IND vs ENG Live Score, 3rd Test, Day 2 updates: Jurel, Ashwin steady after early setbacks; India 352/7 vs England

Anderson misses his line. On the pads and put away for a four by Ashwin towards the square leg fence. Better line from Anderson for the rest of the over. Ashwin defends his way through it. 

Hartley with his first over the day. Length ball outside off and Jurel drives it off the back foot to deep cover to get a single in. Ashwin tries to go past the fielder at mid wicket, but fails in his efforts. Just a single from the over. 

Rising delivery from Anderson. Ashwin can’t middle it. But the edge falls just short of second slip. Close shave for the Indian batter there. Nothing full from Anderson for the over. Ashwin forced to be on defensive as he plays out a maiden over. 

Short and wide from and Jurel diverts it to deep backward point to take an easy single. Wood with a wide length ball and Ashwin square drives it to add another single. Short from Wood. But it isn’t directed at the batter. Jurel saw it all the way through to his bat. Flicked away for a six over the slip cordon. Some shot that one. Wood responds like a typical fast bowler. Another bouncer, this time at the batter. Jurel ducks under it. 

Anderson now up against Ashwin. He starts with a fifth/sixth stump line. Ashwin leaves those comfortably. Anderson now brings it to the off stump and Ashwin knocks it with soft hands to covers and sneaks in a single. Jurel persists with his defence. Slightly full from Anderson and Jurel pushed it off the front foot in front of point and gets a single in. His first run in Test cricket. 

Mark Wood gets his turn now. Ashwin on strike. Back of a length to start with and Ashwin crunches it through covers. FOUR!! Wood responds with a rousing bouncer. Ashwin sways away from it. Ashwin keeps things moving with a single to the square leg region. 

Two new batters out in the middle now - Dhruv Jurel and R Ashwin. Anderson now operating from over the wicket. Jurel leaves a few and then defends a few from the comfort of his crease. Assured batting from the debutant. 

Root around the wicket. Whizzes one past his outside the edge. Then brings one in with an arm ball. Jadeja leaves that one.. Full now from Root and Jadeja is tempted. He tries to lob it over the bowler. But it ends up being an easy return catch for Root. Big, big blow for India. 

Ravindra Jadeja c & b Root 112 (225b 9x4 2x6)

Anderson continues on against Jadeja. Drives one to mid on and sets off. Kuldeep is adamant in his no, unlike Sarfaraz, and Jadeja is forced to scamper back to his crease. Jadeja though eventually takes a single with dab to the off side. 

Anderson goes around the wicket. Nips it away just a tiny bit. Kisses Kuldeep’s outside edge and it is an easy catch for Foakes. 

Kuldeep Yadav c †Foakes b Anderson 4 (24b 0x4 0x6 17m)

Root continues. Bairstow in as a close second slip. Kuldeep is in no mind to give away his mistake. Root keeps firing it outside the off stick and Kuldeep leaves it with ease. Maiden over. 

Anderson straight up. Jadeja to face his first delivery of the day. Anderson comes over the wicket. Good length and on the stumps. Jadeja defends. Outside the leg stump now. Clips off Jadeja’s pads and Foakes gathers it with a dive to his right. Again on the leg side. This time Jadeja puts it away for a single. Kuldeep adds another with a click to the leg side. 

Root with the first over of the day. Kuldeep on strike. Defends the first three, before edging one past first slip to get a couple of runs. Just those two runs from the over. 

Rohit Sharma went past a significant milestone on the first day of the third Test, surpassing former skipper MS Dhoni’s tally of sixes in Test cricket. 

Virender Sehwag - 91

Rohit Sharma - 79

MS Dhoni - 78

Sachin Tendulkar - 69

Kapil Dev - 61

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