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3rd Test: England 268-8 at stumps on day 1
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16:31 3rd Test: England 268-8 at stumps on day 1
England 268-8 vs India
Stumps on day 1 of the third Test in Mohali. India will be elated with this performance to pick eight wickets on a good pitch to bat on.
Umesh, Jayant and Jadeja claim two wickets each, while Ashwin and Shami also picked a wicket respectively.
Bairstow played really well for England for his superb 89. Root and Cook will be disappointed with their efforts.
India also dropped a few catches on the field.
16:27 3rd Test: Umesh cleans up Woakes
England 266-8 vs India
Superb bowling from Umesh Yadav to rattle the off-stump of Chris Woakes. The pacer is rewarded for his superb line and length.
He beat Woakes thrice in the over and eventually got his wicket.
16:19 3rd Test: England 7 down with Bairstow's wicket
England 258-7 vs India
Huge wicket for India as the inform batsman Bairstow is out LBW to Jayant Yadav. He took the DRS review but was adjudged out by the third umpire.
Bairstow departs for a superb 89 with Jayant picking his second wicket.
15:57
England 252-6 vs India
Ashwin bowls one way down the leg-side to concede four byes. 250 comes up for England with Bairstow doing bulk of the scoring.
15:49
England 241-6 vs India
Bairstow is into the 80's now. India needs his wicket if they want to dismiss England for a below-par score.
15:29 3rd Test: Bairstow fights as England lose 6 wickets
England 230-6 vs India
Bairstow holds key for England as the visitors look to reach close to the 300-run mark. The wicketkeeper batsman has allrounder Chris Woakes for company.
14:57 3rd Test: Buttler departs as England lose 6th wkt
England 213-6 vs India
Jadeja gets the break-through for India. He induces an uppish drive from Buttler with Kohli getting into the act.
Another soft dismissal for England as Buttler departs for a well-made 43.
14:43
England 208-5 vs India
Final session resumes here in Mohali. India will look to break this partnership and run through the England lower order.
14:13
England 205-5 vs India
Tea called on day 1 of the third Test in Mohali. This session belonged to the visitors losing only one wicket.
Bairstow (66) and Buttler (37) are looking good for England.
14:06
England 201-5 vs India
200 up for England! Buttler and Bairstow are both looking dangerous now.
14:01
England 196-5 vs India
50-run partnership comes up between Bairstow and Buttler.
England's hopes rest on their two wicketkeeper batsmen. Bairstow, who will keep this match, is playing well on 62. His partner Jos Buttler is on 30.
13:39 3rd Test: Bairstow fights as England lose 5 wickets
England 166-5 vs India
Buttler was lucky here as the ball flew between the first and third slip. Good bowling from Umesh Yadav.
13:04
England 149-5 vs India
Fifty comes up for Johnny Baistow. He is on 53 off 76 balls. He is having great year with the bat in 2016.
13:02 3rd Test: Stokes out, England lose 5th wkt
England 144-5 vs India
Huge break-through for India as Jadeja dismisses Ben Stokes for 29. Superb glovework from Parthiv Patel.
Jadeja's first wicket of the match and all five Indian bowlers have a wicket each now.
12:47
England 136-4 vs India
Bairstow and Stokes are negotiating the Indian bowlers' well. Both these players have runs under their belt for the previous two Tests.
12:19 3rd Test: England lose 4 quick wickets
England 101-4 vs India
100 comes up for England! Bairstow played well in the last two Tests and is looking comfortable against England spinners in Mohali as well.
11:32 3rd Test: England 4 down at lunch on day 1
England 92-4 vs India
Lunch called on day 1 of the third Test between India and England. The visitors have lost four top wickets with the first session clearly belonging to India.
11:25 3rd Test: Moeen Ali out, England lose 4th wkt
England 92-4 vs India
Superb bowling change from Kohli to bring his premier pacer Mohammed Shami. He bangs it short and surprises Moeen Ali with his pace.
Ali goes for a hook shot but the ball takes the top edge and goes to fine leg for an easy catch.
11:06
England 78-3 vs India
Moeen Ali and J Bairstow have negotiated Ashwin and Jayant Yadav well after losing three quick wickets.
Ali hits Jayant for four and a six off consecutive balls.
11:06
England 78-3 vs India
Moeen Ali and J Bairstow have negotiated Ashwin and Jayant Yadav well after losing three quick wickets.
Ali hits Jayant for four and a six off consecutive balls.
10:53 3rd Test: Root and Cook out in quick succession
England 51-3 vs India
Edged and a superb catch by wicketkeper Parthiv Patel. Ashwin picks the England skipper off his first ball.
It was short and Cook went for the cut shot but managed to edge it to Patel.
Ashwin will be a relieved man now after he dropped a simple catch off Cook earlier.
India have got Root and Cook immediately after drinks in the first session.
10:39 3rd Test: Root dismissed, England lose 2nd wkt
England 51-2 vs India
Jayant Yadav gets the dangerous Joe Root. The England batsman will be very disappointed with his shot.
It was a nothing stroke as Root missed it completely with the ball striking his pads right in front of the stumps.
10:33 3rd Test: Cook dropped after Hameed's wicket
England 50-1 vs India
50 comes up for England.
Joe Root has looked steady but India should have got the wicket of Cook. He was dropped twice, first by Jadeja and then a simple catch by Ashwin.
10:27
England 32-1 vs India
R Ashwin drops a sitter to hand a second lifeline to Alastair Cook. Cook was dropped by Jadeja earlier as well.
It was very easy but Ashwin took it casually.
Shami is unlucky as both the catches were dropped of his bowling.
10:16 3rd Test: Umesh dismisses Hameed
England 32-1 vs India
Umesh Yadav strikes for India to dismiss Hameed. It pitched on good length and bounced awkwardly.
the ball took the top edge with Rahane completing a simple catch.
10:04
England 29-0 vs India
Runs coming quickly for England with the openers Cook and Hameed scoring 6 boundaries so far off only 7.2 overs.
09:52
England 18-0 vs India
A decent start by England on day 1. Except of the dropped catch by Jadeja, the England openers have scored at a good pace.
09:46
England 8-0 vs India
Dropped by Ravindra Jadeja at second slip. A fantastic delivery by Shami takes the outside edge of Cook's bat and it goes through Jadeja's hands.
09:40
England 4-0 vs India
We are underway in Mohali with a decent first over bowled by M Shami as England pick four runs off it
09:34 3rd Test: England elect to bat, Nair debuts
England vs India
England captain Alastair Cook has won the toss and elected to bat first in Mohali. Kohli says the wicket is dry and the toss will not hold any significance.
Karun Nair makes his debut in place of an injured KL Rahul.
Wicketkeper Parthiv Patel replaces W Saha.
Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes and Gareth Batty will play for England replacing B Duckett, Broad and Ansari.
India XI: Murali Vijay, Parthiv Patel (wk), C Pujara, Virat Kohli*, Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav.
England XI: Alastair Cook*, H Hameed, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Johnny Bairstow (wk), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, GJ Batty, James Anderson.
08:53 3rd Test: India look to continue momentum
India vs England
After their thumping victory in the second Test in Vizag, Team India will look to continue their momentum and extend their lead in the third Test in Mohali.
England have made one major change replacing a struggling Ben Duckett for the IPL-experienced Jos Buttler.
India's spin triplet consisting of R Ashwin, R Jadeja and Jayant Yadav did very well in Vizag and the turning track at Mohali will offer enough assistance to the spinners.
Reports suggest that KL Rahul has picked up an injury and Karun Nair is expected to make his debut in Mohali.
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