IND vs ENG 3rd Test: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill give India significant lead on Day 3

Yashasvi Jaiswal scored yet another magnificent century to give India the upper hand on the third day of the third Test against England in Rajkot on Saturday. Jaiswal’s 104 took India to 196/2, with a lead of 322. Earlier on Day three, England resumed their innings from their overnight score of 207/2 with Ben Duckett looking to convert his century into something even more bigger. While Duckett did surpass the 150-run mark, he wasn’t able to produce more of what he had done on Friday. In the 51st over, Duckett, facing a short ball from Kuldeep, looked to cut it towards the off-side but found Shubman Gill with the catch at cover.

The two Bens, skipper Stokes and Foakes looked to stabilise England’s innings, but India struck right after lunch with the wicket of the former. It was a tossed-up delivery from Jadeja, and Stokes went for the slog sweep but did not really time it well, eventually holing it out towards Bumrah, who was running to the wide long on region. Stokes and Foakes’ 39-run stand came to an end, and ever since the dismissal of the England captain, the pendulum swung back in India’s favour. Mohammed Siraj did most of the damage for India with four wickets to his name, including a couple of stunning yorkers to get rid of Rehan Ahmed and James Anderson.

India wrapped up England’s innings for 319, which meant India went into the second innings with a lead of 126 runs.

India’s second innings got off to a rather uneventful start as they lost skipper Rohit Sharma for 19. Rohit was struck LBW by Joe Root. Rohit attempted for the sweep but missed it completely as he was struck on the pads. However, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill then forged a 155-run stand for the second wicket, with the former registering his third Test century, and second in two matches.

A leap of joy to celebrate his second century of the series