India wins 3rd Test by 8 wkts; takes 2-0 lead

Fuelled by young Haseeb Hameed’s unbeaten knock of 59 runs, England earlier managed to set India a 103-run target to win the third Test match. Patel hit a boundary to overhaul the target in style as India finished their second innings at 104/2.

“Coming after eight years and wearing India whites, you are a bit nervous before the start of the Test match or while you are preparing for that moment to play for India”.

The visitors were all out for 283 runs in their first innings while India had posted 417.

But he fell for a run-a-ball 18 trying to hit Jayant Yadav over mid-on, Jadeja taking a stooping catch at mid-wicket.

Root’s grim 179-ball battle ended in a rather soft dismissal when England’s batting mainstay pushed at a Jadeja delivery and Ajinkya Rahane took a sharp, one-handed catch at slip.

The teenage Lancastrian passed that test, however – and having got off the mark with a pushed single from the 19th ball he faced, he survived one scare on six when his thick edge to only the second ball bowled by Ravi Ashwin clattered in and out of Parthiv’s gloves.

Pacer Chris Woakes and leg-spinner Adil Rashid bagged a wicket each for England.

England’s Jonny Bairstow celebrates the wicket of India’s Murali Vijay on the fourth day of their third cricket test match in Mohali, India, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016.

While Australian captain Steve Smith holds the top spot followed by England’s Joe Root in the second, India’s Cheteswar Pujara occupies the eighth spot in the table. Nightwatchman Gareth Batty failed to trouble the scorers, trapped lbw by Ravindra Jadeja in the second over of the day.

Save Cook, Joe Root, none of the England batsmen who played in the 2012 series were a part of the first three Test matches. But Jayant, who has impressed everybody with his all-round skills, struck in his first over to dismiss Jos Buttler, who was caught at midwicket.

England were left high and dry by a superb over of pace bowling by Mohammad Shami. What can this spin-scarred England line-up come with?

Their 50-partnership came off 62 balls.

Hameed then changed gears.

Patel reached his half-century off only 39 balls.

However, James Anderson hung around for 35 minutes to make five and with Hameed farming the strike, the duo added 41 to take the lead past three figures.