INDIA vs ENGLAND 2nd Test, Day 3 Live Score: Sibley falls early after Ashwin’s solid century, England need 482 to win

February 15, 2021

IND vs ENG 2nd Test, Day 3 LIVE Score: Ravichandran Ashwin hits a superb century at his home ground Chepauk to help India score 286/10 in the second innings of the second Test against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Earlier, Virat Kohli smashed his 25th Test fifty and he along with Ashwin rescued India after England put the hosts under pressure with five early wickets of Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Ajinkya Rahane and Axar Patel on Day 3. While Pujara was ran-out in the first over of the day, Rohit was stumped a few moments later. Also, Pant couldn’t stay much longer on the crease as he was also stumped in the 26th over. A couple of overs later, Rahane was caught at short leg. Meanwhile, Axar tried to support Virat Kohli from the other end but couldn’t stay put for long as he was trapped in front of stumps by Moeen Ali.

However, Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin steadied India’s innings before Moeen Ali removed the former and sent back Kuldeep Yadav moments later.

Meanwhile, England now need 482 runs to win as they were bowled out for mere 134 in response to India’s first innings total of 329.

ENGLAND 2ND INNINGS (TARGET: 482 RUNS)

BATSMEN		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns	not out	22	34	4	0	64.71
Dom Sibley	lbw b Patel	3	25	0	0	12.00
Dan Lawrence	not out	8	10	2	0	80.00
TOTAL	(11.3 Ov, RR: 2.86)	33/1
Yet to bat: Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes †, Moeen Ali, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, Olly Stone
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Dom Sibley, 8.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Ishant Sharma	2	1	6	0	3.00
Axar Patel	5	3	9	1	1.80
Ravichandran Ashwin	4.3	1	18	0	4.00

India 2nd Innings 286/10 (85.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Rohit Sharma	st BT Foakes b MJ Leach	26	70	2	1	37.14
Shubman Gill	lbw b MJ Leach	14	28	0	1	50.00
Cheteshwar Pujara	runout (BT Foakes / Ollie Pope)	7	23	1	0	30.43
Virat Kohli (C)	lbw b MM Ali	62	149	7	0	41.61
Rishabh Pant (WK)	st BT Foakes b MJ Leach	8	11	1	0	72.73
Ajinkya Rahane	c Ollie Pope b MM Ali	10	14	2	0	71.43
Axar Patel	lbw b MM Ali	7	18	1	0	38.89
Ravichandran Ashwin	b OP Stone	106	148	14	1	71.62
Kuldeep Yadav	lbw b MM Ali	3	9	0	0	33.33
Ishant Sharma	c OP Stone b MJ Leach	7	24	1	0	29.17
Mohammed Siraj	Not out	16	21	0	2	76.19
Extra	20 (b 5, w 0, nb 0, lb 15)
Total	286/10 (85.5)
Yet To Bat

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Olly Stone	6.5	1	21	1	3.07
Jack Leach	33	6	100	4	3.03
Moeen Ali	32	7	98	4	3.06
Joe Root	4	0	15	0	3.75
Stuart Broad	9	3	25	0	2.78
Dan Lawrence	1	0	7	0	7.00

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Shubman Gill	1-42	11.2
CA Pujara	2-55	18.6
RG Sharma	3-55	21.1
RR Pant	4-65	25.3
AM Rahane	5-86	30.3
Axar Patel	6-106	36.1
Virat Kohli	7-202	65.4
KL Yadav	8-210	67.6
Ishant Sharma	9-237	76.4
Ravichandran Ashwin	10-286	85.5

India began day 3 with the lead of 249 runs with Rohit Sharma 25* and Cheteshwar Pujara 7* on the crease. Earlier Ravichandran Ashwin’s five-wicket haul was the highlight of the second day of the second Test as it helped India end England’s first innings on 134 runs before the hosts’ began to extend their lead over the visitors at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Sunday.

At stumps on day 2, India’s score read 54/1, with Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara on the field. The hosts currently enjoy a 249-run lead over England and will look to add many more runs to give themselves the best chance of winning the match. India witnessed a good start to their second innings, with Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill scoring regular boundaries. Leach provided England with the first breakthrough as he got hold of Gill (12) in the 12th over.

Pujara then took the field and played cautiously, along with Rohit, to ensure India do not lose more wickets on the day.

Earlier, England got off to the worst start possible as Rory Burns (0) was adjudged leg-before wicket of the delivery bowled by Ishant Sharma in the very first over of the innings. Soon after, Ashwin removed Sibley (16) and England were reduced to 16/2 in the eighth over.

Skipper Joe Root (6) failed to leave a mark as he top-edged the ball delivered by Axar Patel and as a result, the left-arm spinner got his first wicket in Test cricket. England continued to struggle as Ashwin then removed Lawrence (9) and England went into the break at 39/4.

Ben Stokes and Ollie Pope resumed the second session from 39/4 and had a brief 13-run stand for the fifth wicket. Ashwin ended Stokes’ 18-run stint and sent him back to the pavilion.

Ben Foakes joined Pope in the middle and tried to build a strong partnership for the sixth wicket. The duo played cautiously and added a 35-run partnership before pacer Mohammed Siraj joined the party and dismissed Pope (22).

Foakes, along with Moeen Ali, guided the side to the 100-run mark. Axar Patel broke the stand and scalped the wicket of Ali (6). In the final over before tea, Ashwin got hold of Stone (1) and bagged his fourth wicket in the game.
Jack Leach also failed to leave a mark as Ishant dismissed him before Ashwin took the wicket of Broad in the 60th over to end England’s first innings.

Earlier in the day, Rishabh Pant’s (58*) unbeaten half-century guided India to 329 in their first innings. India lost quick wickets in the first session of the second day and were only able to add 29 runs to their overnight total.

On the first day, Rohit Sharma played a knock of 161 while Ajinkya Rahane provided him support with a knock of 67 to help the hosts gain an upper hand in the match.