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ENGLAND-INDIA TEST SERIES
Double trouble for visitors:
Stokes hopes for win as team
faces big Indian challenge
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his second double-century in Tests after scoring his first one in the last Test.
A key highlight of his knock was smashing veteran pace legend James Anderson for a hat-trick of sixes
OUR BUREAU back and win the series. We leave
this game behind and we know we
Rajkot (Gujarat)
have to win the next 2 games to win
ollowing a 434-run loss against the series and that’s what we’ll look
India on Sunday at Rajkot, to do,” the 32-year-old added.
FEngland Test skipper Ben Coming to the match, the Three
Stokes asserted that the team will Lions while chasing 557 was bundled
look to win the rest of the two Tests out for just 122 runs in 39.4, losing
at Ranchi and Dharamshala respec- the match by 434 runs. Ravindra
tively to seal the series 3-2. Jadeja took 5/41, while Kuldeep Ya-
dav took two wickets. Ravichandran
A five-wicket haul by ace Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah took a
wicket each.
all-rounder and first-innings Earlier, India secured a 556-run
centurion Ravindra Jadeja and second innings lead, declaring their
second innings at 430/4. Following
top knocks from skipper Rohit skipper Rohit’s early fall for just 19
Sharma, Shubman Gill, double runs, young batters Yashasvi Jaiswal
and Shubman Gill steadied the ship
centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal and for India with a 155-run partnership
debutant Sarfaraz Khan saw for second wicket, which ended after
Jaiswal retired hurt for 104. India
England sink to its knees and ended the day three at 196/2, with
surrender to the hosts inside Gill (65*) and Kuldeep Yadav (3*).
four days. Tendulkar hails young Indian
batters
“Ben Duckett played an unbe-
lievable innings. That was the tone ollowing a 434-run victory
against England at Niranjan
we wanted to set throughout the in- FShah Stadium in Rajkot, In-
nings. It was about identifying that dia legendary batter Sachin Ten-
opportunity and getting as close to dulkar took to social media and
India’s total. We wanted to bowl yes- hailed young Indian batters Yashasvi
terday but it was earlier than when Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan, calling
we wanted. Sometimes game plans them “double trouble” for England
don’t work and that was the case,” on Sunday.
Stokes said in the post-match pre- Jaiswal and Sarfaraz had memo-
sentation. rable outings during India’s 434 run
“Everyone’s got a perception
and opinion about things, the people win over England in the third Test as
Jaiswal scored his second Test dou-
in the dressing room is what matters Ravindra Jadeja celebrates after taking five wickets on Day 4 of the 3rd Test match against ble ton and Sarfaraz managed to get
to us. 1-2 down in the series and a England, at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot on Sunday (ANI)
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