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28-Nov-2016 10:00:00 GMT
India v England, 3rd Test, Mohali, day 3

Jadeja, Ashwin Gives India Upper Hand

Chandigarh: Jadeja top-scored with a dominant 90 while Jayant Yadav scores 55, secured a commanding 134-run lead. England were 78-4, trial by 56-run.

England look set for defeat in the third Test after India dominated day three in Mohali.

Ravinchandran Ashwin took 3-19 as England slid to 78-4, 56 behind, with only Joe Root, opening in place of the injured Haseeb Hameed, resisting on 36.

India's lower order had earlier frustrated England for two sessions to push their first-innings total to 417.

England's bowlers did little wrong, but the ease in which India accumulated on what appeared a benign surface shamed the visitors' first-innings score of 283.

However, the home attack found much more assistance, England lost Alastair Cook, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow and Stokes and are likely to be beaten inside four days to go 2-0 down in the five-match series.

Earlier, India's first innings saw five half-centuries as the hosts secured a commanding 134-run lead.

India, 271-6 overnight, were bowled out for 417 in the afternoon session, prompting the umpires to call for early tea.

Ravindra Jadeja top-scored with a dominant 90 while Jayant Yadav's 55 -- his maiden fifty in only his second game -- gave the England bowlers a frustrating two sessions of play.

Jadeja fell 10 runs short of bagging his maiden Test century with his aggressive style of play proving to be his downfall against Rashid. The left-hander jumped out of his crease against the leg-spinner only to give away a catch to Chris Woakes.

But it had been mostly Woakes at the receiving end of Jadeja's attacking play, the batsman hitting the bowler for four boundaries in an over. Jadeja, who registered his career-best Test score surpassing his 68 at Lord's in 2014, and Jayant Yadav put on 80 runs for the eight wicket.

Jadeja, who started the day on 31, took over the responsibility of piloting the innings after the fall of his overnight partner Ravichandran Ashwin (72).

His wicket ended the 97-run seventh-wicket stand between him and Jadeja as the duo lifted India after the hosts lost four wickets in the final session on Sunday.

Seam bowler Ben Stokes claimed his third Test five-wicket haul while leg-spinner Adil Rashid took four wickets for the visitors.

Stokes (5-73) worked hard to wipe off the tail as he got little support from his fielders with skipper Alastair Cook and wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow dropping catches in one of his overs.

Indian skipper Virat Kohli (62) and Cheteshwar Pujara (51) also struck crucial knocks on day two to contribute to India's total.

India's lower-order contributed 261 runs of their big first innings total.

Brief scores
England -
283 (Bairstow 89, Shami 3-63) and 78 for 4 (Root 36*, Ashwin 3-19)
India - 417 (Jadeja 90, Ashwin 72, Kohli, 62, Jayant 55, Pujara 51, Stokes 5-73, Rashid 4-118)
Status - England trail by 56 runs


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