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Highlights, India vs England, 3rd Test, Day 3 Full Cricket Score and Result: England 23/0, chasing 521 to win

Live coverage from the third day of the third Test between India and England at Trent Bridge.

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Published: Aug 20, 2018, 02:01 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 20, 2018, 11:08 PM (IST)

Virat Kohli Joe Root
India are aiming to keep the series alive

When India surrendered their last five wickets for 22 runs to be bowled out for 329 during the morning session of day two at Trent Bridge, it still felt like a very good total. When Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings reeled off 46 in nine overs before lunch, it felt like India could potentially let the advantage slip.

From 54 without loss, however, England crashed to 161 in one session to hand India a match-winning lead, thanks to Hardik Pandya’s maiden five-wicket haul in Tests – all in six overs, on the trot – and Rishabh Pant, who became the first Indian wicketkeeper to hold five catches in the first innings of his debut Test. With the freedom to attack after India gained a lead of 168, Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul freed their arms and the result was two fifty-plus opening stands in the same Test in England since 1986.

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By stumps, India’s lead had swelled to 292 with Cheteshwar Pujara batting on 33, his best contribution of the series, and Virat Kohli on 8. A 16-wicket day proved utterly enthralling, as has been the template all series