Despite India maintaining the upper hand during the first two sessions, the English batsmen put on a resilient battle at Rose Bowl as Jos Buttler's fifty lead the hosts to a 233 lead.
Jos Buttler's half-century lead the way for the hosts as the England batsmen frustrated the Indian bowlers to survive a two-paced track at Rose Bowl, extending their lead to 233 at the end of Day 3.
Drawing a comparison with his Test hundred in 2016 in Colombo, Pujara hoped this innings turns out to be series defining.
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England now have a competitive lead of 233 runs and it could be a tricky chase for the Indian line-up especially with the track being two-paced.
Leading the five-match series 2-1, hosts England were all out for 246 in their first innings, and finished the second day at six for no loss in their second innings to trail by 21 runs.
Pujara's innings and his last-wicket stand of 46 runs with Jasprit Bumrah (6) have virtually made the encounter at Rose Bowl a game of second innings.
Pujara becomes the second batsman after Virat Kohli, to score a century in the on-going five-match Test series against England. This is also his maiden ton on English soil.
Kohli overtakes Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar (120 Innings), Virender Sehwag (121 Innings) and Rahul Dravid (125 Innings), to become the second fastest Indian.
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Interestingly, the last time India named an unchanged XI was also in Southampton on their last tour to England in 2014.
The Indian openers, Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul have seen off the tricky phase (20-odd minutes) to head back unscathed to their dressing room.
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There are fears for England that Kohli's team might just emulate Sir Don Bradman's Australia that won the 1936 Ashes after being 0-2 down.
With Indian pacers doing a star turn with 38 out of the 46 wickets in three Tests being taken by them, the Bengal speedster said that it is their duty to deliver in conducive conditions.
Kumar had aggravated his lower back injury while playing the third India-England ODI match in the UK.
On IndiaTV's show 'Cricket ki Baat', Virender Sehwag said that the two greats would feel very happy if Kohli goes on to break their records on the current England tour.
The 36-year-old Anderson needs seven wickets to overtake McGrath's haul of 563 when he spearheads England's attack in the fourth Test against India.
Captain Kohli led the way with a century and a 97, as India staged a comeback in the series with a victory in the third Test at Trent Bridge.
On the show 'Cricket Ki Baat', IndiaTV's expert cricket analyst Sehwag stated that India have a chance to win the 4th Test, albeit they continue the same dominating performance like they did at Trent Bridge.
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