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26 February, 2021
India Vs England 3rd Test Day 2 Highlights
India records exciting 10-wicket victory in the 3rd Test
India registered an exciting 10-wicket victory against England on Thursday at Narendra Modi Stadium, with three more scheduled days left, taking 2-1 lead in the four-Test series.
In reply to India's 145 for 10 in the second innings, England was all out for 81 only while India, batting in the fourth innings required only 49 runs to win and they finished it off in style with both the opener, Rohit Sharma (25 not out) and Shubman Gill (15 not out) secured the 10-victory for the team in 7.4 overs. With the victory, India also moved a step towards its berth to play in the World Test Championship final. India that has gathered 490 points after New Zealand in the second position with 420 points will have to avoid defeat in the last Test to ensure its berth in the final of the World Test Championship. If India loses to England in the last Test then the final will be played between New Zealand and Australia who is in the third position with 332 points.
However, the India Vs England Test review must be mentioning the behavior of the pitch as none of the batsmen in both the teams looked comfortable against spinners of the both the team. The discussion is all around the fall of 17 wickets on the day. First, it was India's innings that collapsed to 145 in reply to England's 112 in the first innings, losing their 7 wickets for only 46 runs. Expectations were there that England might make a strong return in the Test but Axar Patel and R. Ashwin ran through the England batting order in the second innings, forcing England to get all out for only 81 to bring the match back in India’s favor. It has been the lowest ever total by England against India.
India Vs England Test review also saw Axar Patel who had debuted in this series with a superb 5-wicket haul in the 2nd Test, continued his golden run, bagging 11 wickets in the Test with 6 for 38 in the second innings after another 5-wicket haul in the first innings of this Test. R. Ashwin also entered the record books with his 4 wickets at the cost of 48 runs to reach the milestone of 400th Test wicket, the fourth Indian bowler achieve the feat after Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh.
India Vs England Test review is also criticizing England’s team selection for the test as questions have already been raised that why another spinner along with only Jack Leach had not been added to strengthen when the recent history of the pitch of this Stadium had hinted that spinners get the favor from the pitch. Jack Leach has scalped 4 for 54 while the captain Joe Root stunned the cricket fraternity, making a magnificent bowling figure of 6.2 overs, 3 maidens, 8 runs, 5 wickets.
