Live cricket Score Updates: Ravichandran Ashwin drew first blood for India as he dismissed Keaton Jennings for 8 and he followed it up with the wicket of Joe Root. The first Test match against India and England at Edgbaston is finally balanced on Day 3 with Virat Kohli & Co looking to make short work of the England batsmen. On Day 2, Kohli scored 149 and Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Alastair Cook late in the day to hand the visitors a slight advantage. Earlier, England were bowled out for 287 with Ravichandran Ashwin taking four wickets and Mohammed Shami claiming three.
Here’s the live cricket score updates from India vs England, 1st Test, Day 3 at Edgbaston:
Ashwin – The Danger Man
Ravichandran Ashwin has been absolutely brilliant today and he came really close to dismissing Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow in the same over. Bairstow’s shot fell agonisingly short of KL Rahul at leg slip and then Malan was almost castled by Ashwin on the final ball of the over. England 50-3
Ashwin removes Root
Ashwin strikes again! This time he gets the big wicket of Joe Root. who departs for 14. He nudges at a ball down the leg side and because his connection wasn’t a solid one, it flies to KL Rahul.
Root looking to break shackles?
Joe Root – who has played a patient knock thus far – hits Ashwin off all people for a boundary through the cover region. Is he going to try and break now. The sooner India can get his wicket, the better. England are 37/2 after 14 overs.
Ashwin, Shami seek wickets
Both Mohammed Shami and Ravichandran Ashwin are probing patiently in search of another wicket… or two. Root and Malan hold firm thus far. England are 30/2 after 12 overs.
Ashwin’s magic
Both of Ravichandran Ashwin’s victims in the second innings were left handers and in walks another left-handed batsman in Dawid Malan. Thanks to the early wicket, India have the advantage at the moment but Joe Root can change the game any time. England 25 for the loss of two wickets.
Jennings out
New day, same stuff! Ravichandran Ashwin gets the first wicket of the day as he dismisses Keaton Jennings for 8. Jennings edged the ball to the slips and KL Rahul made no mistake in completing the catch. England 18/2
Boundaries on both ends
Keaton Jennings and Joe Root got one boundary each and England are off to a good start. The ball is not moving dangerously at the moment and the England batsmen have not faced any tricky delivery till now. 6 overs gone, India are 15 for the loss of one wicket.
Pitch Report
“Exactly similar conditions what we had yesterday. It is always overcast and cool breeze blowing but by the time the match begins, the sun will be out and it will be a lot warmer. This pitch hasn’t changed much. It tells you about the surface. It is not going to drastically change as the match goes on. Nothing too different from day two to day three.”
Game Time
Joe Root and Keaton Jennings are out in the middle and Ravichandran Ashwin will resume bowling. Can India strike early or we will get to see another magic knock from Joe Root?
Gayle – Virat Kohli’s new fan
Virat Kohli has a fan in Chris Gayle after he scored a brilliant hundred on Thursday. It was a captain’s knock from Virat. The best part was how he batted with the tail. That is the perfect start you want in a series,” Gayle told reporters during an interaction at a promotional event on poker. While the other Indian batsmen came a cropper, Gayle expects that Kohli’s will certainly lift the spirits.
Poor start for England
England, which started the day by adding just two runs to its overnight 285-9, ended it by closing on 9-1 in its second innings after offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin bowled Alastair Cook for 0, in a virtual repeat of the opener’s first-innings dismissal.
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— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 3, 2018
England bowling
The Day 2 may have belonged to the brilliance of Virat Kohli, but it will be unfair to not talk about the England bowlers. Sam Curran returned career’s best figures of 4/74 while pace spearhead Anderson (2/41), Adil Rashid (2/31) and Ben Stokes (2/73) accounted for the rest of the wickets. Curran was at his best as he bulldozed his way through the Indian top-order.
Ashwin’s bunny
Ravichandran Ashwin has now dismissed Alastair Cook nine times – the joint highest along with David Warner. When it comes to dismissing Cook in Test matches, South Africa pacer Morne Morkel tops the list with 12 instances.
Bharat Army’s new chant
The 225-ball 149 earned Kohli praises from fans and experts alike with the Bharat Army – official Indian cricket team supporters group – coming up with a chant for the charismatic cricketer. In a video posted by The Bharat Army, the fans can be heard chanting: “We’ve got Kohli, Virat Kohli, I just don’t think you understand, he’s MS Dhoni’s man, he smashes Pakistan, we’ve got Virat Kohli!”
‘Not my best knock’
Virat Kohli’s innings of 149 was really special for all the Indian cricket team fans, but the skipper believes that it comes second to his century against Australia in the 2014 series at Adelaide. “This knock comes second to Adelaide. The Adelaide knock remains very special to me because it was in the second innings and we were chasing a target. I had total clarity that we were going for the target and not once did I think that I will not go for the chase,” Kohli told BCCI in an interview.
Welcome to Day 3
Hello and welcome to the Day 3 of the first Test match between India and England at Edgbaston. The game is evenly placed at the moment with both teams looking to gain advantage. Day 2 belonged to Virat Kohli as he slammed his first century on English soil and brought India back into the game after losing wickets in a heap. Ashwin joined the party late in the third session as he dismissed England skipper Alastair Cook for a duck.
Source: HindustanTimes