India in driver’s seat after Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akash Deep heroics

Day 3 of the fifth and last Check match between India and England turned out to be a riveting affair at The Oval in London. Whereas the Three Lions saved on preventing, it was India who dominated proceedings and put themselves within the driver’s seat.

India began Day 3 at 75/2, having taken their result in 52 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Akash Deep had been the in a single day batters. England threw up a shock in the beginning of the day as they bowled Jacob Bethell first up. Deep took simply three deliveries earlier than hitting the all-rounder for a boundary.

The Bengal seamer blended warning with aggression, whereas Yashasvi was blissful to present him as a lot strike as attainable. The duo annoyed the England bowlers, who toiled arduous for many elements of the primary session. Deep bought himself his first half-century in worldwide cricket. He was finally dismissed on the stroke of Lunch for a 94-ball 66, hitting 12 boundaries. Deep and Yashasvi cast a 107-run stand off 150 balls.

Yashasvi went on to attain a unbelievable century, at the same time as Shubman Gill and Karun Nair departed cheaply. The Mumbai batter was finally dismissed by Josh Tongue after smashing 118 off 164 balls, belting 14 fours and two sixes.

Ravindra Jadeja and Dhruv Jurel added 50 runs off simply 72 deliveries. The previous as soon as once more performed an important knock with the bat, scoring 53 off 77 balls. Jurel additionally contributed properly with a 46-ball 34.

Nonetheless, Washington Sundar stole the present down the order with a 46-ball 53. He added 39 runs off the final wicket with Prasidh Krishna to take India to 396. England had been set a goal of 374 within the fourth innings.

Openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley added a half-century stand for the second time within the Check match. Whereas Crawley was watchful, Duckett took the assault to the Indian bowlers. Nonetheless, within the final over of the day, Mohammed Siraj despatched Crawley packing as England completed on 50.1 in 13.5 overs.

England want one other 324 runs to win the fifth and last Check match. In the meantime, India will likely be trying to find 9 wickets to stage the sequence.

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