IND Vs ENG, 3rd Test, Day 3: Yashasvi Jaiswal Century, Shubman Gill Take India's Lead Over 300 In Rajkot - As It Happened

Most runs scored in a session in India
133 V Sehwag vs SL Mumbai BS 2009
114 B Duckett vs Ind Rajkot 2024 *
109 MS Dhoni vs Aus Chennai 2013
108 Karun Nair vs Eng Chennai 2016
108 V Sehwag vs SA Chennai 2008
Duckett is the first visiting batter to score 100+ runs in a session in India

Nick Knight And Deep Das Gupta On-Air: More of the same here today. Still got a bit of colour, still a green tinge that suggests there's some moisture. The cracks haven't gotten bigger though. Just a little bit of disintegration on the edges of some of the cracks and that's what the spinners will be looking at, still very little for the bowlers though. Reverse swing might be the only thing that encourages the bowlers but that doesn't have much to do with the surface.

Jasprit Bumrah begins the proceedings for India as day 3 action starts off in Rajkot between India and England.

Indian cricket team are wearing black armbands in honour of former India captain Dattajirao Gaekwad who passed away just before the start of this game.

For the ninth time in Test match cricket, Jasprit Bumrah has dismissed Joe Root. The former English skipper was trying a reverse-sweep to the pacer but ended up handing the ball into the safe hands of Yashasvi Jaiswal.

After Bumrah's wicket of Root, it was the turn of Kuldeep Yadav to dismiss Jonny Bairstow. The batter was adjudged LBW and was send back for 0 with England still looking to get out of the blocks after a great evening session on day 2.

Duckett has brought up his 150 as India have brought down the India target under 200 and trail by 198 runs.

Dinesh Karthik, Ashwin's Tamil Nadu teammate, on air says that the offie can come back anytime during this match and bowl straightaway. The umpires have given Ashwin that favor.

Short, wide and well outside off, Duckett reaches for it and cuts it in the air, cover is fairly back and it's straight to the fielder who reverse-cups with ease. Shubman Gill with the easiest of catches as India are on a roll here in Rajkot.

Both Ben Stokes, Ben Foakes have looked steady after early morning strikes from India. The duo have added 29-runs for the sixth partnership going into lunch.

England are 290 for the loss of five wickets at lunch after losing three wickets today. The visitors trail by 155 runs.

And the action has resumed post lunch, and has brought a wicket to India. Ben Stokes has been dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja for 41. Huge wicket given the context of the game.

After a bright mid-session, England have lost Ben Stokes and Ben Foakes post-lunch to give India the upper-hand in the third Test.

England batters seemed to have taken 'Bazball' way too seriously in Test cricket after having thrown away their wickets in Rajkot. Post Lunch, the visitors have lost Stokes, Foakes, Tom Hartley and Rehan Ahmed and are now facing giving away a lead over 100 to India.

Mohammed Siraj takes the final wicket of James Anderson as the visitors were bowled out for 319 in their first innings. They have handed a lead of 126 to India, who could possibly look to add aplenty given the situation they find themselves in (without Ashwin). What a turnaround from the hosts!

Openers Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal are at the crease as they look to take India towards a respectable target.

Indian skipper is sent back by Joe Root after the on-field umpire Joel Wilson called it not out. Ben Stokes sent it upstairs and the decision was reversed by DRS. Wilson is having a poor game officiating but good strike for the tourists.

Despite the loss of Rohit Sharma, India are still in a comfortable position with a 170 run lead over England. Yashasvi Jaiswal is batting on 19 with Shubman Gill partnering him.

A reminder, though, that the hosts only have ten batters after Ravichandran Ashwin withdrew from the match for personal reasons. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill continue proceedings as India eye post-200 run lead against England.

Indian strategy is clear here in the 2nd innings - bat and bat and bat! Tire the English bowlers out and put away the loose deliveries. Perhaps, England and most importantly Joe Root will regret to have given away that wicket early in the day.

There is a 19-year age-gap between Yashasvi Jaiswal and James Anderson but the former is letting the veteran pacer know, he's here to stay. 6,4,4 off Anderson's over! India's lead swelling already.

An intriguing fact from Ravi Shastri on-air. Says the former skipper has bowled more overs than he has scored runs in this series. Moreover, an English daily, The Telegraph, has described his paddle-sweep dismissal as the 'stupidest' in English Test cricket history. Wow!

An impressive start to his Test career, Jaiswal seems to have taken a liking towards red-ball cricket. The southpaw is nearing another Test ton and is few runs away from the triple figure mark.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan has hailed the performance of Yashasvi Jaiswal. Here's what he said on BBC Cricket, "That’s a another special hundred from Jaiswal. Loved the way he gave himself time to get in by playing with sense then exploded into life once the ball got older and bowlers tired. I think he's the next all-format superstar."

Rajat Patidar walks back for a nought after he ended up hitting a nothing short delivery outside off, but he has short-arm jabbed it to mid-wicket. A easy catch to Rehan Ahmed and England rejoice.