed score in lone test against Afghanistan. He did not have much to show for his efforts in the first two Tests against England. On most of the occasions, he needlessly got out after being set. The lack of runs from overseas specialist was hurting India's chances. In fact, before this Test, he had not crossed a fifty-plus score since the century against Sri Lanka in 2017. Before the Test match, Ravi Shastri had asked the batsmen to be ready to play ugly cricket to be successful. Rahane took the advice seriously and did the same. Once he had a measure of the bowlers and the conditions, everything started to fall in place for him. Most of his boundaries were scored in the point region. It never looked as if he was out of form. He even outscored Kohli.
12 cricketers who got off the mark with a six in Test cricket
In the history of Tests, Pant becomes only the 12th player to open their account with a six. He is also only the third player after New Zealand's Mark Craig (first ball) and Australia's Eric Freeman (2nd ball) to hit a 6 as their 1st scoring shot within the first 2 balls they faced.
Here is the list of 12 players:
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Players |
Country |
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Eric Freeman |
Australia |
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Carlisle Best |
West Indies |
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Keith Dabengwa |
Zimbabwe |
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Dale Richards |
West Indies |
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Shaiful Islam |
Bangladesh |
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Jahurul Islam |
Bangladesh |
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Al-Amin Hossain |
Bangladesh |
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Mark Craig |
New Zealand |
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Dhananjaya de Silva |
Sri Lanka |
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Kamrul Islam |
Bangladesh |
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Sunil Ambris |
West Indies |
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Rishabh Pant |
India |
India vs England 3rd test in numbers
Virat Kohli overtakes Sourav Ganguly as the highest run scoring Indian captain outside India. Sourav Ganguly previously held the record with 1,693 runs from 28 matches at an average of 43 with three centuries and 11 fifties.
Virat Kohli is now in second on the list of Indian captains with most fifty-plus scores in England. He has eight such scores across all formats, only MS Dhoni (10) has more.
Kohli’s 97 in the first innings of Notttingham test was the second occasion when he got out in nervous nineties. Earlier, in 2013 he got out for 96 against South Africa.
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
 "Ind vs Eng 3rd Test Day 2 Highlights: India lead by 292; Pandya takes fifer")