Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: India struggle at 169/4, Second test, Day 3 at stumps

STUMPS DAY 3


India finished the day with 145 runs lead over England and 6 wickets in hand. 85 runs scored in 32 overs at the cost of 3 crucial wickets in the third session for India. Dhoni 12*(51) and Murali Vijay 59*(190) are unbeaten.

11:02 PM: India 169/4 after 63 overs

Vijay gets the single towards the square leg off the last ball of the day.

Dhoni punches it towards covers for a single

Vijay gets a single through the point region

He chucked it towards deep mid wicket for a single

Dhoni playing without his helmet

Moeen Ali to bowl the last over of the day

10:58 PM: India 165/4 after 62 overs

Dhoni played it into square leg for a single

He goes across the stumps to off side and the ball just missed the leg stump.

Plunkett to Dhoni

10:54 PM: India 164/4 after 61 overs

maiden over.

Vijay facing Anderson

10:50 PM: India 164/4 after 60 overs

He chipped it towards fine leg for a single

Ben Stokes to Vijay

10:45 PM: India 163/4 after 59 overs

Single off the last ball and Vijay retains the strike

Anderson to Vijay, short ball swerves away from Prior who can't field it going to his left. 4 byes
 
10:40 PM: India 158/4 after 58 overs

He clipped out to deep point for a single.

Vijay to face Ben Stokes

10:36 PM: India 157/4 after 57 overs

Quick single for Vijay towards mid on. Dhoni is struggling there

Anderson to Vijay

10:32 PM: India 156/4 after 56 overs

Maiden over by Stokes to Dhoni

Ben Stokes to continue

10:28 PM: India 156/4 after 55 overs

This time he turned the ball down to fine leg for another boundary to get to his half century.

Vijay punches through the covers for four more. He is on 49 now and the lead extends to 128.

James Anderson comes back to bowl

10:24 PM: India 148/4 after 54 overs

Last ball is played towards deep square leg for a single.

Two quick runs stolen by Vijay towards the mid wicket takes him to 44.

10:20 PM: India 145/4 after 53 overs

Dhoni punches it down the ground for a reliving boundary

appeal again for lbw but that was much wide down the leg side. It was an unnecessary appeal. 1 leg bye as the ball is tucked towards leg side

Broad to Vijay

10:15 PM: India 140/4 after 52 overs

Maiden over by Plunkett to Dhoni

Two loud appeals for lbw against Dhoni by Plunkett but umpire Dharmsena turned both down as both were going over the stumps

Plunkett to Dhoni for 52nd over of Indian innings

After 51 overs and three quick wickets of Pujara (43), Kolhi (0) and Rahane (5) India struggling at 140/4 with Dhoni and Vijay trying to rebuild Indian innings. India lead by just 116 runs so far with 6 wickets remaining.