STUMPS DAY 3
India finished the day with 145 runs lead over England and 6 wickets in hand. 85 runs scored in 32 overs at the cost of 3 crucial wickets in the third session for India. Dhoni 12*(51) and Murali Vijay 59*(190) are unbeaten.
11:02 PM: India 169/4 after 63 oversVijay gets the single towards the square leg off the last ball of the day.
Dhoni punches it towards covers for a single
Vijay gets a single through the point region
He chucked it towards deep mid wicket for a single
Dhoni playing without his helmet
Moeen Ali to bowl the last over of the day
10:58 PM: India 165/4 after 62 oversDhoni played it into square leg for a single
He goes across the stumps to off side and the ball just missed the leg stump.
Plunkett to Dhoni
10:54 PM: India 164/4 after 61 oversmaiden over.
Vijay facing Anderson
10:50 PM: India 164/4 after 60 oversHe chipped it towards fine leg for a single
Ben Stokes to Vijay
10:45 PM: India 163/4 after 59 oversSingle off the last ball and Vijay retains the strike
Anderson to Vijay, short ball swerves away from Prior who can't field it going to his left. 4 byes
10:40 PM: India 158/4 after 58 oversHe clipped out to deep point for a single.
Vijay to face Ben Stokes
10:36 PM: India 157/4 after 57 oversQuick single for Vijay towards mid on. Dhoni is struggling there
Anderson to Vijay
10:32 PM: India 156/4 after 56 overs
Maiden over by Stokes to Dhoni
Ben Stokes to continue
10:28 PM: India 156/4 after 55 oversThis time he turned the ball down to fine leg for another boundary to get to his half century.
Vijay punches through the covers for four more. He is on 49 now and the lead extends to 128.
James Anderson comes back to bowl
10:24 PM: India 148/4 after 54 overs
Last ball is played towards deep square leg for a single.
Two quick runs stolen by Vijay towards the mid wicket takes him to 44.
10:20 PM: India 145/4 after 53 oversDhoni punches it down the ground for a reliving boundary
appeal again for lbw but that was much wide down the leg side. It was an unnecessary appeal. 1 leg bye as the ball is tucked towards leg side
Broad to Vijay
10:15 PM: India 140/4 after 52 overs
Maiden over by Plunkett to Dhoni
Two loud appeals for lbw against Dhoni by Plunkett but umpire Dharmsena turned both down as both were going over the stumps
Plunkett to Dhoni for 52nd over of Indian innings
After 51 overs and three quick wickets of Pujara (43), Kolhi (0) and Rahane (5) India struggling at 140/4 with Dhoni and Vijay trying to rebuild Indian innings. India lead by just 116 runs so far with 6 wickets remaining.
