India on disaster pitch; Ten-wicket win in the third Test Sports | Deshabhimani

Ahmedabad
Two days, four innings. 842 balls. Total 387 runs. And 30 wickets. India-England third cricket Test at Motera, the mortuary of batsmen, is short-lived.

India won the toss and elected to field. Ten-wicket win. 2–1 up in the four-match series. Qualification for the World Test ഫൈന Championship Final is almost confirmed. The spinners took 28 of the 30 wickets in the pink ball game. For India, Akshar Patel took 11 wickets in the match. This Gujarati is the man of the match. R Ashwin took seven wickets. Score: England 112, 81; India 145, -0–-49.

It was the lowest bowling Test a team has won since 1945. A total of 842 balls were bowled.
The pitch in Motera was not suitable for Test cricket. The batsmen wandered aimlessly. He took 13 wickets on the first day and 17 on the second day. The incessant dust on the pitch also confused the batsmen. India started the second day at 99 for three. Rohit Sharma was out for 66. No one else could hold on. India could add only 46 runs. Joe Root ended India. The English captain took five wickets. Jack Leach won all four.

England also gave up a 33-run first-innings lead. It was a parade of batsmen. Akshar bowled Zack Crowley in the first ball of the innings. Johnny Bairstow (0) also returned in this over. Only Root (19), Ben Stokes (25) and Olly Pope (12) crossed the line twice. England ended at 81. This is England’s lowest score against India.

Akshar took five wickets, Ashwin four and Washington Sunder one. Rohit (25) and Shubhman Gill (15) led India to a 49-run victory. The fourth Test will be played at the same venue on March 4.