🏏 India vs England, 3rd Test-- SCA Stadium, Rajkot 🏏 - Page 3

Teams:

India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

England (Playing XI): Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes(w), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson

Highest batting average in FC cricket at the time of India Test debut

88.37 - Vinod Kambli (27 matches)

81.23 - Praveen Amre (23)

80.21 - Yashasvi Jaiswal (15)

71.28 - Rusi Modi (38)

70.18 - Sachin Tendulkar (9)

69.85 - Sarfaraz Khan (45)

68.78 - Shubman Gill (23)

Ben Stokes becomes the 76th cricketer to feature in 100 Tests, 16th for England.

Players with 100 or more Test caps (by country)

16 - England

15 - Australia

13 - India

9 - West Indies

8 - South Africa

6 - Sri Lanka

5 - Pakistan

4 - New Zealand

India have their task cut out. They've got to score runs and score lots of them here because as we've been told, this pitch is a belter. A fantastic opportunity for batters like Sarfaraz Khan, Rajat Patidar and Dhruv Jurel to cut their teeth into Test cricket, there's no better way to make a name for yourself than to score runs in a marquee series like this.

No ball, free hit.  But no run!! 

India won the toss and elected to bat first. 6 runs from the first over. 

Ind-- 6/0 

Jaiswal OUT

B Markwood

C Root

India 22/1.

GILL IN

Wood to Jaiswal, OUT

Wood hits a hard length, gets good bounce and gets Jaiswal to nick it to slip! That's a case of making things happen.

Yashasvi Jaiswal c Root b Wood 10 (10b 2x4 0x6) SR: 100

Jaiswal is out! 

Mark Wood to Jaiswal, out Caught by Root!! Edged and gone! There's the first one for England! That's a really good delivery and it finds the edge. Good length and angling across just outside off, seemingly nipped away a touch off the deck as well, Jaiswal was caught in his crease and he couldn't help but have a poke at this, late movement and it found a healthy edge which went straight to Root at first slip. Jaiswal c Root b Mark Wood 10(10) [4s-2]

Mark Wood to Jaiswal, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Ind --22/1

END OF OVER 4

5 runs • 1 wicket

IND: 22/1

CRR: 5.50 

Shubman Gill

0 (1b)

Rohit Sharma

11 (14b 2x4)

Mark Wood

2-0-12-1

James Anderson

2-0-10-0

Thanks for the tag 💙

Imo - they are playing test cricket too fast.  like ODI or T20. That's why they end up loosing wickets early. Even though wicket is placid they should spend time on wicket like test cricket.