India vs England 4th Test Day 3 Cricket Match Highlights: India 40/0 at stumps on Day 3, need 152 more to win vs England
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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 25, 2024, 17:08:24 IST
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India vs England 4th Test Day 3 Cricket Match Highlights: India 40/0 at stumps on Day 3, need 152 more to win vs England

IND vs ENG 4th Test: Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took five wickets as India bowled England out for 145 on day three of the fourth Test on Sunday to set up a chase of 192 to clinch the series.

India reached 40-0 at stumps, needing another 152 to win their third straight match and the five-Test series.

Skipper Rohit Sharma was unbeaten on 24, with Yashasvi Jaiswal on 16.

Opener Zak Crawley earlier top-scored with 60 but the rest of the England batting faltered against India's spin, with Ashwin returning figures of 5-51 and Kuldeep Yadav 4-22.

England lost regular wickets to end their innings in the final session, leaving it up to the bowlers to level the series and send it to a fifth-Test decider in Dharamsala.

India's bowlers did their job after wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel hit 90 in the morning session to reduce the hosts' deficit after they began the day on 219-7.

Ashwin took the new ball on a pitch with cracks and variable bounce and struck in consecutive balls to remove Ben Duckett, caught at short leg for 15, and Ollie Pope, lbw without scoring, as England were reduced 19-2.

Root, who scored an unbeaten 122 in the first innings, put on 46 with Crawley before Ashwin and India reviewed an lbw appeal, with tracking software indicating the ball pitched just in line and would have hit Root's leg stump.

Crawley raised his fifty but was bowled by Yadav, who turned one sharply with his left-arm wrist spin.

Yadav then removed Ben Stokes just before tea when the England captain was undone for the second time in the match by a ball that barely bounced ankle high and was bowled off his pad.

Jonny Bairstow fell on the first ball after tea and the innings folded soon after. Ben Foakes fell for a 76-ball 17 off Ashwin.

England spinner Shoaib Bashir took his first Test five-wicket haul to help bowl India out for 307, giving the tourists a lead of 46 going into their second innings.

India were rescued in the morning session by Jurel, who put on a 76-run eighth-wicket stand with overnight partner Yadav.

Veteran fast bowler James Anderson broke the stand when Yadav, on 28, played on to give the veteran seamer his 698th Test wicket.

The 41-year-old is now two victims away from becoming just the third bowler to take 700 wickets in Tests, after Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and the late Australian great Shane Warne (708).

Jurel, who made his debut in the third Test in Rajkot, hit six fours and four sixes in his 149-ball stay and picked up his maiden Test half-century.

Bashir, 20, who missed England's win in the first Test due to a visa issue, trapped debutant Akash Deep lbw for his fifth wicket and kissed the ground in celebration.
11:06 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: SIX for Jurel
SIX! Shoaib Bashir to Dhruv Jurel. That's a SIX. The right hander smashes this straight down the ground. Wow! What a shot. INDIA trail by 79 runs.
11:02 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: DROPPED!
DROPPED Shoaib Bashir to Dhruv Jurel. The right hander comes forward to smash the spinner. Ollie Robinson drops a catch at mid on. It was a simple catch. Jurel takes a single.
10:58 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: Boundary for Jurel
FOUR! Fuller from Tom Hartley. Dhruv Jurel goes for a slog sweep and smashes the ball towards square leg fence. INDIA 265/8, trail by 88 runs
10:54 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: Jurel and Akash Deep
Dhruv Jurel is having a chat with Akash Deep. Jurel knows Akash Deep can bat. He has a fifty in first-class cricket. If this pair can manage to add 40-50 runs, India will be in the game.
10:38 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: FIFTY!
FIFTY! Dhruv Jurel brings up his maiden Test fifty. Rohit and all team members are up applauding Jurel's efforts. Jurel salutes and then raises the bat to the crowd. Superb knock from him.

INDIA 254/8, trail by 99 runs vs ENGLAND
10:31 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: Kuldeep falls
WICKET! James Anderson castles Kuldeep Yadav for 28. Anderson gets the breakthrough. A 76-run stand comes to an end now. That's a soft dismissal. Kuldeep tries to defend, the ball hits the deck and rattles the stumps. Akash Deep joins Jurel in the middle.

INDIA 253/8, trail by 100 runs vs ENGLAND
10:24 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: APPEAL and NOT OUT!
APPEAL and NOT OUT! Down the leg from Jimmy Anderson. Dhruv Jurel tries to flick and a brilliant take from Ben Foakes. He appeals for a caught behind. Umpire says NO. England not taking a review. UltraEdge shows there is no bat. The ball hits Jurel's pad. Good decision by England.
10:22 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: UPDATE - England spinner Jack Leach to undergo knee surgery
Left-arm spinner Jack Leach is set to undergo a knee surgery on Tuesday after being ruled out of the England's ongoing five-Test tour of India.

Leach, who came into the India series as England's most experienced spinner, took part in only the opening Test at Hyderabad which his side won by 28 runs.

The 32-year-old spinner suffered an injury on the field which caused severe swelling, forcing him to leave the tour after missing the second Test and subsequently returning home.
10:19 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: 250 comes up
250 comes up for India. India trail by 103 runs. Jurel and Kuldeep are rotating strike too well. Superb batting by both the batters.
10:04 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: Boundary for Kuldeep
FOUR! Kuldeep Yadav plays this nicely towards deep backward point fence. Runs are coming for India. They trail by 113 runs.
10:00 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: Superb shot
FOUR! Dhruv Jurel stands tall and hits Ollie Robinson straight down the ground for a boundary. Excellent stuff from him. INDIA 234/7, trail by 119 runs
09:52 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score:50-run partnership
50-run partnership comes up between Dhruv Jurel and Kuldeep Yadav. INDIA 228/7, trail by 124 runs vs ENGLAND

09:30 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: Good morning! First session is underway
Good morning, folks!

India batsmen Dhruv Jurel and Kuldeep Yadav are making their way to the middle. Both batted really well yesterday. They have stitched 42 runs so far for the 8th wicket. India are still trailing by 134 runs and will be replying on this pair to take the team as close as possible. England will aim to wrap up India innings quickly to take a solid lead. Skipper Ben Stokes and his men have taken the field. Shoaib Bashir will open the attack for England.

Here we go...!!!

09:17 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: PITCH REPORT
The pitch is looking very dry. The ball is tending to scoot low when it hits the edge of the cracks. Those cracks are widening now and it'll become a tricky surface to bat, especially if India get close to England's first innings total.
09:16 (IST) Feb 25

I didn't find a lot of difficulties (on this pitch), I was looking to think as to how I was going to bat, initially there was a lot of spin, so I was looking to get my bat in front of my pad, keep rotating the strike and find the boundaries. Looking forward to today, we'll enjoy the game and give our best.

Yashasvi Jaiswal

09:16 (IST) Feb 25

It's been nice and challenging as well. I've been trying to learn how to play on different wickets and make sure that I stay for a long time. It's been one year with the Indian team, have had a lot of talk with Rahul sir and Rohit bhai on how to change my mindset, I'm trying to keep in mind what my team needs. I want to play according to the situation, I'm preparing the same during the net sessions, speaking with the seniors.

Yashasvi Jaiswal

08:55 (IST) Feb 25
India vs England Live Score: Big milestone coming up for Anderson
Anderson moved to 697 wickets in the first session after Root ran out of partners and England were bowled out. The 41-year-old Anderson is poised to become only the third bowler to take 700 wickets, after Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and the late Australian spin wizard Shane Warne (708).
08:44 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: Jaiswal survived a close call on 40 when he appeared to edge an Ollie Robinson delivery to Ben Foakes for a caught behind but the third umpire denied England's appeal after many replays.
08:43 (IST) Feb 25
India vs England Live Score: Jaiswal continues his good form
Jaiswal, who tops the series batting chart with 618 runs, including two match-winning double centuries in the second and third Tests, raised his bat to applause after reaching his fifty. The 22-year-old hit 171 on debut in the West Indies last year and has since amassed 934 runs over eight Tests and 14 innings.
08:31 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: India lost skipper Rohit early
Fast bowler James Anderson struck first to send back India skipper Rohit Sharma, caught for two before lunch, but the left-handed Jaiswal rebuilt the innings in an 82-run stand with Gill.
08:31 (IST) Feb 25
India vs England Live Score: He removed Shubman Gill (38) and Rajat Patidar (17), both out lbw, and then got Ravindra Jadeja caught at short leg to put India in trouble at 131-4 at tea.
08:18 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: But the day belonged to Bashir, who came on to bowl in the ninth over of India's innings and remained unchanged from his end until Root replaced him shortly before stumps.
08:08 (IST) Feb 25
India vs England Live Score: Joe Root hit an unbeaten 122 for England, who trail 2-1 and are fighting to stay alive in the five-match series.
08:02 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: Bashir, who missed the opener due to a visa delay and is playing his second Test, was ably supported by two wickets from fellow spinner Tom Hartley.
08:02 (IST) Feb 25
India vs England Live Score: The in-form Yashasvi Jaiswal made 73 but Bashir bowled him after the left-hander attempted to defend a low ball that caught the toe of the bat and crashed into the stumps.
08:02 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: India still trail by 134 runs
Wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel, on 30, and Kuldeep Yadav, on 17, were batting at the close of play with an unbeaten stand of 42 but India still trail the visitors by 134 runs.
08:00 (IST) Feb 25
India vs England Live Score: Marathon spell for Bashir
The rookie off-spinner, Bashir, rattled the Indian reply to England's first innings of 353 in a marathon spell of 31 overs unchanged spread over three sessions in Ranchi.
08:00 (IST) Feb 25
IND vs ENG Live Score: India on back foot
Spinner Shoaib Bashir took four wickets to lead England's bowling charge and put India on the back foot at 219/7 on day two of the fourth Test on Saturday.
07:59 (IST) Feb 25
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the third day's play of the fourth Test between India and England in Ranchi.