India vs England 2nd Test Day 3 LIVE: Shubman Gill, Axar Patel lead India to 227/6 at tea, lead by 370 runs

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India vs England 2nd Test LIVE

Tea break, Day 3: Shubman Gill's century and a vital contribution from Axar Patel guide India to 227/6 at tea break on the third day. The hosts have a substantial lead of 370 runs. They will be pleased by it but 400-plus lead is what they will be targetting. 

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Rehan Ahmed with a couple of consecutive maiden overs. He returns to bowl the 63rd over, and there's a review for LBW against KS Bharat. Hawkeye shows the impact is in line but it's missing leg stump. The not out decision stands. India 222/6 after 63 overs

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OUT! Axar Patel is given LBW after initial decision of not out is overturned following an England review. Thiscball from Hartley was kept a bit low, Axar looked to play towards the leg side but missed. Hawkeye shows that it's hitting in front of middle stump. Axar lbw b Tom Hartley 45

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India vs England 2nd Test LIVE

OUT! Gill is dismissed for 104. England initially appeal for an LBW against Gill that the umpire says no for, but Gill goes for the reverse sweep that falls into the hands of Ben Foakes. England opt for the review. Replays show that it came off Gill's gloves before Foakes took the catch. Gill is dismissed but after scoring a fine century. Shubman Gill c Foakes b Shoaib Bashir 104

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India vs England 2nd Test LIVE

FOUR! An excellent boundary from Axar Patel as he beats the short mid-on fielder with a slog. 

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CENTURY! An outstanding knock from Shubman Gill as he gets to his first Test century since March 2023. This is also Gill's third Test hundred overall. He gets to the milestone with a single. 

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Six runs come off Shoaib Bashir's over, including a boundary from Shubman Gill who later gets to 96 at the end of the over. Hartley continues from the other ed next over. Gill gets to 97 with a single. Six runs off the over. Time for a breather as players take a drinks break. India's lead is now 341 runs. India 198/4 after 51 overs. 

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Tom Hartley continues. Just a couple of runs from the over with Gill and Axar Patel collecting a single each. India 186/4 after 49 overs

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Shoaib Bashir continues.Just a couple of runs from his over with a single each from Axar and Gill. Tom Hartley continues from the other end in the next over. Just the single off Axar in Hartley's over. India 183/4 after 47 overs. 

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Six singles come off Rehan Ahmed's previous over. Shoaib Bashir bowls the next over, and just a couple of runs come from it. India lead by 317 runs. India 174/4 after 44 overs. 

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SIX! A powerful shot from Shubman Gill. He goes down the track and lofts this over the bowler's head to collect a maximum. 

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FOUR! A brilliant drive through the covers from Axar Patel. He makes use of the overpitched ball from Anderson and is quick to deal with it. 

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Just one run comes off James Anderson's latest over. It was a cut towards deep third man from Gill as he collected a single. Rehan Ahmed continues in the next over. He goes around the wicket, a couple of runs from the over. India 147/4 after 39 overs. 

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Rehan Ahmed bowls from the other end. Five singles off the over. India's lead is now getting closer to 300 and the hosts would hope Gill and Axar forge a formidable stand in the middle. India 144/4 after 37 overs

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India vs England 2nd Test LIVE

Right. The second session on Day three is underway. Pace first up as James Anderson is brought into the attack. Gill goes square of the wicket to begin with a couple of runs. There's an appeal for LBW against Gill but height seems to be an issue. Axar collects a boundary later in the over, with a perfectly timed drive through the offside. Nine runs off the over. India 139/4 after 36 overs.

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India vs England 2nd Test LIVE

India 130/4 after 35 overs (Gill 60, Axar 2) 

Shubman Gill stays firm with a gritty half-century to guide India to 130/4 at lunch on Day three of the second Test against England in Vizag. James Anderson chipped in with a couple of wickets whereas Rehan Ahmed and Tom Hartley got one each. India have a lead of 273 runs at the moment, but would want to take the lead well beyond 350 or even 400. We will be back shortly with the post-lunch session. 

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James Anderson returns. Gill clips behind square to collect a couple of runs. Three runs off the over. India 129/4 after 34 overs.

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OUT! Another one bites the dust. Rajat Patidar is dismissed for 9 after he is edged and caught by Ben Foakes. Rajat Patidar c Foakes b Rehan Ahmed 

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India vs England 2nd Test LIVE

OUT! England get the breakthrough as Shreyas Iyer departs. Iyer looks to go over mid-on but is caught by Ben Stokes who came running from mid-off. Shreyas Iyer c Stokes b Tom Hartley 29

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FIFTY! Half-century for Shubman Gill. This is now his highest score in the number three position. Gill gets to the milestone with a brilliant cover drive. 

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India vs England 2nd Test LIVE

Rehan Ahmed resumes. It's a maiden over from Rehan. Tom Hartley continues from the other end in the next over. In the third ball of that over, Shubman Gill hits him for behind square for a boundary. Seven off Harley's over. India 103/2 after 26 overs. 

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Change of bowling as Rehan Ahmed comes into the attack. Gill collects a boundary, using the extra width of Rehan Ahmed's delivery to cut through towards deep backward point. He follows it up with another fine boundary a couple of balls later. Expensive over that as nine runs come from it. India lead by 234 runs. India 91/2 after 23 overs. 

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Shoaib Bashir continues after the drinks break. Just four singles come off the over. India will be looking to get towards a lead of over 350 or even 400 should they not lose momentum. India 79/2 after 21 overs. 

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Tom Hartley continues. Shreyas Iyer collects a boundary in the over by glancing it down the leg side towards the fine leg fence. Six runs come off the over. India's lead is now 218. Players take a breather as drinks have been called. India 75/2 after 20 overs. 

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SIX! Shubman Gill goes down the track and over the bowler's head to amass a flat six. Good aggressive intent. 

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Change of bowling as Shoaib Bashir comes into the attack. Four runs off the over, including a brace from Gill after he drives towards the extra cover region. Tom Hartley resumes from the other end and two runs come off his over. India 48/2 after 16 overs

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James Anderson continues. He goes for four runs in his sixth over including a brace from Shreyas Iyer. Tom Hartley bowls from the other end and only a couple of runs comes from his over. India 42/2 after 14 overs

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India vs England 2nd Test LIVE

James Anderson continues. Just one run from his latest over, with a single coming from Shreyas Iyer. There's another review from England for an LBW against Gill. Hawkeye shows that it was clipping top of the middle stump. Gill survives yet again. Tom Hartley continues from the other end and just a run comes from his over. India 36/2 after 12 overs 

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Tom Hartley into the attack. There's a huge appeal for LBW against Shubman Gilkl and he is given out. Gill decides to go for the review. Has this got some edge? Oh yes. There's a slight inside edge as per the UltraEdge graphics and Gill survives as the decision is overturned to not out. India 34/2 after 10 overs

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OUT! Both openers are back in the hut as James Anderson removes Yashasvi Jaiswal. Overpitched delivery from Anderson, Jaiswal looks to go for the drive but only gets an edge that flies towards Joe Root at first slip. Jaiswal c Root b Anderson 17

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OUT! James Anderson strikes early for England on Day three. Hev cleans up India skipper Rohit Sharma with a wonderful angling in delivery that beats the outside edge and dismantles the off-stump. Rohit b Anderson 13

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India vs England 2nd Test LIVE

Time for LIVE action. Joe Root into the attack for England with skipper Rohit Sharma on strike. A maiden over to start the proceedings on Day three. India 28/0 after 6 overs

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India vs England 2nd Test LIVE

On Saturday, Bumrah hardly put any foot wrong. Much like James Anderson on Day 1, Bumrah ended as the most economical bowler (2.80) among all Indian bowlers. He did not give away even a single extra. Read PN Vishnu's analysis of Day 2 of the second Test here. 

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Jasprit Bumrah after Day 2:

India seamer took six wickets and had this to say after the day: "You always enjoy when you get rewards. In India reverse swing plays a big role. Born in this country, you know how to use it to your advantage. In India, you have to learn how to bowl reverse. I've grown up watching reverse swing set ups, legendary bowlers bowling magical deliveries. To be able to do it now, very happy with that. When you bowl reverse, people try to bowl magical deliveries every other ball. You have to be patient with that. Have to set the batters up. Have to use deliveries wisely. Can't just bowl inswing outswing, inswing outswing. After that Pope delivery, I had in mind they'll be looking out for the inswinger. Was keeping an eye on what the batters were looking to do. Very happy.

"Try and avoid looking at numbers. When you do that, you build pressure and don't enjoy yourself."

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Zak Crawley after the second day's play

The England player said: "Bumrah bowled unbelievably well. I felt it was a better wicket than last week to bat on it at that point and there wasn't much turn, but you got to hold your hand up sometimes and say 'well bowled'."

Crawley also praised Yashasvi Jaiswal for his "unbelievable innings".

"Really big fan of the way he goes about it, he's really aggressive and it's obviously going to be a very special knock," he said.

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India vs England 2nd Test LIVE

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the India vs England 2nd Test from Visakhapatnam. India lead by 171 runs going into the third day's play with Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal set to come out to bat. 10 wickets in hand. India should look to post a 400-450+ target to be confident of their chances. Let's see how things pan out then.