India vs England 1st Test Highlights, Day 3: England Strong With 316/6 At Stumps, Lead By 126 Runs

That'll be the end of the third day of the first Test as we head towards a finish which could be a thrilling one with two days still remaining in the game. Ollie Opoe's century has kept things alive for England as they find themselves 126 runs ahead with four wickets still in hand. Things looked tricky at one moment for them before Pope stitched a crucial stand with Ben Foakes. India will be looking to wrap up the English innings as soon as possible early in the fourth day.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 316-6 (77)* Stumps

England's 2nd inning score has gone past 300 whereas the lead over India is over 100 at the moment. Ollie Pope has been incredible in keeping his team in the game as the visitors have now a brilliant chance to turn this around if they can get 60-70 runs more from here.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 304-6 (74)*

Wicket! The partnership has been broken as Axar strikes for India. Foakes has to depart a few minutes before the end of the day's play. England are six down now as Foakes heads back to the pavilion for 34.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 275-6 (67)*

Ollie Pope has played a fine inning here as he keeps England in the game with that magnificent century. This partnership is inching closer to the 100-run mark with Ben Foakes also playing his part. They will be aiming to end the day with no more casualties. 

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 252-5 (63)

This partnership has been brilliant so far to keep England in the hunt as they continue to add crucial runs. Pope is heading towards a remarkable century here. 

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 226-5 (56)

England have taken the lead in their second innings which means India will have to bat again in this match. This partnership is doing well for the visitors.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 195-5 (50)

Good from Axar to start the proceedings in the final session of the day. India will be eyeing the remaining five wickets in the remaining action. Five runs came off that over.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 177-5 (43)

India's Session! Bumrah opened the floodgates with a lethal in-swinger, dismissing Ben Duckett. In the next over, he trapped Joe Root right in front of the stumps, sending England into a frenzy. Bairstow and Pope try to steady the boat, but Jadeja delivered an arm-ball to send Bairstow to the dugout. Ashwin joined the party with a jaffa of a delivery to dismiss skipper Stokes. India have exerted their dominance in the game and will be looking forward to wrapping up the other half of England soon. We will be back after Tea.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 172-5 (42)

Out! The skipper departs. Ashwin cleans Stokes with a beauty. The ball hits the top, disturbs the surface, and crashes into the off-stump. Stokes, despite covering the line well, falls victim to Ashwin's magic.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 163-5 (36.5)

Bowled! Jonny Bairstow shoulders arms to the wrong line, and Jadeja's arm ball does the rest. Bairstow looks at Jadeja in total disbelief. India on top!

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 140-4 (27.4)

LBW! Bumrah is at it again. Joe Root goes for two. The inswinger continues its inward trajectory with the angle as Root finds himself slightly off-balance and is beaten on the inside edge. Despite a review, Root's effort proves futile.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 117-3 (21)

Bowled! Bumrah undoes Duckett with a sharp inswinger! Bumrah is pumped, as he punches the air. Should have dismissed the left-hander in the previous over. Big wicket for India in the context of game.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 113-2 (18.5)

Bumrah starts off brilliantly, trapping Duckett in front. However, India chose not to review the umpire's not-out call. How costly will this prove to be?

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 105-1 (17.2)

England's session. After bowling out India quickly, England's openers, Duckett and Crawley, disrupted India's spinners by adopting an aggressive approach with sweeping and reverse sweeping. Ashwin and Axar were taken for runs. Crawley played stylishly but eventually fell to Ashwin, while Duckett continued the attack with horizontal shots. England now trail by 101 runs with 9 wickets in hand. Will India come back strong in the second session of play?

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 89-1 (15)

First Wicket! Crawley falls to Ashwin's drifter, caught by Rohit at slip for 31. Ashwin's delivery slid in, catching Crawley leaning forward, and the straighter ball found the edge. 

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 45-1 (9.2)

Bumrah opens with a maiden as Crawley negotiates well to fend off the early threat.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

ENG: 0-0 (1)

India all-out! Axar Patel is the last man to be dismissed, playing the wrong line of Rehan Ahmed. The ball remains low and undoes the stumps of Axar. India finish their innings at 436, adding only 15 more runs to their overnight total. England will be the happier side after first hour of play.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/10 (121)

Golden Duck for Bumrah. Root gets two in two. Root's offbreak spins in, beats Bumrah's defence, crashes into middle-stump. Root's fourth wicket. Bumrah out for 0.

IND vs ENG Live Score, 1st Test:

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/9 (119.4)

Breakthrough! Roots traps Jadeja in front. Jadeja lbw to Root for 87. Review unsuccessful. Third Indian batter out in 80s.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 436/8 (119.3)

Jadeja-Axar are batting as if they never left the crease. They remain watchful and are respecting the early pressure applied by England. India are aware that there is ample time left in the game. They will be hoping to build a substantial lead, eliminating the need to bat again.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 425/7 (114)

India are poised to secure a substantial lead, with Jadeja targeting his fourth Test hundred. On the flip side, England struggled to exert pressure on the batters, primarily due to inconsistency in their lengths. Now, they find themselves in a challenging situation, facing an uphill task as India prepare to bat through the morning session.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 421/7 (110)

Hello & welcome to the live coverage of Day 3 of first test match between India and England in Hyderabad.

"The 100 in SA has given me some confidence, also having played 6-7 months of cricket since my injury. The aim was to stay positive when I went out to bat. Very different to that of South Africa (on the pitch) - a bit of turn, it became slower and slower as the ball went old. Was a challenge, I had to wait for my opportunity to play shots. Enjoying batting in the middle-order."

"I did enjoy batting in the top-order for a long time, but here you get some time to put your feet up, watch as to how the ball is doing, what the bowlers are doing and it gives time to plan your innings. It's only the second day, we just wanted to bat the full day and get as many runs as possible (on the team plan). The chat was to bat as long as possible and everyone to bat and score as many runs as we could."

That'll be the stumps on the second day of the first Test of this series as India find themselves on the driving seat. Jadeja and Axar made sure that India didn't lose any wickets towards the end and also added crucial and fast runs to extend the lead. It looks like things have gone beyond control for England at the moment with India eyeing to wrap this up without batting for the second time. Jadeja is unbeaten on 81 runs whereas Axar is batting on 35.

IND: 421/7 (110), Lead By 175 (Stumps Day 2) 

This has been a frustrating struggle for the visitors as India successfully stitched yet another partnership. Jadeja and Axar have been brilliant so far as they will be aiming to end the day with no more risks. A wicket or two might work as a driving force for England with a few overs left in the day.

IND: 392/7 (104)

Jadeja has looked comfortable throughout his innings so far and has the support of Axar Patel in the middle who came out at no.9. Another partnership seems on the cards as these two continue to help the team extent the lead. The team total is also inching closer to the 400-run mark.

IND: 375/7 (96) 

Wicket! Huge misunderstanding between both the batters. Jadeja went two steps forward but Ashwin kept running and is run out as the former decided to go back inside the crease at the non-striker's end. India lose the seventh wicket. 

IND 362/7 (90.3)

Wicket! Root strikes again as he gets his second of the innings. It kept low and Bharat completely missed out on the sweep and was given out. He went for review but the ball was hitting on the umpire's call and Bharat had to go for 41. India are six down now.

IND: 357/6 (89) 

This partnership has been creating massive frustration for England for a while now as they take India's lead past 100. 350 is also up for the hosts and it looks like they want to avoid batting second in this game.

IND: 352/5 (88) 

Jadeja too capitalises on the opportunity as he reaches fifty and is contributing to help India extend their first-inning lead. Bharat too looks comfortable out there as he smashed Rehand Ahmed for 10 runs in the last over. India's lead is inching closer to the 100-run mark.

IND: 336/5 (83)

India enjoy a 63-run lead as the scorecard reads 309/5 at Tea on the second day of the first Test in Hyderabad. Jadeja is batting on 45* while Bharat is not out on nine runs. 

IND: 309/5 at TEA

Tom Hartley removed KL Rahul for 86 as India approach close to the 300-run mark. Rahul's knock came to an end as Rehan Ahmed caught home in deep mid-wicket when he tried to take an aerial route.  

IND: 292/5 (67) 

KL Rahul has allowed India to go past England's first-innings total and take the lead in the match. Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja are in the middle to stretch the first innings lead.

IND: 269/4 (60)   

Gone! Shreyas Iyer falls to Rehan Ahmed's wrong 'un, attempting an unnecessary slog to deep mid-wicket. England starts the session well as Tom Hartley takes a comfortable catch. Shreyas departs for 35 from 63 balls.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 222/4 (52.3)

Rehan delivered a good over to start the second session. KL Rahul faced a challenging leg-spin delivery but managed to handle it well. Both batters seem focused on settling their nerves.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 222/3 (51)

Good session of play for India after losing two quick wickets as they score 103 runs. Root, opening the bowling today, dismissed Jaiswal in the first over. Almost got Rahul next ball, but Foakes dropped a tough chance. Gill fell to Hartley. But after that it's all India. Join us after lunch.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 222/3 (50)

KL Rahul is still batting with a strike rate of over 70, looking good for a half-century. Shreyas Iyer has not found the going easy in the middle, but he is hanging on. Stokes is adopting a spin-pace partnership to get a breakthrough.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 183/3 (40.2)

Gone! Shubman Gill departs for 23, caught by Duckett off Tom Hartley's first Test wicket. India loses both overnight batters within the first hour.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 159/3 (34.5)

After a shaky start and a dropped catch, KL Rahul looks aggressive in the middle with 3 boundaries. Gill is continuing to be cautious as India reduces the lead below 100 runs.

IND vs ENG Live Score, 1st Test:

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 154/2 (32)

Gone! Root gets Jaiswal caught and bowled. Jaiswal started the 'Republic Day' celebrations, carrying on from where he left last evening. A little shimmy forward and went down the ground. But Root struck back as Jaiswal tried doing something similar. Early wicket for England.   

IND vs ENG Live Score, 1st Test:

ENG: 246/10 (64.3)

IND: 119/2 (23.4)

Hello & welcome to the live coverage of Day 2 of first test match between India and England played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.

That'll be the stumps on Day 1 as India take the upper hand with 119/1 in their first innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill steady at the crease. India lost just one wicket as skipper Rohit Sharma departed for 24 runs. 

Earlier, Ben Stokes' 70-run inning helped England post 246 runs before getting bowled out with Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin picking up three wickets each.

IND: 119/1 (23) Stumps Day 1

India have gone past 100 as Gill Jaiswal have done well to keep things calm after Rohit's dismissal towards the end.

IND: 110/1 (21)

Wicket! Leach strikes and England get the first success of this innings. Rohit looked for the aerial root but mistimed it to find his counterpart Stokes at mid-on who made no mistake with the catch. Skipper departs for 24 runs.

IND: 80/1 (12.2)

Brilliant stuff from Jaiswal so far as he gets the reward for the attacking intent with which he has been batting from the start. He reaches his fifty and this is a quick one in just 47 balls with the help of seven boundaries and two sixes. Seven runs came off that over from Hartley.

IND: 80/0 (12)

This has been a remarkable start for India in the first innings as they go past 50 in quick time. Jaiswal has been the flagbearer of this attacking start as he continues to look for boundaries.

IND: 56/0 (8)

IND vs ENG Live Score, 1st Test: Yashasvi Jaiswal starts the innings with a boundary off Mark Wood's balls and then smashed Tom Hartley for six on his debut Test ball to express his attacking intent in the batting. Meanwhile, captain Rohit Sharma is playing second fiddle in the partnership.

IND: 35/0 (4)   

IND vs ENG Live Score, 1st Test: Jasprit Bumrah hammers the final nail in the coffin by taking Ben Stokes' (70) wicket in the 65th over of the innings to wrap England's first chapter for 246. Bumrah cleaned up Stokes on a full-length ball after the England captain tried to find room to play a shot. 

Ashwin and Jadeja picked three scalps each while Bumrah and Axar bagged two dismissals each.

ENG: 246/10 (64.3) 

IND vs ENG Live Score, 1st Test: Jadeja clinched his third wicket as he removed Mark Wood's off-stump to leave England at the loss of nine wickets just after the Tea. Wood departed after adding 11 runs to the scoreboard. Jack Leach joined Stokes in the middle as the latter took an aerial route to pick up the scoring rate.

ENG 235/9 (63)

TEA: It was a session which completely belonged to India as spinners wreaked havoc on English batters grabbing four of five wickets in the session. England finish on 215/8 at tea break.

THE PICNIC IS OVER! says Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Hartley who departs after scoring run-a-ball 23. Mark Wood is the new batter in. ENG 193/8 (55)

Rehan Ahmed's short stay at the crease comes to an end. He came up with a positive attitude but couldn't play the survival game. Debutant Hartley is the new batter in. ENG 155/7 (49)

IND vs ENG Live Score, 1st Test: Rohit Sharma has introduced pacer Jasprit Bumrah from one end after drinks breaks. England captain Ben Stokes and Rehan Ahmed are in the middle to take the side to a respectable total in the first innings after losing six wickets. 

Bumrah kept it tight and bowled on the stump line throughout the over and just conceded three runs before adding four runs on the overthrow.      

ENG: 150/6 (47) 

IND vs ENG Live Score, 1st Test: Axar Patel picks his second wicket to send Ben Foakes (4) back to the pavilion after KS Bharat grabs a catch behind the stumps. England have lost their sixth wicket on the opening day of the match. 

ENG: 142/6 (45) 

Both the set batters are back in the hut as India are ruling the roast here in Hyderabad. Ben Stokes and Ben Foakes are here in the middle. ENG 125/5 (36)

Hello and welcome to the post-lunch session of the first day of 1st test between India and England here in Hyderabad. ENG 116/3 (30)

A rocky session for England, where they started well with a 55-run partnership courtesy of Crawley and Duckett positive attitude against Indian pacers. However, three wickets fell in a jiffy with Bairstow and Root occupying the crease at the moment. ENG 108/3 (28)

The experienced pair of Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root are slowly capitalising with ones and twos along the ground. 

That is an excellent catch from Mohammed Siraj as Crawley has given it away after a start. Ashwin gets his 2nd wicket of the innings. ENG 60/3 (15.4)

Rohit Sharma takes a brilliant catch as Jadeja gets Ollie Pope cheaply. He took a jab at the ball and paid the price. 

Ravichandran Ashwin - the old guard comes to India's rescue as Ben Duckett has been adjudged LBW by the umpire. He took a review but it went against him. ENG 55/1 (12)

The bazball effect has started in India already as Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett are finding boundaries at regular intervals.

Mohammed Siraj bowls one on the pads and gets punished. Crawley off the mark with a boundary. Another boundary. 

England won the toss and elected to bat first.

India is likely to bolster their spin attack by including a third spinner, with Axar Patel or Kuldeep Yadav being potential candidates. England faces the challenge of preparing for this formidable bowling lineup, with no amount of pitch preparation in Abu Dhabi likely to be sufficient to counter the Indian spin menace.

Despite being 37 years old, Ashwin has displayed an unwavering passion for improvement, amassing an impressive 283 wickets from 46 Tests since 2012, with an average just over 19. Jadeja, often seen as a supporting act, has proven to be a potent threat in his own right, securing 191 wickets from 39 Tests during the same period. Together, they have contributed to 500 wickets at an average of 21.

The much-feared Ash-Jaddu duo is set to showcase their prowess at the RGI Stadium, where the pitch is expected to favor spin as the match progresses. England, having experienced the threat posed by these spin maestros in past encounters, especially fears the impact of the seasoned Ashwin.

The driving forces behind India's formidable home record include favorable pitches, skillful bowlers adept at exploiting local conditions, and consistent run-scoring by their batsmen. Notably, two players have emerged as key figures in India's home conquests - off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja.

Breaking down the statistics further reveals the extraordinary feat achieved by India, losing only three Tests out of 44 played on home soil during this period. This dominance surpasses even cricketing powerhouses like the West Indies in the '80s and the formidable Australian team of the turn of the century.

Hello and welcome to the live cricket coverage of day 1 of the first test of the five match test series between India and England starting here at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium in Hyderabad.