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RAJKOT, India :Captain Rohit Sharma and middle-order batter Ravindra Jadeja smashed defiant hundreds to drag India out of the doldrums and into a comfortable 326 for five on the opening day of the third test against England on Thursday.
RAJKOT, India :India captain Rohit Sharma combined with Ravindra Jadeja in a 152-run stand for the unbroken fourth wicket on Thursday to help the hosts weather a top-order wobble and reach 185 for three at tea on the opening day of the third test.
RAJKOT, India :Captain Rohit Sharma led India's recovery with a fighting fifty after England fast bowler Mark Wood engineered a top order collapse that left the hosts 93 for three at lunch on day one of the third test on Thursday.
India vs England 3rd Test Day 1 Live Updates: India skipper Rohit Sharma has won the toss and opted to bat first in the third Test in Rajkot. The host team has handed maiden Test caps to Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel. India are playing with a total of four chances with Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj back in the playing XI. It will be interesting to see how the inexperienced Indian line-up fights against the England team. There are some milestones in sight too with R Ashwin one wicket away from 500 Test wickets while James Anderson is five wickets away from 700 Test wickets. (LIVE SCORECARD)
England's experienced right-arm seamer James Anderson is just five more scalps away from 700 Test wickets as he prepares himself for the third Test of the ongoing five-match Test series against India at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot. Anderson has snapped a total of 695 wickets so far in the 184 matches he has played for his national side at an average of 26.34 where he has conceded runs at an economy of 2.78 with 32 four-wicket hauls and 32 five-wicket hauls. If he completes this landmark, he will become the first seamer to do so and third overall after legendary spinners Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and Shane Warne (708).
Fresh from a one-week break in their pre-series base Abu Dhabi, the England cricket team on Monday returned to India for the remainder of the five-match rubber against the hosts, which is locked at 1-1 after two games. The England landed in the city -- venue for the third Test -- on Monday evening. After their 106-run loss in Visakhapatnam, the England players opted to utilise the 10-day break between the second and third Test by relaxing and playing golf in Abu Dhabi. The third Test is scheduled to be held here from February 15.
England spinner Jack Leach will miss the rest of the Test series in India due to the knee injury he picked up during the opening match in Hyderabad.
Former India opener Aakash Chopra lashed out at off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for not being creative enough on the batting-friendly pitches as he has produced disappointing performances in the first two Tests against England. Ashwin has picked nine wickets in two Tests at an average of 36.33. He has not managed to get a four-wicket or a five-wicket haul in the series so far. He has been outperformed as a spinner by England's Tom Hartley, who has 14 wickets at an average of 24.57, including a seven-wicket haul in the first test.