After being dominated by hosts on the primary two days of the third Test match at Headingley, Leeds, the Indian cricket staff lastly had one thing to cheer about as they bowled out England and then had an honest outing on Day 3 with the bat to finish the day on excessive. However, the hosts bounced again onerous within the first session of Day 4 to take 6 Indian wickets.
England win by innings and
Skipper Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara began the proceedings for India with the bat on Day 4. The duo was left stranded on a 99-run partnership as dangerous gentle performed an element that pressured the umpire to take early stumps on Day 3. Both the batsmen have been very watchful in opposition to the likes of James Anderson and Ollie Robinson with the brand new ball within the first three overs however Pujara was trapped in LBW by Robinson for his in a single day rating of 91 runs.
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Virat Kohli and deputy Ajinkya Rahane then joined arms collectively nevertheless it was solely a matter of time till Ollie Robinson struck as soon as once more and eliminated Indian skipper after he scored a half-century for 55 runs. Things acquired even worse for India when Anderson despatched Ajinkya Rahane packing for 10 runs only a supply earlier than drinks break.
English bowlers continued to hang-out, Indian batsmen and eliminated Rishabh Pant, Mohammad Shami and Ishant Sharma in fast succession of time to place the guests in all types of hassle. Ravindra Jadeja took cost to English bowlers however Craig Overton managed to search out the surface fringe of his bat to ship him again to the dressing room for 30 runs
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ENG vs IND Live: Cheteshwar Pujara silence critics with a century
Coming to the series, Cheteshwar Pujara acquired some flak for his poor run of kinds. He then didn't impress within the first Test match at Trent Bridge and had one other poor outing within the first innings of the Lord’s Test match, which India won by 151 runs. The right-handed batsmen then performed a advantageous knock of 45 runs within the second innings of the identical match however failed to hold his type within the first innings of the continuing third Test match because the Virat Kohli-led aspect have been bundled out for simply 78 runs.
In the second Pujara walked out to bat when India misplaced KL Rahul early and simply when it mattered essentially the most, the right-handed batsman stood up for his staff and smashed a masterful century to bail India out of the difficulty. He began his innings in opposition to his type of play and asserted his authority ever since his arrival on the crease by hitting boundaries on common intervals to place English bowlers below stress however failed so as to add to his in a single day tally and was given LBW off Ollie Robinson for 91 runs.
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