Day 3 Story – Match still evenly poised
The day started with the whole world or at least the Barmy army
thought they will finish off the not so impressive Indian tail-enders soon with
huge runs in the basket. But what happened was like a dream even for the Indian
Cricket fans to be honest. Let us split up the story by session.
Session 1 - India's Session easily
England 332
India 174/6
Kakinada boy who was making his debut in the final match of the
series was looked intended to make a statement to the teammates that how it
should be done. He was looking solid and determined at the centre along with
Sir Ravindra Jadeja. However the former survived a close call when Root and Co.
decided not to review a LBW shout which clearly looked out in the replays. But
Vihari put all that behind and continued to remain calm in his stay at the crease. The
duo started slowly by respecting good nuts and putting away the odd bad balls
away. Desperation hit England when they
reviewed a Caught behind appeal against Sir Jaddu which was turned down by the
umpire. But sooner they got relieved when they got the better of the debut
batsman at 56 , again to a close call where we cannot conclude clearly whether
the ball brushed the bat. Since the on field decision is out, it stayed as it
is when the batsman reviewed. Session ended with 240 runs in the Indian basket
with still having 92 as deficit.
England 332
India 240/7
Session 2 – Arguably England’s session
England 332
India 240/7
Ishant came in after the wicket of Vihari and he resisted for 25
deliveries before he fell to Ali. Then Shami came in with the mood of breaking
the ball into half and thus he fell very soon to Adil Rashid. With all these
happening in one end but in the other Sir jaddu looked calm and composed for a
long innings. Sir jaddu with three first class triple centuries to his name
made sure that he can do it with the bat too. That one six of the bowling of James Anderson straight
over the bowler’s head was awesome to watch. However he ran Bumrah out of
the last ball of 95th over intending to keep strike in the next
over. India's first innings score ended with 292 on board with 40 runs
trailing. England began the second essay to overcome 8 overs before tea. They
did it easily with 20 runs on board. Indian bowlers did not test the England
opener’s with less or nothing help from the pitch except for the final over
from Shami beating Cook's outside edge thrice.
England 332 & 20/0
India 292
Session 3 - To be Continued....
Session 3 - To be Continued....
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