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STUMPS | That's the end of day's play. India trail by 321 runs on day three. Good day this for England but India fought back thanks to Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant's partnership. Washington Sundar and Ravi Ashwin are the two unbeaten batsmen at the crease. Do join us back for day four's action.
OUT! BIG wicket this for England. Rishabh Pant perishes for 91. Misses out on a well deserved century. But that's how he plays. Dom Bess is pumped up, picks his fourth wicket. R Pant c Jack Leach b Dom Bess 91(88)
OUT! Unfortunate way to be dismissed! Cheteshwar Pujara is caught at mid-wicket. Pujara goes for the pull, the ball hits the shoulder of short-leg fielder who was ducking and it pops up towards Rory Burns at mid-wicket. C Pujara c Rory Burns b Dom Bess 73(143)
What a partnership this has been between Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant. 80 off 81 ball. Both Pujara and Pant complete their respective half-centuries. Pant, apparently has been aggressive of the two.
Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant is not shying away from attacking the spinner. He has hit two fours and as many sixes thus far. Pant is on a counterattack and that's working for India as of now.
OUT! Another wicket for Dom Bess. Superb catch this by Joe Root at cover. He dives to his left and takes the catch with one hand. Ajinkya Rahane doesn't last long. A Rahane c Root b Dom Bess 1(6)
OUT! BIG wicket this for England. Dom Bess accounts for Virat Kohli. Poor outing this for Kohli, he is caught at short-leg. England continue to dominate. V Kohli c Ollie Pope b Dom Bess 11(48)
Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli are both playing cautiously after the lunch break. India lost two wickets in the first session and since then these two are looking to rebuild.
Lunch, Day 3 | It is time for lunch on day three. England have done well in the opening session by picking two wickets. He removed both the Indian openers. It is Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli at the crease now.
OUT! Jofra Archer strikes again. Second wicket for the pacer, he now has dismissed both the Indian openers. Shubman Gill is caught at mid-on, James Anderson takes the catch. Shubman Gill c Anderson b Jofra Archer 29(28)
Skipper Joe Root scored his fifth double century -- the first by a batsman playing his 100th Test -- to lead England to 555 for eight wickets at stumps on the second day of the first Test against India at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Root (218, 19x4s, 2x6s), whose double ton was also the first by an overseas cricketer in India in over 10 years, was ably supported by Ben Stokes (82) as the two added 124 for the fourth wicket. At close, Dominic Bess was batting on 28 and Jack Leach was on six. The two tail-enders added an unbeaten 30 in 10.3 overs. India vs England Live Streaming Online 1st Test 2021 Day 3 on Star Sports and Disney+Hotstar: Get Free Live Telecast of Ind vs Eng on TV, Online and Listen to Live Radio Commentary.
India picked four wickets in the last session, with pace bowler Ishant Sharma getting two wickets -- Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer -- off two balls, but Bess and Leach ensured that Virat Kohli's boys will have to return on the third morning, something that Root wanted.
England did not lose a wicket in the first session as Root and Stokes added 92 in that session. Stokes, who took guard at the start of the second day's play after opener Dominic Sibley was dismissed in the last over of the first day, survived a couple of chances. Joe Root’s Record-Breaking Double Ton Hailed, Indian Bowlers Trolled by Netizens As England Continue to Dominate in the First Test in Chennai.
Off-spinner R Ashwin dropped a tough chance off his own bowling and Cheteshwar Pujara dropped him at mid-wicket off the bowling of left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem. India also wasted a chance early in the day to run out Root too as Washington Sundar's throw was wide off the wicket-keeper.
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