News Sports Cricket Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: India 323/8 at stumps. Day 3, third test

Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: India 323/8 at stumps. Day 3, third test

New Delhi:  England are still in firm control of this test match. India still needs  47 runs to avert the follow on .India endured a poor start to the final session with half centurion Rahane


DRINKS BREAK

07:12 PM : India 160/4 after 54 overs


Rahane punched to mid wicket for a couple

This one blocked to the leg side and mid-o. Single for Rohit

He pulls and the ball went quickly to square boundary. Single taken

Broad to Rahane

07:08 PM : India 156/4 after 53 overs

maiden over.

Jordan to Rohit

07:04 PM : India 156/4 after 52 overs

Rohit gets an edge and get another three towards third man

Rahane drives it through point for a single

Broad coming in to bowl

06:59 PM : India 152/4 after 51 overs

Single to end the over

He played it to mid wicket for three runs. Rahane gets the strike back

Jordan to Rohit Sharma

06:54 PM : India 148/4 after 50 overs


little bit of bounce and the ball went through the keeper missing stumps for 4 byes

Rohit pitched up and pushed into a gap in the covers to get off the mark with a single

He hops back and across and pierces the field in front of square, for three runs

Anderson to Rahane

06:50 PM : India 140/4 after 49 overs

Rahane pulls the short ball to fine leg for a single

He steered off the back foot through gully for a couple

Too short and went high above. Wide called

Jordan to Rahane

Rohit Sharma is the new man in but Rahane is on strike.

06:43 PM : India 136/4 after 48 overs

Anderson gets his man! Kohli gets an outside edge and Cook took another good catch. Virat was well before departing at 39 off 75 balls.

Anderson to Kohli

06:38 PM : India 136/3 after 47 overs


Kohli pushed it to covers for a single. Kohli 39* off 69 deliveries

Outside and gone straight over the head of Cook at first slip towards third man boundary.

Kohli flicked through midwicket for two runs

Chris Jordan replaces Woakes

06:33 PM : India 129/3 after 46 overs


Another maiden for Anderson to Rahane

Anderson continues

06:29 PM : India 129/3 after 45 overs


Short ball pulled behind square by Rahane for a single

Kohli takes a single towards mid on

Single for Rahane towards short leg

He tried it to play it to leg side but got an edge and the ball went towards the third man region for three more

Kohli facing Woakes

06:25 PM : India 123/3 after 44 overs


maiden over

Rahane facing Anderson

06:21 PM : India 123/3 after 43 overs

Eight from the over

Too straight this time and clipped off the pads through square for another couple

Kohli steers the ball deftly behind point for a couple more

a perfect cover drive from Kohli, right from the middle of the bat for FOUR

Chirs Woakes to Kohli

06:16 PM : India 115/3 after 42overs


Anderson to Rahane, no run

Anderson to Kohli, 1 run

Anderson to Kohli, no  run

06:13 PM : India 114/3 after 41overs

M Ali to Rahane , 4 runs

M Ali to Kohli, 1 run

M Ali, to Kohli, no run

M Ali to Rahane, 1 run

Mooen Ali will begin the bowling

Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane will resume India, s innings post lunch