India vs England 1st Test Day 3 Live Cricket Score: India take on England on the third day of the Chennai Test.India vs England (IND vs ENG) 1st Test Live Cricket Score Online Updates: England finished their first innings at 578 on day three of the first Test against India. India are batting in their first innings.
England ended day two with an intimidating total, built around Root’s 218 which was the result of a near nine-hour effort in which he faced 377 balls. Root became the first cricketer to score a double hundred in his 100th Test but more importantly, it was an innings that will be archived for future generations as a ready reference on how to play spin on Indian pitches. England’s batsmen frustrated Indian bowling throughout the day. There was little help from the pitch, even with the odd low bounce. However, through the last session, there was more spin extracted from the surface.
1st Test, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, 05 Feb, 2021
Kohli is out! Bess's spin does him in. Short leg catches as Kohli gets an inside edge. Kohli plays for the turn, the ball does not turn. Kohli is out for 11 in his comeback match.
ENG 71/3
Nothing being given away from either end by Kohli and Pujara as the bowlers bowl probing lengths. The occasional ball from Bess is also kicking up off the pitch too.
Pujara has now faced 60 or more balls in six consecutive Test innings.
IND 70/2
There are 2 consecutive maidens as Anderson and Archer bowl in tandem. Both batsmen stay alert to not throw their bats at anything outside off bowled at that enticing length. And then Bess is brought in. Will spin signal a change in momentum? Kohli breaks the mini-shackle with a single brought through a flick. Pujara comes down the track to work a single on the leg side.
IND 65/2
The afternoon session begins. James Anderson has the ball in hand. The 38-year-old didn't quite find his line in the morning, but made up by putting in a diving catch at mid-on an 18-year-old would have been proud of. Kohli and Pujara resume the innings, the skipper plays out the first over without incident.
IND 59/2
All of the bowlers - Bess, Leach, Stokes - given at least an over each before the session is called to a close. Pujara (20*) and Kohli (4*) walk back to the pavilion for the longest break in the day. 4 wickets fell in this session on either side of the end of England's innings. It's been Archer who has had the biggest say since then, but we had some exhibition batting from Gill before his dismissal.
IND 59/2 after 14
Kohli has joined Pujara, who flays Stokes for one four. Archer continues to attack, with England now bringing on spin from the other end. Gill and Rohit had come out oozing intent, but their wickets have made India play a bit more circumspectly.
IND 52/2
Disaster for India! Just as Shubman Gill looked like this was his special day, he is out - caught at mid on. Archer wins the battle. Gill, who was looking so good, is out for a beautiful 29.
IND 44/2
Gill flicks Anderson wristily away for two fours in an over. The Archer vs Gill battle is turning out to be extremely interesting though. Bouncers. Heads swaying away. Wristy flicks. One over has it all. Two young men, two of the biggest young talents in world cricket, going up against each other. The over ends with Gill being struck on the gloves and needing medical attention.
IND 37/1
Pujara is off too! Gets his first four of the match with a flick for four against Archer. Rohit Sharma's early wicket though will make England spinners heave a sigh of relief, he could have punished them had he gotten going today. Archer gets another appeal going for caught behind off Pujara but nothing doing this time.
IND 27/1
Rohit Sharma is gone! Archer gets his reward for cranking up the pace and bounce early on. Rohit first flicks a four to deep midwicket to start off, but then gets an edge through to the keeper as Archer bowls it outside off. Rohit is out for 6. Pujara enters at 3.
IND 19/1
Gill gets the first boundary of the innings. Archer digs one in short and the batsman rocks back and cracks a pull to deep midwicket. India are off! Follows up with a four down the ground against Anderson. He presents the full face of his bat, which is still without a sponsor's logo.
IND 15/0 after 3
Rohit and Shubman Gill get to the crease. Rohit takes strike. Anderson opens the attack. Both openers get off the mark with singles in the first over.
IND 2/0
Ashwin bowls out Anderson. That is the end of the England innings. They end with 578 after having batted for 190.1 overs. The Indian innings will now begin shortly.
Pant misses a stumping opportunity with Leach outside his crease. Anderson puts up a staunch defence against Ashwin's turn. This last wicket pair increasing India's frustrations more than anything else. 190 overs have been bowled by them now.
ENG 578/9
Bess gets to the pitch of the ball as Ashwin continues and drills a four down the ground. India then take the third new ball - 25 overs after it was available. And Bumrah immediately makes a mark. Gets a skidder to slam into Bess's pads. Lbw. Gone for 34. James Anderson is the last man in for England.
ENG 567/9
Bumrah bowls a no ball in his first over of the day - the 17th no ball in the innings! 'Was a bit surprised to see England not opting to declare yesterday. Shows how much they rate this Indian batting lineup,' tweets VVS Laxman. How soon till the end of the innings today, do you think?
ENG 561/8
Jack Leach and Dom Bess stolidly take a single off the first over of day 3, bowled by R Ashwin from the Anna Pavilion End, and now face up to the pace and swing of Jasprit Bumrah at the Pattabhiraman Gate End.
"It's dustier than what we saw yesterday. A few more rough marks for the right-hander too now. Turn and bounce might be on the slower side though giving the batsmen a little extra time," says Deep Dasgupta on the broadcast channel.
"Initially, it was a typical subcontinent wicket," said Ben Stokes after play last evening. "But Nadeem got a couple to kick out of the rough, and I said to myself, I’d rather get caught deep square taking the attack to him rather than get caught short leg being defensive.”
“There’s obviously more in the wicket for the spinners than the seamers, and you’ve got to give a lot of credit to Ishant (Sharma) and (Jasprit) Bumrah for the way they run in. We’ll need to do that as well,” Stokes said.