India defeated England by 434 runs in the third Test, led by Yashasvi Jaiswal’s Jasball and hometown hero Ravindra Jadeja’s 5-wicket haul, on Sunday in Rajkot. It was a wake-up call for Bazball when England failed to show fight with the bat in their final innings.
India’s bowlers were astonished at how easily they were able to take wickets. For the first time in the series, the England dressing room appeared upset, and the travelling fans’ expressions were shocked. The English faces at the Niranjan Shah Stadium conveyed the tale. The problem was not about losing in Rajkot, but rather how the hopes of a rare series triumph in India and the Bazball belief were fading. Head coach Brendon McCullum, one of the two creators of the much-discussed daring strategy, lacked the confident demeanor that typically radiates when the television cameras zoomed in on him whenever an England batter was dismissed on Sunday.
England fell 107 runs short of their 399-run target in the second Test in Visakhapatnam, but they at least tried. On the eve of the final day of play in Vizag, fast bowler James Anderson stated that coach McCullum had inspired the team by telling them they were capable of chasing 600. That belief has helped England develop into a winning machine since Stokes and McCullum took over the leadership group, inspiring them to some remarkable victories, including one in the series opener in Hyderabad against India.
However, England’s Bazball had a reality check as they were swept out for 122 in 39.4 overs in their final innings, losing the Rajkot Test by 434 runs. England were puzzled as Indian spinners, led by hometown hero Ravindra Jadeja, wreaked havoc in the last session of the third Test. The fearlessness was lacking as England batters appeared befuddled after being assigned a challenging target of 557 on Sunday.
Highlights of India vs England Third Test
INDIA 1st INN
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | c J. Root b M. Wood | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| Rohit Sharma | c B. Stokes b M. Wood | 131 | 196 | 14 | 3 | 66.84 | |||
| Shubman Gill | c B. Foakes b M. Wood | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rajat Patidar | c B. Duckett b T. Hartley | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Ravindra Jadeja | c & b J. Root | 112 | 225 | 9 | 2 | 49.78 | |||
| Sarfaraz Khan | Run Out Mark Wood | 62 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 93.94 | |||
| Kuldeep Yadav | c B. Foakes b J. Anderson | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 | |||
| Dhruv Chand Jurel | c B. Foakes b R. Ahmed | 46 | 104 | 2 | 3 | 44.23 | |||
| Ravichandran Ashwin | c J. Anderson b R. Ahmed | 37 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 41.57 | |||
| Jasprit Bumrah | L.B.W. Mark Wood | 26 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 92.86 | |||
| Mohammed Siraj | Not Out | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 | |||
| Extras | 9 | (B:2, LB:4, WD:1, NB:2, P:0) | |||||||
| TOTAL | 445/10 | 130.5 Ov (RR: 3.41) | |||||||
| FALL OF WICKETS | |||||||||
1 – 22 (Yashasvi Jaiswal , 3.5 ov), 2 – 24 (Shubman Gill , 5.4 ov), 3 – 33 (Rajat Patidar , 8.5 ov), 4 – 237 (Rohit Sharma , 63.3 ov), 5 – 314 (Sarfaraz Khan , 81.5 ov), 6 – 331 (Kuldeep Yadav , 89.4 ov), 7 – 331 (Ravindra Jadeja , 90.5 ov), 8 – 408 (Ravichandran Ashwin , 119.6 ov), 9 – 415 (Dhruv Chand Jurel , 123.5 ov), 10 – 445 (Jasprit Bumrah , 130.5 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | WD | NB | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 25 | 7 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.44 |
| Mark Wood | 27.5 | 2 | 114 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.22 |
| Tom Hartley | 40 | 7 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.73 |
| Joe Root | 16 | 3 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.38 |
| Rehan Ahmed | 22 | 2 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 |
ENGLAND 1st INN
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Crawley | c R. Patidar b R. Ashwin | 15 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 53.57 | |||
| Ben Duckett | c S. Gill b K. Yadav | 153 | 151 | 23 | 2 | 101.32 | |||
| Ollie Pope | L.B.W. Mohammed Siraj | 39 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 70.91 | |||
| Joe Root | c Y. Jaiswal b J. Bumrah | 18 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 58.06 | |||
| Jonny Bairstow | L.B.W. Kuldeep Yadav | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Stokes | c J. Bumrah b R. Jadeja | 41 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 46.07 | |||
| Ben Foakes | c R. Sharma b M. Siraj | 13 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 35.14 | |||
| Rehan Ahmed | b M. Siraj | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 | |||
| Tom Hartley | St Dhruv Chand Jurel b R. Jadeja | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 52.94 | |||
| Mark Wood | Not Out | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |||
| James Anderson | b M. Siraj | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Extras | 20 | (B:6, LB:5, WD:0, NB:4, P:5) | |||||||
| TOTAL | 319/10 | 71.1 Ov (RR: 4.49) | |||||||
| FALL OF WICKETS | |||||||||
1 – 89 (Zak Crawley , 13.1 ov), 2 – 182 (Ollie Pope , 29.6 ov), 3 – 224 (Joe Root , 39.5 ov), 4 – 225 (Jonny Bairstow , 40.4 ov), 5 – 260 (Ben Duckett , 50.1 ov), 6 – 299 (Ben Stokes , 64.6 ov), 7 – 299 (Ben Foakes , 65.1 ov), 8 – 314 (Rehan Ahmed , 69.5 ov), 9 – 314 (Tom Hartley , 70.2 ov), 10 – 319 (James Anderson , 71.1 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | WD | NB | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasprit Bumrah | 15 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.60 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 21.1 | 2 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 18 | 2 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.28 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.29 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 10 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5.10 |
INDIA 2nt INN
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Not Out | 214 | 236 | 14 | 12 | 90.68 | |||
| Rohit Sharma | L.B.W. Joe Root | 19 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 67.86 | |||
| Shubman Gill | Run Out Ben Stokes | 91 | 151 | 9 | 2 | 60.26 | |||
| Rajat Patidar | c R. Ahmed b T. Hartley | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kuldeep Yadav | c J. Root b R. Ahmed | 27 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 29.67 | |||
| Sarfaraz Khan | Not Out | 68 | 72 | 6 | 3 | 94.44 | |||
| Dhruv Chand Jurel | |||||||||
| Ravindra Jadeja | |||||||||
| Ravichandran Ashwin | |||||||||
| Jasprit Bumrah | |||||||||
| Mohammed Siraj | |||||||||
| Extras | 11 | (B:0, LB:9, WD:2, NB:0, P:0) | |||||||
| TOTAL | 430/4 | 98 Ov (RR: 4.39) | |||||||
| FALL OF WICKETS | |||||||||
1 – 30 (Rohit Sharma , 11.3 ov), 2 – 191 (Rajat Patidar , 47.4 ov), 3 – 246 (Shubman Gill , 63.6 ov), 4 – 258 (Kuldeep Yadav , 71.4 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | WD | NB | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 13 | 1 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Joe Root | 27 | 3 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.11 |
| Tom Hartley | 23 | 2 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.39 |
| Mark Wood | 10 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.60 |
| Rehan Ahmed | 25 | 1 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.32 |
ENGLAND 2nt INN
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Crawley | L.B.W. Jasprit Bumrah | 11 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 42.31 | |||
| Ben Duckett | Run Out Mohammed Siraj | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 26.67 | |||
| Ollie Pope | c R. Sharma b R. Jadeja | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21.43 | |||
| Joe Root | L.B.W. Ravindra Jadeja | 7 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 17.50 | |||
| Jonny Bairstow | L.B.W. Ravindra Jadeja | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |||
| Ben Stokes | L.B.W. Kuldeep Yadav | 15 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 38.46 | |||
| Ben Foakes | c D. Chand Jurel b R. Jadeja | 16 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 41.03 | |||
| Rehan Ahmed | c M. Siraj b K. Yadav | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Hartley | b R. Ashwin | 16 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 44.44 | |||
| Mark Wood | c Y. Jaiswal b R. Jadeja | 33 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 220.00 | |||
| James Anderson | Not Out | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |||
| Extras | 12 | (B:5, LB:4, WD:0, NB:3, P:0) | |||||||
| TOTAL | 122/10 | 39.4 Ov (RR: 3.10) | |||||||
| FALL OF WICKETS | |||||||||
1 – 15 (Ben Duckett , 6.1 ov), 2 – 18 (Zak Crawley , 8.2 ov), 3 – 20 (Ollie Pope , 9.4 ov), 4 – 28 (Jonny Bairstow , 11.1 ov), 5 – 50 (Joe Root , 21.5 ov), 6 – 50 (Ben Stokes , 22.5 ov), 7 – 50 (Rehan Ahmed , 24.4 ov), 8 – 82 (Ben Foakes , 35.5 ov), 9 – 91 (Tom Hartley , 36.1 ov), 10 – 122 (Mark Wood , 39.4 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | WD | NB | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasprit Bumrah | 8 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.25 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 5 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.20 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 12.4 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3.42 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 8 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.38 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 6 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.17 |
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