Ravindra Jadeja followed up his ton in the first innings with a five-wicket haul in the fourth innings to set up India’s biggest Test win by runs – 434 runs. Before India spun a web around England, they spent nearly two sessions stupefying the visitors with the bat via the Mumbai duo of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan. On a benign surface, the pair smashed their way to personal milestones while India amassed a lead of 556 before Rohit Sharma opted to declare.
Mark Wood’s entertaining 33 off 15 balls dragged England past the 100-run mark but that’s all they could manage as Jadeja dismissed the tail-ender to complete his fifer and seal India’s victory which gives them a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
Brief Scores: India 445 (Rohit Sharma 131, Ravindra Jadeja 112, Sarfaraz Khan 62; Mark Wood 4-114) & 430/4 decl. (Yashasvi Jaiswal 214*, Shubman Gill 91, Sarfaraz Khan 68*) beat England 319 (Ben Duckett 153; Mohammad Siraj 4-84) & 122 (Mark Wood 33; Ravindra Jadeja 5-41, Kuldeep Yadav 2-19) by 434 runs
Smiles all around here in Rajkot 😃👌#TeamIndia win the 3rd Test by 434 runs and take a 2⃣-1⃣ lead in the Test series 👏👏
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