India finish Day 3 at 125/3 in the fifth Test vs England at the Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham. Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant are in the middle for the visitors, as they helped the visitors to take 257-run in the second innings. Pujara completed his half-century just before the day ended while Pant is playing his attacking brand of cricket again as he’s batting at 30 runs.
However it was another bad inning for former skipper Virat Kohli as he was dismissed by the English captain Ben Stokes at 20. Kohli looked in good touch and also smashed four boundaries in his short innings but he failed to capatalise a good start again.
Earlier, England were all out for 284 runs, Jonny Bairstow top-scored for the home team as he continued his top-class form and smashed another ton. No other batter apart from Bairstow looked in good touch for the English team, captain Stokes scored 36.
Mohammed Siraj was the pick of the Indian bowlers on Day 3, after removing Joe Root on the second day, Siraj picked three more wickets and cleaned up the England tail. Siraj picked four wickets in total while, captain Jasprit Bumrah got 3, Mohammed Shami bagged two and Shardul Thakur clinched one.
Brief scores: India 416 and 125/3 in 45 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara 50 not out, Rishabh Pant 30 not out; Ben Stokes 1-22, James Anderson 1-26) lead England 284 in 61.3 overs (Jonny Bairstow 106, Sam Billings 36; Mohammed Siraj 4-66, Jasprit Bumrah 3-68) by 257 runs
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