Sunday, 22 June 2025

#ENGvIND : 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚔️ 🇮🇳 : 1st Test : Day 3

Day 3 : Most important...moving day for a Test match.

England were 209/3 : 49 overs.

Prasidh Krishna gets Ollie Pope caught behind on 106 : 1st ball of the 3rd over of the day, his 7th ball of the morning :was bit short and wide.

225/4 : 51.1 : Ben Stokes joins Harry Brook 10*, who is playing very aggressively. 














Harry Brook : Looking more and more dangerous with each shot. 35 runs in 1st 30 minutes.

59/1 in the 1st hour. Brook 35*.

Partnership 50* off 78 balls and getting more and more aggressive as Bumrah is off.

Now it's Siraj's turn gets the Captain.

Ben Stokes ct Pant B Siraj 20 (52).

276/5 : England trail by 194 runs,Brook 41(49).

So by lunch Two key wickets lost for England, but Brook and Smith take their side through.

118 runs, two wickets in the first session of Day 3, with Brook and Smith's 51-run stand taking England through to lunch 🍽️.

 At Lunch :  England  327/5 : 144 behind.




 









Second session post lunch: 

Wicketkeeper J Smith was playing well , in 80th over just before ghe availability of 2nd new ball , Prasidh Krishna set a bouncer trap, got hit for a six on 1st ball, caught behind drs on second ball: not out.

But on 3rd ball going for another pull for a six gets caught at square leg boundary.

Excellent combination- relay catch by Ravindra Jadeja and Sai Sudharsan.

Smith ct Sai bowled Prasidh 40(52) : 349/6.

Wokes joins Brook on very well made 68*(86).

350/6 : 80 Overs: RR : 4.37 . Trail by 121.

New ball taken as soon as available. 

Oh..what a pity Yashasvi Jaiswal again drops very dangerous Harry Brook on 82, off Bumrah when  England trail by 102.( was dropped on 46 by Pant off Jadeja as well ).

Brook celebrates life with six to Siraj. 

Harry Brook...All class and Aggression : No.2 in present ICC ranking...gets impatient for 💯  and falls to Prasidh Krishna bouncer trap in his 1st over with 2nd new ball.

Brook 99 of just 112 balls with 11 fours and 2 sixes: luck ran out after 3 lives.

 398/7 : 

England Trail by 73 runs.

Local boy caught neatly by Shardul at deep backward square leg. 

403/7 : 88 Ov. Wokes 13* , Carse 1*.

453/7 : 94.3 Overs.

Attacking partnership was in progress,

55 valuable runs, then  Siraj gets Carse on 22 off 23 : 453/8.

Bumrah gets 1st wicket of the day his 4th: Wokes good knock ends on 38(55).

460/9 : 98.5 Ov. Just 11 behind. 

 ☕️  would be delayed as 9 wickets down.

Boom Boom Bumrah's Five-for gives India 6 runs lead.

The most five-wicket hauls by an Indian in England! 

Jasprit Bumrah, the best in the business 🙌






































3rd Last Session post ☕️ :

Bad start to Indian innings:

An absolute beauty from Carse to dismiss Jaiswal 🤌

Yashasvi Jaiswal ct J Smith b Carse 4 (11).

16/1 : 3.1 Over.

Debutant Sai Sudharsan first ball cuts for 4 avoid pair.

10 Overs: 45/1 : KL 24* &  Sai 16*.

15 Ov : 64/1: KL 37 (47) & Sai 21 ( 33 ).

Conditions challenging with cloud cover.

Partnership 50* off 80 balls now.

Sai Sudharsan drooped by Duckett on 24, at 69/1.

Ben Stokes strikes,this innings too 82/2 : 20.2.

Sai Sudharsan 30(48) ct Crawley at short mid-wicket, clipped into hands.

Shubman Gill upper cuts 1st ball to 4.

KL missed in the 1st innings with 42.

Determined to do better in second. 

Rain stops play at 90/2 : 23.5 Ov.

KL 47* off 75 with 7x4s  & Shubman 6 of 10.

Stumps day 3 India  lead 96.

Perfect Test match set up : with 2 days to go.

Still anybody's game : 50:50.




















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