Rajkot: India beat England by a whopping 434 runs in the third Test to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series here on Sunday. This was India's biggest Test win in terms of runs, surpassing the 372-run victory over New Zealand in 2021.
Set an improbable victory target of 557, England collapsed to 122 all out in 39.4 overs on day four. Ravindra Jadeja was the pick of the bowlers for India, taking five wickets for 41 runs in 12.4 overs. It was easily England's worst batting effort of the series with no batter able to cross the 20-run mark barring number 10 Mark Wood (33).
On the same pitch, India amassed 445 and 430 for four declared in their two innings respectively. The massive win was set up by Yashasvi Jaiswal who remained unbeaten on 214 in India's second innings.
The other centurions of the game were Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja. Sarfaraz Khan scored back-to-back fifties on his debut. The fourth Test will be played in Ranchi from February 23.
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- Only the second instance of Ben Stokes losing back to back Tests as captain. The first came against Australia at Edgabston and Lord's in 2023.
Century & 5-fer in a Test (India)
Vinoo Mankad 184 & 5/196 vs Eng Lord's 1952
Polly Umrigar 172* & 5/107 vs WI Port of Spain 1962
R Ashwin 103& 5/156 vs WI Mumbai WS 2011
R Ashwin 113 & 7/83 vs WI North Sound 2016
R Ashwin 106 & 5/43 vs Eng Chennai 2021
Ravindra Jadeja 175* & 5/41 vs SL Mohali 2022
Ravindra Jadeja 112 & 5/41 vs SL Rajkot 2024
Biggest Test defeats for England by runs
562 vs AUS The Oval 1934
434 vs IND Rajkot 2024
425 vs WI Manchester 1976
409 vs AUS Lord's 1948
405 vs AUS Lord's 2015
Biggest Test wins for India by runs
434 vs ENG Rajkot 2024
372 vs NZ Mumbai WS 2021
337 vs SA Delhi 2015
321 vs NZ Indore 2016
320 vs AUS Mohali 2008 - 40 Overs (ENG 122/10)
Mark Wood holes out. Shimmies down the pitch and lofts flat and straight to the fielder at long-off. Jaiswal hangs on it comfortably. India go 2-1 up in the series with two games to go. Jadeja finishes with a fifer at him home ground. - 38 Overs (ENG 91/9)
Mark Wood takes on Jadeja in the next over and hit him three fours and a six. However, Wood tries to play the sweep to Jadeja, but misses it completely and the ball struck on his pads. There was huge a appeal, umpire had also given him out but it was review that saved the right-hand batter. - 36.1 Overs (ENG 91/9)
India strikes twice inside four deliveries as England inch closer to the historic triumph against England. India need just one wicket to take the lead in the series by 2-1. Jadeja picked his fourth wicket, removing Ben Foakes and then Ashwin sent Tom Hartley, who played on the onto his wickets. - 34 Overs (ENG 77/7)
The partnership is increasing India's desperation to win the game today only. However, the partnership is hurting more because they have added 32 runs in the 10 overs. - 31 Overs (ENG 74/7)
Hartley takes on Ashwin and hit him for a six over long on and then smashed a four through the covers. And then take the two singles to finish the over. - 29 Overs (ENG 61/7)
Ravichandran Ashwin comes into the attack, replacing Ravindra Jadeja. He bowls nice and straight, teasing the batter to come down the track and play a big shot. However, Tom Hartley gives respect to him. Instead, take on the Kuldeep Yadav, scoring two fours in two balls. - 27 Overs (ENG 53/7)
Foakes and Hartley are delaying the inevitable. However, these two English batters are playing little sensitive cricket, showing the full face of the bat and looking to score straight instead of sweeping the deliveries. - 25 Overs (ENG 50/7)
Kuldeep Yadav picks his second wicket of the match. India are just three wickets away from the historic win. Third consecutive maiden for India. - 23 Overs (ENG 50/6)
The skipper goes and the writing is on the wall now! India can feel it as they celebrate. It's all happening very quickly for India now. Playing sweep shots on slow and turning pitches its like waiting for the death and this has been the story of the visitors so far. There obsession with sweep continues as they continues to lose wickets. India need just four more wickets to win the match and take 2-1 lead in the five match series. - 22 Overs (ENG 50/5)
Half of the England team is in the dugout now. Indian bowlers ripping apart England's lineup. Root went for a sweep shot and completely missed the delivery and finds himself in front of the stumps. - 20 Overs (ENG 49/4)
Jadeja bowls another maiden over after Stokes hit Siraj for a boundary and a three. England batters are just defending the deliveries with odd one keeping low. - 18 Overs (ENG 42/4)
Indian bowler's not allowing Englishmen's to free their arms and collect some runs to release some pressure created by bowling six bowls to one batter. Only four runs have came in the last three overs. - 15 Overs (ENG 38/4)
Bumrah's fuller length takes an outside edge of the bat, but doesn't carry to the slips. Rohit Sharma -led has been dominating the game from day one. However, Stokes then makes room for himself and pull the bouncer for a boundary. - 12 Overs (ENG 28/4)
This looks plumb and he's been given. Bairstow simply turns and walks and umpire thinks in the same way. India cruising towards the victory here. It is full on off-stump, Bairstow leans right across his stumps looking to sweep, missed the which was on the stumps which struck him on his thigh, finding himself right in front of the stumps. An easy decision for umpire Joel Wilson and the finger went up straightaway. India got their fourth wicket. - 10 Overs (ENG 18/3)
There's wicket number three and it doesn't take long to come as Ollie Pope went on the backfoot to play a flighted delivery and edged it into the hands of skipper Rohit Sharma in slips. This is the 25th instance of England conceding a 500+ runs lead at the end of the third innings. They have gone on to lose 22 of the previous 24 with two draws, coming in 1939 and 1947. - 9 Overs (ENG 18/2)
India gets another breakthrough as they head into the tea break. England are in deep trouble now as they have lost both the openers.Bumrah bowls an another great over, with an appeal against Joe Root. However, umpire didn't give him out and Rohit Sharma also didn't take the review. - 7 Overs (ENG 15/1)
India gets their first wicket. Duckett walks back to pavilion after a huge mix up in the middle. Duckett, played the ball softly and called for a run, but it was Crawley, who kept watching the ball and didn't respond and Duckett finds himself in middle of the wicket. India need only nine wickets to win this game.
END OF INDIA'S 2ND INNINGS
- Over 98 (IND 430/4)
India's lead has gone 530+ run now. How much will be okay for India, will decide Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid. Everyone including English players waiting for the declaration. And here it comes after three back to back sixes from the debutant. Rohit Sharma declared the innings on 430/4 which means England will have to do record chase of 557 runs to win this match with plenty of time remaining in the game.
Most sixes in a Test innings
12 Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Eng Rajkot 2024 *
12 Wasim Akram vs Zim Sheikhupura 1996
11 M Hayden vs Zim Perth 2003
11 N Astle vs Eng Christchurch 2002
11 B McCullum vs Pak Sharjah 2014
11 B McCullum vs SL Christchurch 2014
11 B Stokes vs SA Cape Town 2016
11 Kusal Mendis vs Ire Galle 2023 - Over 97 (IND 412/4)
Jaiswal gets to 200 once more! Another special innings from a special player who's taking Test cricket by storm! Second double-century of the series for the young man, both batters raise their arms as they get through for the single. As soon as he gets to his double hundred, he hit Root for back to back sixes.
Double hundreds in second innings for India
203*MAK Pataudi vs Eng Delhi 1964
200*D Sardesai vs WI Mumbai BS 1965
220 S Gavaskar vs WI Port of Spain 1971
221 S Gavaskar vs Eng The Oval 1979
281 VVS Laxman vs Aus Kolkata 2001
212 Wasim Jaffer vs WI St John's 2006
200*Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Eng Rajkot 2024
Hitting 200s in successive Tests (India)
Vinod Kambli: 224 vs Eng Mumbai WS | 227 vs Zim Delhi (1992/93)
Virat Kohli: 213 vs SL Nagpur | 243 vs SL Delhi (2017/18)
Yashasvi Jaiswal: 209 vs Eng Vizag | 200* vs Eng Rajkot (2023/24) - Over 96 (IND 397/4)
Sarfaraz Khan scored his second back to back fifties on debut! He's made a statement here.
50+ scores in each innings on Test debut (India)
Dilawar Hussain 59 & 57 v Eng Kolkata 1934
Sunil Gavaskar 65 & 67* v WI Port of Spain 1971
Shreyas Iyer 105 & 65 v NZ Kanpur 2021
Sarfaraz Khan 62 & 50* vs Eng Rajkot 2024 - Over 95 (IND 395/4)
Just two singles came from it. - Over 94 (IND 393/4)
Only three singles came from the over. Both on the verge of their milestones. Jaiswal on 197 while Sarafarz on 48. - Over 93 (IND 390/4)
Sarafraz whacks Root for two consecutive boundaries, first straight over the umpire's head and second on slog sweep towards square leg, before running the double. He is just three runs away from his - Over 92 (IND 380/4)
Jaiswal nears his second double ton while Sarfaraz eyeing for his second Test fifty. India have also crossed 500-lead mark. India batters are just hammering them all over the park. Ten runs came from the last two overs. - Over 89 (IND 370/4)
Joe Root trying different actions, angles to pick a wicket, but nothing is working here for him. The lacklustre England are just looking to play with the time now, we can't see any efforts to pick wicket from the visitors. - Over 88 (IND 365/4)
Appeal for caught behind against Sarfaraz Ahmed, but umpire says not out. England have decide to take review, and it was clearly visible that it hasn't came from the bat. Sarfaraz Ahmed survives. India have accumulated 51 runs in the last six overs. - Over 87 (IND 363/4)
Anderson continues from the other end and India batters continues to send him to fence for a boundary. 100-run stand and it's come off 88 balls. Jaiswal just 14 runs away from his second double century.
Most sixes in a Test series for India
20 Y Jaiswal vs Eng 2024 *
19 Rohit Sharma vs SA 2019
14 Harbhajan Singh vs NZ 2010
11 Navjot SIdhu vs SL 1994
Jaiswal has crossed 500 runs in the series. Only the second left-handed batter to do so for India after Sourav Ganguly's 534 runs vs Pakistan at home in 2007
Most sixes in a Test innings for India
10 Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Eng Rajkot 2024 *
8 Navjot SIdhu vs SL Lucknow 1994
8 Mayank Agarwal vs Ban Indore 2019 - Over 86 (IND 354/4)
Rehan Ahmed didn't let either of batters to take the ariel route, bowling in the rough created for left-hander outside off stump. Just four runs came from the over. - Over 85 (IND 350/4)
Jaiswal is in the full mood here and makes Anderson look ordinary. He hit 41-year-old for three sixes in a row. Anderson must be reminding his previous tour to India, when an young left hand batter hammered him for sixes and boundaries for fun. 21 runs came from the previous over. Jaiswal reaches to 180 within a blink of an eye. - Over 84 (IND 329/4)
Sarfaraz plays it deliberately towards third-man eyeing for a boundary, but Anderson did well to save one run. While Jaiswal drives the last delivery for a boundary. - Over 83 (IND 321/4)
Yashasvi Jaiswal brings up his 150. Jaiswal is showing that he has knack converting hundreds into the big tons. He achieved the mark in just 192 runs. Total of seven runs came from it.
Fewest inngs to 3 X 150+ scores
10 Neil Harvey
13 Yashasvi Jaiswal
15 Don Bradman
15 Graeme Smith
18 Cheteshwar Pujara
Converting each of the first three 100s to 150+ scores
Javed Miandad
Andrew Jones
Brian Lara
Mahela Jayawardene
Matthew Sinclair
Graeme Smith
Yashasvi Jaiswal - Over 82 (IND 314/4)
Yashasvi Jaiswal whips a full delivery over long-on and the batter gets awarded with six runs. - Over 80 (IND 304/4)
Both the batters are now setting their foot on the pedestal and Joe Root was at the receiving end of some mighty blows for them. 15 runs from his over which included two sixes. - Over 78 (IND 284/4)
Both the batters are taking their time before getting into the groove. Both the batters will aim to accelerate the run rate. - Over 75 (IND 271/4)
Jaiswal and Sarfaraz are now steering the innings at a steady rate. The duo will now be eager to up the ante as the game progresses. - Over 71.4 (IND 258/4)
England have finally found success in breaking Kuldeep Yadav's resistance. Rehan bowled a full delivery outside off, Kuldeep tried to jam it down but the outside edge was caught in the slips. One more wicket down for the hosts but they will rely on the incoming batters to post a mammoth target for the opposition. - Over 69 (IND 256/3)
Rehan Ahmed is getting some turn from the surface. Yashasvi Jaiswal has entered back into the field after Gill's dismissal and he will be looking for some acceleration. - Over 64 (IND 246/3)
An unfortunate end for Gill. He was well set to complete his ton but a mix-up in the middle has paved his way back to the dugout. Kuldeep tried to play a lofted shot straight back against the bowler but ended up playing it towards wide long-on. Kuldeep first took a few steps but then sent his batting partner Gill back to the crease. However, Gill was caught short of his crease as Stokes threw the ball in time towards the bowler. Gill is livid after the dismissal. - Over 63 (IND 241/2)
Fifty partnership completed between Shubman Gill and Kuldeep. England took a terrible review against Kuldeep, clearly a waste of the DRS. A boundary and a wide came from the over. - Over 62 (IND 235/2)
Kuldeep comes down the pitch and hammers Hartley for a boundary. He must have came as a night watchman, but he can bat. The southpaw has a hundred in domestic cricket, hence England cannot even take him lightly. Five runs came from the over. - Over 61 (IND 230/2)
Change in bowling from the other end, Mark Wood replaces Anderson in the bowling. Only two singles came from the over. - Over 60 (IND 228/2)
Three singles came from the over. - Over 59 (IND 225/2)
Anderson bowls a well directed bouncer to southpaw Kuldeep Yadav, who goes for a pull and the ball takes the top edge, but landed safely and takes a single. Gill plays stupendous cover drive between covers and extra covers for a four on the very last ball which pitched fuller by the 41-year-old. Six runs came from the over. - Over 58 (IND 219/2)
Gill goes on the backfoot and smashes it to the fence and then steers the next ball for a single. Five runs came from it. - Over 57 (IND 214/2)
Gill defends the four deliveries and then take a single. - Over 56 (IND 213/2)
Kuldeep showing his class with the bat, going backward and cuts it away for a boundary. Five runs came from the over including a single. - Over 55 (IND 208/2)
Anderson doing what he has been doing from the past decades, running in, bowling in the area of uncertainty and hoping for a batter to edge it to the wicketkeeper or slip. However, Kuldeep defends it all, plays the maiden. - Over 54 (IND 208/2)
Kuldeep Yadav shimmies down the pitch and hammered the ball for 78 meter six. India takes eight runs from the Hartley's over. - Over 53 (IND 200/2)
James Anderson bowling the second over of the day with just one slip. Shubman Gill takes the single and goes on the non striker end. Kuldeep defend all remaining four deliveries in the over. Just a single coming from it.
