India vs England 1st Test Day 3 Live: ENG 45/1; Crawley departs after fiery start as Ashwin draws first blood for hosts

11:28 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 LIVE

FOUR! The Indian spinners, absolutel masters of their conditions, are starting to make errors now. Slightly full from Axar outside off and Pope drives this through cover to collect his first boundary of the innings. FOUR! Duckett collect his fifth four a couple of deliveries later with a conventional sweep through midwicket. Axar’s gone for 40 runs in five overs now. England’s run-rate, meanwhile, is nearly six-an-over. ENG 77/1 after 13

11:22 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 LIVE

After 12 overs, England 67/1 (Ben Duckett 30, Ollie Pope 6)

Duckett brings up the fifty for the Englishmen with a brace at the start of Axar’s fourth over, steering the ball behind point. FOUR! Second boundary for Duckett as he reverse sweeps Axar through point. The southpaw collects another boundary for himself three balls later, once again off a reverse sweep and this time placing it in front of square. 10 off Axar’s fourth over, with the left-arm spinner having conceded 30 so far today. Duckett collects his third boundary with a reverse sweep in a space of eight deliveries as he swipes at a full toss from Ashwin, placing it past short third. 18 off the last two with England collecting runs at five-and-a-half an over at the moment!

11:17 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 LIVE

After 10 overs, England 49/1 (Ben Duckett 14, Ollie Pope 4)

Ollie Pope walks in after Crawley’s dismissal, and he begins showing intent right away as he opens his account in the very first delivery with a punch in front of square, getting enough time to come back for a second. Brings out the reverse sweep two balls later, though he doesn’t quite time it. Collects another brace in the next ball, pushing the ball square. England are one short of the fifty mark after 10 overs.

11:13 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 LIVE

OUT! The change of angle works for Ashwin as Crawley perishes after a solid start, nicking the ball to Rohit at slip to depart for 31! The right-handed batter was looking to defend this, but Ashwin gets a bit of extra drift with the ball holding its line and getting the outside edge. 100th First-Class catch for skipper Rohit! ENG 45/1

Crawley c Rohit b Ashwin 31(33)

11:10 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 LIVE

After 9 overs, England 44/0 (Zak Crawley 31, Ben Duckett 13)

Axar drops the ball slightly short and Duckett punches this through extra cover, getting enough time to come back for a third. A couple of singles added later in the over. The southpaw moves into double figures now with the opening partnership now nearly worth 50.

11:08 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 LIVE

After 8 overs, England 39/0 (Zak Crawley 30, Ben Duckett 9)

FOUR! Tossed up outside off by Ashwin, and Crawley decides to go for a drive in front of square to collect his fourth four! He moves to 30 in quick time with his partner still batting in single digits.

11:03 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 LIVE

After 7 overs, England 33/0 (Zak Crawley 25, Ben Duckett 8)

SIX! First maximum of the innings and it comes off the bat of Crawley, who’s assumed charge as the aggressor in the opening partnership. Takes a couple of steps forward and smokes the ball over long on. FOUR! First boundary for Duckett as he goes for the reverse sweep and steers the ball straight through point. ‘Bazball’ in full display once again!

11:01 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 LIVE

After 6 overs, England 20/0 (Zak Crawley 16, Ben Duckett 4)

FOUR! Third boundary for Crawley, who has moved into double figures in quick time, as he goes for a reverse sweep to steer the ball through point. Rohit had placed the fielder behind square, who has little chance of stopping this. Seven off the over. Meanwhile, Ashwin nearly had a wicket in his previous over, with Crawley getting a bat-pad deflection that landing just out of short-leg’s reach.

10:59 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 LIVE

After 5 overs, England 13/0 (Zak Crawley 10, Ben Duckett 3)

Spin from both ends now with left-arm spinner Axar Patel, who has bowled what is the ball of the match so far, replacing Jasprit Bumrah. Duckett and Crawley collect a single each off the last two deliveries, with two coming from the over.

10:52 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 LIVE

After 4 overs, England 11/0 (Zak Crawley 9, Ben Duckett 2)

A tidy second over from Ashwin, with just one coming off it as Duckett decides to set off for a single with a sweep in the fourth delivery after three dots.

10:48 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 LIVE

After 3 overs, England 10/0 (Zak Crawley 9, Ben Duckett 1)

FOUR! A touch short and wide from Bumrah, and Crawley cuts the ball firmly through point to collect his second boundary in three overs. Bumrah, however, foxes him next up with a slower delivery. Four off the over.

10:47 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 LIVE

After 2 overs, England 6/0 (Zak Crawley 5, Ben Duckett 1)

Spin introduced from the other end right away, with Ravichandran Ashwin sharing the new ball with Bumrah. Duckett gets off the mark right away with a single off the first delivery that he faces. FOUR! Crawley collects the first boundary of the innings with a reverse sweep off Ashwin’s third delivery of the day, guiding the ball towards the third man fence. He keeps the scoreboard ticking with a single off the next delivery.

10:44 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 LIVE

After 1 over, England 0/0 (Zak Crawley 0, Ben Duckett 0)

Jasprit Bumrah is once again off to a tidy start at the beginning of the innings, bowling a maiden first up after being handed the shiny new ball.

10:42 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 LIVE

England openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett walk out to open the English innings for a second time in three days. They had got the innings off to a rapid start on Thursday, and will try something similar today. Jasprit Bumrah to start off with the ball in hand.

10:32 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 LIVE

India add 15 runs to their overnight total and are bowled out for 436 runs to take a 190 run lead in Hyderabad. Joe Root taking two of three remaining wickets and Rehan Ahmed getting the job done. India with a sizeable lead of 190 runs still and it will be interesting how England approach the second innings as the pitch gets slower and assistance to spin gets more pronounced

10:29 (IST)

BOWLED!

Axar Patel is beaten on the inside edge by a Rehan Ahmed delivery that crept in and stayed low. Axar tries to make room and slap it towards the off side but gets beaten to the bounce. He departs for 44 runs and India are bowled out

Axar b Rehan 44

10:27 (IST)

BOWLED!

Axar Patel is beaten on the inside edge by a Rehan Ahmed delivery that crept in and stayed low. Axar tries to make room and slap it towards the off side but gets beaten to the bounce. He departs for 44 runs and India are bowled out

Axar b Rehan 44

10:20 (IST)

Hat-trick?

Denied! Full on stumps to the new batter in Mohammed Siraj. Six-men around the bat for the tailender. He digs both the balls of the over out

India 436/9, lead by 190 runs

10:18 (IST)

GONE! Back-to-back wickets for Joe Root and England. Jasprit Bumrah looks to defend, has a huge gap between bat and pad and the ball comfortably creeps in. That was a poor defence though. Fourth wicket for Root

Bumrah b Root 0

10:16 (IST)

GONE! Ravindra Jadeja is adjudged leg before and immediately goes upstairs for a review. Joe Root the bowler. The ball slides on to rap Jadeja on the front pad as he presses forward to defend. Is there an edge involved? Impact outside off? There’s a spike on UltraEdge when the ball is between bat and pad. The crowd erupts. It doesn’t look conclusive though – the bat and pad are far too close to be sure. Marais Erasmus is the video umpire. No bat concludes the umpire. Ball tracking confirms it was pitching in line and going on to hit the stumps. No hundred for Jadeja. He becomes the third Indian batter to depart in the 80s this inning

Jadeja lbw Root 87

10:10 (IST)

FOUR! Make that two boundaries in three balls. Near identical deliveries, near identical shots and exact same outcome. 

10:09 (IST)

FOUR! Pitched up by Jack Leach to Axar Patel who presses just a touch forward and hits a cracking cover drive. That’s the first boundary of the day

10:04 (IST)

India vs England LIVE

Steady half hour from India. Opting to defend the balls, just six runs in the day thus far. Maybe the strategy is to tire the England bowlers out of the match

09:51 (IST)

India vs England LIVE

Mark Wood pings Jadeja on the helmet. The ball comes slower than Jaddu probably expected and hits him flush on the grill. Luckily, no damage done. The physio runs down to have a look. Jadeja looks fine to continue

09:41 (IST)

India vs England LIVE

Joe Root bowls the second over of the day and it produces a single run as well. Jadeja collecting a simple single by pushing towards mid-off for a run

09:39 (IST)

India vs England LIVE

After 111 overs,India 422/7 ( Ravindra Jadeja 82 , Axar Patel 35)

1 run from the Mark Wood over. Three deliveries going over 140kmph. Talk about setting the intent early

09:34 (IST)

India vs England Day 3 underway

Time for Day 3! England take the field, including a strapped up Jack Leach. Mark Wood to open the first over of the day. Ben Stokes and Wood take their time getting the field right. No slips, only a gully in place. On the first ball, Jadeja pushes the ball for a quick single and makes it. Just about.

09:26 (IST)

Anil Kumble on the host broadcast

The former India spinner and coach says the pitch is still not unplayable if you play straight. But to reach that stage, England need to take India’s three wickets. And fast.

09:24 (IST)

England’s Zak Crawley speaks ahead of Day 3

“It’s been interesting and I’m enjoying it. That’s what you like as a cricketer, playing in different parts of the world. Australia was different, we had a good camp in Abu Dhabi before coming over here. Pretty similar conditions to that of Pakistan, just that it’s a little better for spin here, Pakistan’s wickets were better for batters, but we knew spin would be a big part here. We weren’t surprised, the boys did bowl well, but they batted better. It did look like the pitch is slowing down and hopefully it’ll stay the same today as well, which will make our job a bit easier. We’ll play in a similar way, always take the positive option. We’ll not think too much (about the deficit), hopefully the runs will come.”

09:23 (IST)

India’s batting coach before start of play on Day 3

Vikram Rathour speaks: “Extremely rewarding, extremely challenging, really interesting, I have loved my time here, it’s been great working with the team, with a great bunch of cricketers. Lot to look forward to still. Some great results, have been part of some great series, great wins. Since WTC has come into picture, we’ve been made to play on much more challenging wickets as a batting unit, a great challenge when you play on these kinds of wickets. There ‘s a lot to learn as players and coaches. You need to help them, understand what the conditions are bringing and what kind of gameplans will work.”

(Gameplan today) “Score as many as we can, nothing else, we still have a lot of time in the Test match. We’ll look to keep batting as much as we can. Hoping that Jadeja goes on and scores a hundred, a well deserved hundred. Cricket has changed, absolutely no doubt about that. The wickets have changed, the bats have changed, everything about cricket has changed, cricket is being played in a more aggressive manner nowadays and I love it. I really enjoy this kind of cricket. The idea is to play good cricket. If the conditions and situations allow you to go and play your shots, they should go and do that. That’s what we are doing well in this game.”

09:20 (IST)

Pitch report before Day 3

Murali Kartik and KP with the pitch report: “It’s a very pleasant morning. England are way behind, India in the driver’s seat. We are set for a bumper day of Test match cricket. There are footholes, Mark Wood has created better opportunities for the Indian spinners, especially Ashwin to make best use of what would be a very good length for Ashwin to bowl to the right-handers. KL Rahul felt that it has slowed down. On day one, the pitch was 0.5 metres quicker than what it was on day two. That’s a very big difference. It allows the batter to adjust. My view is that it’s going to spin a long way and we could see a Test match that finishes today.”

09:15 (IST)

Jack Leach with a strap on his knee

Jack Leach has a heavily strapped knee. He suffered damage on the opening day while fielding and aggravated it y’day. England camp says he’ll be fine by the fourth innings but the Test could be over by then…

Jack Leach’s left knee very heavily strapped as he gingerly walks over to a bag of balls to see if he can bowl. Damaged it on the evening of day 1, then aggravated yesterday morning #IndvEng pic.twitter.com/Zt7EvUtWIh

— Vithushan Ehantharajah (@Vitu_E) January 27, 2024

09:06 (IST)

Yashasvi Jaiswal on Friday evening

In the post-match press conference on Friday, Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had scored 80 runs, said: “Of course, it would have been amazing if I would have scored a hundred. But what took me there was my thinking and my process to score runs and I was quite positive in my mind and I was just thinking, making sure I can build an innings. But it was good actually.”

“This is my first Test match in India and I was just thinking of contributing well and doing well for my team. When I was playing in the West Indies and South Africa, it was quite a different environment. Here also the environment is quite different. I was really enjoying all the places, of course. It is a proud and honour moment every time I go and play for my country.”

On facing Joe Root: “I knew that at some stage he was going to bowl. I was prepared for him. He can bowl first over. But as I said, I was trying my best to do what I could and sometimes I can make a mistake and get out. Still, I’m learning. If I do make a mistake, I’ll make sure that I try to learn from it.”

09:02 (IST)

What KL Rahul said after the day’s play?

At the conclusion of Day 2, KL Rahul said, “The 100 in South Africa has given me some confidence, also having played 6-7 months of cricket since my injury. The aim was to stay positive when I went out to bat.”

(on the pitch) “Very different to that of South Africa. A bit of turn, it became slower and slower as the ball went old. Was a challenge, I had to wait for my opportunity to play shots. Enjoying batting in the middle-order. I did enjoy batting in the top-order for a long time, but here you get some time to put your feet up, watch as to how the ball is doing, what the bowlers are doing and it gives time to plan your innings. It’s only the second day, we just wanted to bat the full day and get as many runs as possible”

(on the team plan) “The chat was to bat as long as possible and everyone to bat and score as many runs as we could.”

08:30 (IST)

India vs England 1st Test Day 3

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Test series between India and England. In the first Test, India lead England by 175 runs after two day’s play and the visitors’ mantra of Bazball is yet to pay dividends on tough sub-continent pitches and conditions. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 80. KL Rahul scored 86. Ravindra Jadeja is on 81. KS Bharat scored 41. Axar Patel is on 35. It has been a tough start to one-and-half-months in India. England were bowled out for 246 runs on the opening day with skipper Ben Stokes scoring 70 runs