England posted the score of 207 runs for 2 wickets on the second day of the 3rd Test. At stumps, Ben Duckett and and Joe Root were batting on 133 and 9 runs respectively. Ben Duckett scored a brilliant century and Ravi Ashwin completed 500 Test wickets. England is trailing by 238 runs in the first innings. They are chasing the 455 runs made by India in the first innings.
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India had scored 326 runs for 5 wickets on the first day. They resumed their innings in the second day from 326/5 and reached a huge total of 445 runs. Ravindra Jadeja got out on a score of 112 runs. Then R Ashwin scored 39 runs, Dhruv Jurel and Bumrah scored 46 and 26 runs respectively. Mark Wood got 4 wickets and Rehan Ahmed picked up 2 wicket for England.
England started batting in the second session of the day. Zakk Crowley made 15 runs and Ollie Pop hit 39 runs. With the help of Ben Duckett’s century, England reached a total of 207 runs losing 2 wickets. R Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah each took 1 wicket for India. Ravichandran Ashwin achieved a major milestone of 500 wickets in Test cricket. He became the fastest bowler in the world to reach this milestone. He achieved this record in just 98 Test matches. However, Ashwin has withdrawn from this Test match due to a family medical emergency.
The third day of the Rajkot Test could be the decisive day. Let’s see on which side this match would turn on the 3rd day.
