Hindustan Surkhiyan Desk:Half-centuries from skipper Virat Kohli (54*) and Cheteshwr Pujara (56*) powered India to a 362-run lead against England on the third day of the Nottingham Test. The visitors posted 194/2 at lunch without losing any wicket.
After resuming the game at 124/2, the duo has stitched a massive partnership of 83 runs for the third wicket. Pujara smashed his 15th Half century which came after 16 innings. He reached to the 50-run mark after
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On the other hand, captain Kohli got 50+ plus score against his name for the fourth time in this series. With the 19th fifty of his Test career, the Indian skipper became the highest run-getter in whites in 2018 so far.
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It has been a record for India that they have never lost a Test match in England after putting 300+ runs on board batting first. If India wins this match, it will be their 2nd victory at this venue.
Kohli and his men dominated the second day’s play, pushing the English batting line-up to backfoot. With Hardik Pandya’s maiden five-wicket haul, the visitors took just one session (29.2 overs) to bowl out the Englishmen for just 161 runs.
Wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant entered the record books on his debut Test itself. He grabbed 5 catches in his maiden Test innings. The feat of taking five catches on debut in an entire Test match belongs to three other Indians – Naren Tamhane (vs Pakistan in 1955), Kiran More (vs England in 1986) and Naman Ojha (vs Sri Lanka in 2015) – Pant is sure to surpass them in second innings.
The Indian batsmen, especially captain Kohli and his deputy Ajinkya Rahane, remained the talking points of this game as well. Though both the batters missed their centuries, their patient batting and partnership of 159 runs helped India piling up 392 runs before losing all the 10 wickets in the first innings.
