England's hunt for a record 399 commenced on a strong note when the two openers - Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley began the fourth innings in their usual Bazball way on Day 3 of the second Test. While being cautious against Jasprit Bumrah, the two openers took the attack to the other Indian bowlers. But when the hosts were in big need of a wicket, Ravichandran Ashwin put his hand up with some stunning effort from wicket-keeper KS Bharat.
England cruised their way to 50 and were looking to stay unhindered by the end of the day. But Ashwin inflicted a major blow to those hopes. The Indian veteran Ashwin, who is inches away from 500 Test wickets, removed Ben Duckett. The off-spinner bowled angled one across the left-hander from round the wicket. He got the ball bouncing a bit more to hit the edge of his bat and then lobbed up after hitting the pad. Bharat charged from his spot behind the stumps, ran a little and made a brilliant dive to complete the catch.
The Indian camp was relieved with the wicket. Indian captain Rohit Sharma was also in ecstasy as the players celebrated the much-needed wicket.
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India's Playing XI:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Rajat Patidar, Srikar Bharat (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mukesh Kumar
England's Playing XI:
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson
