India vs England, 1st Test: India 257/6 at stumps on Day 3, trail England by 321 runs

A tough day for the hosts

That's it on Day 3! India 257/6 at stumps, trail England by 321 runs

Washing Sundar (33*) and Ravichandran Ashwin (8*) added unbeaten 32 runs for the seventh wicket as they kept India afloat in the match. After the hosts were reduced to 73/4, Rishabh Pant (91) and Cheteshwar Pujara (73) put on 119 runs to stop the rut but they fell in quick succession. And from 225/6, Sundar and Ashwin took India past the 250-run mark and frustrated English attack as they batted for more than 17 overs together. After Jofra Archer (2-52) removed the openers, Dom Bess (4-55) took four wickets to keep England on top after the visitors scored a mammoth 578 in their first innings.

FOUR! India 251/6 in 71.1 overs, trail England by 327 runs

Washington Sundar (31*) smacked another confident drive though extra cover for another boundary, this time off Jack Leach as India went past the 250-run mark.

DROPPED! Jofra Archer drops a tough one, running backward, to give Washington Sundar, on 25, a life off Jack Leach. India 247/6 in 69.1 overs

FOUR! India 242/6 in 67 overs, trail England by 336 runs

Washington Sundar (23*) ended Ben Stokes over with a confident drive through extra cover for a boundary, his fourth of the innings.

* England lost another review. The ball tracking showed that the ball was going just over the stumps of Washington Sundar, again off Jack Leach. Sundar did not offer the bat again and the ball clipped the top of his back pad. Much closer than the previous review but still NOT OUT. India 237/6 in 65.1 overs

* England reviewed LBW decision against Washington Sundar, on 17, off Jack Leach. The ball tracking showed that it is going well over the stumps. It's Not Out and England lost a review. India 235/6 in 63.1 overs

63 overs: India 235/6, trail England by 343 runs

Runs have dried up a bit after the fall of Rishabh Pant. The Washington Sundar-Ravichandran Ashwin duo has so far added 10 runs in 38 balls.

After 60 overs, India 229/6 (Sundar 16* & Ashwin 2*) vs England 578

* Ravichandran Ashwin joins Washington Sundar in the middle

OUT! Dom Bess strikes again, dismisses Rishabh Pant (91). India 225/6

Massive breakthrough for England. Bess took his fourth wicket of the innings as Pant missed a well deserved century. Jack Leach took a good catch at deep cover as Pant went for an aerial shot again. Pant fell for 91 which included five maximums and nine fours.

Final drinks break of the day: India 221/5 (Pant 87* & Sundar 14*)

FOUR!

OVERS 53.3: FOUR! Washington Sundar plays this confidently towards deep extra cover region. India trail by 369 runs.

SIX!

OVERS 51.6: SIX! Pant smashes Leach over deep mid wicket this time. There's no stopping Pant. He moves to 82.

Washington Sundar joins Rishabh Pant in the middle.

PUJARA DEPARTS

OVERS 50.4: WICKET! Dom Bess ends Cheteshwar Pujara's stay at 73. Third wicket for Dom Bess. The spinner is doing what he did in Sri Lanka. Big big wicket for England. A 119-run partnership comes to an end. Pujara is dejected. Brillaitn catch by Burns. INDIA 192/5, trail ENGLAND by 386 runs

FOUR!

OVERS 48.4: FOUR! Flighted ball and outside offstump from Dom Bess. Pujara sends the ball towards covers. Great foot work from the right-hander.

FOUR!

OVERS 47.2: FOUR! Pujara palys this wonderfully through covers. Archer isn't happy with this.

PANT - PUJARA are set

100-run partnership comes up between Pant and Pujara