After Day three it looked like Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli had brought India back into the test match. However, that didn’t seem to be the case on day four as the Indian middle-order collapsed badly and as a result, England have won the third test and equalised the series.
Getting into details of today’s play, Pujara and Kohli continued their respective innings on day four. England had just taken the new ball and were looking to get some early breakthroughs. Whereas Indian fans were hoping that Pujara and Kohli negate the new ball and repeat what they did on the previous day.
Although a mental error by Pujara cost him as Robinson trapped him in front of the wicket in the 84th over. Thus Cheteshwar Pujara missed out on a well deserved century by nine runs. Following Pujara’s wicket, Virat played few amazing shots and crossed his fifty. However, he didn’t convert his half century as he nicked one off Robinson’s bowling and departed after scoring 55.
Soon after Pujara and Virat Kohli’s wicket, the lower middle order collapsed very quickly. Anderson dismissed Rahane for 9 and Pant’s nightmare of a series continued as he nicked one ball to the third slip on 1. Although Jadeja tried to show some resistance as he scored a quick 30 but as he started losing partners, the all-rounder also perished. Consequently, Overton picked the final wicket of Siraj and England took their revenge by humiliating India in Headingly, Leeds.
Twitter Reaction after England equalised the Series against India
With an emphatic victory in Headingly, England will have their tails up in the next test match against India that will take place in London on 2nd September. Moving forward, let’s take a look at the reaction of former cricket players and analysts after England dismissed India for 278 and won the third match by an innings and 76 runs.
England’s win in the third test will make this series a lot more interesting. Thus cricket fans can expect a lot of fireworks in the remainder of the England vs India test series. India will have to bounce back as they looked lacklustre in all departments whereas the English team displayed a near perfect performance.
Top Performers – Player of the Match – Ollie Robinson (2- 16 and 5-65)
Joe Root – 121 of 165, Pujara – 91 of 189.
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