IND vs ENG / At the end of the third day, India gave England a target of 399 runs - English team's score 67/1

IND vs ENG: India has given a target of 399 runs to England in the second match of the 5-match Test series and at the end of the third day's play, it has given a blow to England at 67 runs in the second innings. Jack Crawley remained unbeaten on 29 and Rehan Ahmed remained unbeaten on 9 runs at the stumps. England still have to score 332 more runs to win. Ben Duckett (28 runs) was caught by Ravichandran Ashwin at the hands of KS Bharat. India started the second innings at 28/0 and scored 255 runs in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. Shubhman Gill played an inning of 104 runs and Akshar Patel played an inning of 45 runs. Tom Hartley took 4 wickets and Rehan Ahmed took 3 wickets from England.

India had a lead of 143 runs after the first innings. India scored 396 runs and England scored 253 runs in the first innings at the Dr. YS Rajasekhar Stadium.

Stumps...England score 67/1; Still 332 more runs to score

The umpires have announced the end of the third day's play. England's score in the last innings is 67/1. Till stumps, Jack Crawley is unbeaten on 29 and Rehan Ahmed is unbeaten on 9 runs. The English team has to score 332 more runs to win this match.

Shubman's century after 11 months

Shubhman Gill scored a century after 12 innings and 11 months. He last scored a century against Australia on 9 March 2023. After this he played a total of 12 innings against Australia, West Indies, South Africa and England. In these, he could not score a century, let alone a fifty, even his best score was 36 runs.

Shubman now scored a century in the second innings of the second test against England. This is also his best score at number-3 position. In this position he reached the score of fifty plus for the first time. This was his third century in Test, he has also scored 4 fifties. His remaining 2 centuries came against Bangladesh and Australia.

Ashwin got India's first wicket, ducked out

Ravichandran Ashwin gave India the first success in the second over of England's second innings. Here Ben Duckett was out after scoring 28 runs. Ashwin got him caught by wicketkeeper KS Bharat.

Ashwin out...India all out at 255

Rehan Ahmed got Ravichandran Ashwin caught by wicketkeeper Ben Fox, with this India's second innings ended at 255 runs. In this way, India has given England a target of 299 runs in the last innings to win. Ashwin was out after scoring 29 runs. Mukesh returned unbeaten on zero. Tom Hartley took maximum 4 wickets and Rehan Ahmed took 3 wickets.

Shock to India in the first over of the third session

Team India lost a wicket in the very first over of the third session. KS Bharat became the victim of Rehan Ahmed after scoring 6 runs. He went to play a big shot on the short pitch ball but was caught at mid-on.

Team India started the third session with a score of 227/6. But as soon as the first over ended, the team's score became 228/7.

India 227/6 till tea

By the end of the second session of the third day, Team India had scored 227 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. KS Bharat returned not out after scoring 6 runs and Ravichandran Ashwin scored one run. Shubman Gill scored a century in the session, while Akshar Patel was out after scoring 45 runs. The team took a lead of 370 runs by the end of the session.

In the second session, India batted 29 overs and lost only 2 wickets. The team also scored 97 runs during this period. Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir got 1-1 wicket from England.

Axar Patel missed fifty

Akshar Patel became LBW after scoring 45 runs, he was sent to the pavilion by Tom Hartley. Hartley bowled the last ball of the 60th over towards the leg stump on good length. Akshar went to flick but the ball remained down and hit his pads. England appealed but the umpire ruled not out. England took a review, which was successful and Axar was out. Akshar hit 6 fours in the innings.

Akshar-Shubman had a partnership of 89 runs.

Shubman Gill was out after scoring 104 runs. While at the crease, he made a partnership of more than 80 runs with two players. He made a partnership of 81 runs with Shreyas Iyer, then added 89 runs with Axar Patel.