England beat India by an innings and 76 runs, now level the series 1-1
Hamilton: On the fourth day of the third Test in Leeds, hosts England leveled the series 1-1 after beating India by an innings and 76 runs just 15 minutes before lunch. And this victory was made easy by fast bowler Olly Robinson, who took five wickets. By the end of the third day of the match, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli had filled the match with excitement.
The hopes of crores of Indian cricket fans were skyrocketing that on the fourth day of the match, the Indian batsmen would cross England's lead and put a good target in front of them, but shortly after the start of the fourth day's play, the fourth was bowled with the second new ball. What Robinson did lbw out to Pujara in the over, as if the Indian batting had gone out.
One by one the batsmen were uprooted in front of Robinson's seam bowling. And India's entire team was reduced to 278 runs in 99.3 overs and was forced to take a bitter sip of defeat in the third test match by an innings and 76 runs.
Olly Robinson, who took five wickets, was adjudged man of the match. What Robinson did to Pujara in the 4th over of the day's play was that then it became difficult for the batsmen to settle down. Although Virat Kohli did raise a glimmer of hope by scoring a half-century, Robinson was soon destroyed by this hope.
In front of swing and bounce, the Indian batsmen looked fresh and helpless. Whether it was Rahane or someone else, no one knew anything. The fans were blinking on the TV, the wicket was falling there.
How fast the wickets fell, you can understand from this that India lost their last 8 wickets within just 41 runs. On the third day of the match, the batting of Pujara and Virat had created excitement in this Test. And the Indian fans were hoping that on the fourth day, Pujara and Kohli would strengthen their partnership by expanding their partnership, but Robinson turned this hope away.
At the end of the third day, Pujara was playing 91 and captain Virat Kohli scored 45 runs. On the third day, India scored 215 for 2 in their second innings till the end of the day's play shortly before the scheduled time. In this, Rohit Sharma contributed 59 and KL Rahul contributed 8 runs. Earlier, England's first innings ended on 432 runs and England took a huge lead.
But Pujara and Virat in their own way had cut England's advantage of this lead, but when they and Pujara were needed the most on the fourth day, Robinson and Anderson took the Test in their court, closing their bats. took away. In this test, India won the toss and decided to bat first.
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