India in driver’s seat with 101 runs lead against England (Day 03, Lunch)

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] : India in the driver’s seat against England with 101 runs lead at lunch on day three at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday.

At Lunch, England stand at 89/1, with Ben Duckett (38*) and Ollie Pope (16*) unbeaten on the crease.
Day three of the first Test match started with India at 421/7 with Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel on the crease, However, Joe Root’s fiery spell helped the visitors to take control of the game by breaking the crucial partnership of Jadeja-Axar.

In the third and fourth ball of the 120th over of India’s first inning, Root dismissed Jadeja (87 runs from 180 balls) and Jasprit Bumrah (0 runs from 1 ball) respectively. Root was looking for a hattrick in the game, but Mohammed Siraj did not give him the chance.

Even though Axar was on the crease, but he too fell short in front of Rehan Ahmed in the 121st over, ending India’s inning at 436 with a 190-run lead against England in Hyderabad.

Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett opened for the visitors later in the first session.

On the other hand, Ravichandran Ashwin made the only breakthrough in the 10th over after he dismissed Crawley for 31 runs from 33 balls. With a partnership of 44 runs, Pope and Duckett look forward to continuing batting for the visitors in the upcoming sessions on day three on Saturday. Meanwhile, India will use their spin attack to bag early wickets in the second session.