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KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja shined with the bat on Day 3 of the ongoingꦿ first Test at Trent B🌠ridge in Nottingham to put their side in a commanding position. In reply to England’s 183, India scored 278 and earned a 95-run lead in the first innings.
Rahul, who came to open the innings in the absence of injured openers Shubman Gill and Mayank Agarwal, made a phenomenal effort to capitalize on the opportunity. The Karanataka star stood tall against the top-quality English bowling attack and p🀅layed an inspiring knock of 84 runs from 214 balls.
After Rahul’s departure, all-rounder Jadeja took up the responsibility to keep the scoreboard ticking. Jadeja smashed eight fours and a six during his breathtaking 56 off 86 deliveries to help Team India reach a comfortable position.
India’s tail also played a crucial role to make sure the lead crosses the 90-run mark. The pace duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami contributed with💃 28 and 13 runs, respectively, to𓆏 further frustrate the English bowlers.
Speaking about England’s bowling, James Anderson and Ollie Robinson both displayed tremendous performance. Robinson emerged as the most successful bowler for the hosts as he bagged an impressive 5/85. Similarly, Anderson finished with figures of 4/54 from 23 overs. He also surpassed India 💧legend Anil Kumble to become the third-highest wickꦦet-taker in Test cricket.
Before rain stopped pla⛦y right after the third session began, England had scored 25/0 and trailing the visi🐲tors by 70 runs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Top class innings from KL Rahul and great contributions from Jadeja and Bumrah has given India a very handy 95 run lead. Now for 🎐the bowlers to drive home the advantage.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
India's lower order has given the team a wonderful chance in this game. It has been a major issue in recent years and hopefully, this is the beginning of more little contributions
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Fine hand by @klrahul11. Without his 84, India would have been in a very sorry state. Bottom half of the batting must show resolve and p𒆙rovide 🌞some runs. Lead is meagre still and Anderson is bowling superbly
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Top stuff from crucial runs.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Highest diff bw bat & bowl avg (Tests)
23.75 Gary Sobers
22.72 Jacques Kallis
14.88 Imran Khan
11.46*RAVINDRA JADEJA
9.20 Shaun PollockQual: 2000+ runs & 200+ wkts
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)
Very much India's session, that – KL Rahul and Jadeja have been superb. Been so impressed with Rahul. His judgement outside off-stump has been particularly excellent
— Rob Johnston (@RobJ_Cricket)
This has been an outstanding innings from KL ๊Rahul
— Will Macpherson (@willis_macp)
KL Rahul false shot percentage in this Test:
Day 2 – 25%
Day 3 – 15%— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)
KL Rahul is gone for 84, but what a great knock. Back in Test cricket and 🅠playing beautifully.
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
Of the handful of top-cla🐟ss all-rounders India have produced, two are teammates, and have competed for a spot ꦡfrom time to time.
Indian cricketꦜ fans oft✱en take Ashwin and Jadeja for granted.
Their greatness will be evaluated properly iꦑn the 2🎉030s.
— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42)
Ravi Jadeja. What a cricketer.
— Will Macpherson (@willis_macp)
That's about it on Day 3⃣ of the first Test at Trent Bridge!
Rain has cut short the day's play, with England moving to 2⃣5⃣/0⃣ – trailing by 7⃣0⃣ runs.
Scorecard 👉
— BCCI (@BCCI)
Persistent rain for𝐆ces play to be called off in Nottingham. | |
— ICC (@ICC)
STUMPS
The rain has once again played spoilsport, forcing play to be abandoned. Wit��h the Test match well-poised at the moment, plenty to look forward t🥂o on Day 4️⃣.
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets)
