India posted 326 runs for 5 wickets on the scoreboard on the first day of the 3rd Test at Rajkot. Ravindra Jadeja was playing on 110 and Kuldeep Yadav on 1 run at stumps. The first day of the Test was quite eventful and fans saw 2 centuries, one half-century, and 5 wickets falling. Indian Captain Rohit Sharma played brilliantly and scored his 11th Test century. Debutant Sarfaraz Khan scored a half-century.
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India opted to bat after winning the toss. They didn’t have a good start and lost 3 wickets on just 33 runs. Shubman Gill was dismissed on a duck (0). Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rajat Patidar scored only 10 and 5 runs respectively. Then Rohit & Jadeja made a partnership of 204 runs. Both the batters scored their centuries. After Rohit, Sarfaraz came to bat and scored a fifty (62) on his debut. He was unlucky and got run out. English fast bowler Mark Wood picked up 3 wickets for England. Ravindra Jadeja also completed 3000 runs in Test cricket.
India is playing in the 3rd Test without some big players like Virat Kohli & KL Rahul. So far both India & England have won one Test match. England won the first Test match. India won the second Test match at Vizag. Both teams would want to win this match to get a lead in the series. Let’s see what happens next in this exciting Test match.
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