India skipper Rohit Sharma did not play on the third day of the fifth and final Test match against England due to back stiffness, pacer Jasprit Bum Jasprit Bumrah serves as captain. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the news on X (previously known as Twitter). The extent of Rohit’s back problem is not yet known. After disappointing in the first two Tests, the India skipper has been superb with the bat in the second half of the series.
Update: Captain Rohit Sharma did not play on day three due to back stiffness.#IndiaTeam | #INVENG | @IDFCFIRSTBank
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 9, 2024
In five games and nine innings, Rohit scored 400 runs at an average of 44.44 with two centuries and one fifty. His best score is 131 points. He is the fourth-highest scorer in the series.
The match is about to begin and England’s second innings is underway and they have to break India’s 259-run lead. They ended the first session at 103/5 with Joe Root (34*) remaining unbeaten. They were 156 points behind.
England won the toss and elected to bat first. They were bowled out for 218 in the first innings. Zak Crawley (79 off 108 balls, including 11 fours and a six) was England’s top scorer, while Jonny Bairstow (29) and Joe Root (26 points) also scored in clutch runs.
Kuldeep Yadav (5/72) and Ravichandran Ashwin (4/51) are India’s top bowlers.
In the first innings, India once again had the advantage with the bat. The top order includes Yashasvi Jaiswal (57 off 58 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes), captain Rohit Sharma (103 off 162 balls with 13 fours and 3 sixes) and Shubman Gill (110 off 150 balls, 12 fours and five sixes) dominated the English bowling.
Debutant Devdutt Padikkal (65 off 103 balls, including 10 fours and a six) and Sarfaraz Khan (56 off 60 balls) ball, eight fours and one six) also played a key role. After some quick wickets, Kuldeep Yadav (30 off 69 balls, including two fours) and Jasprit Bumrah (20 off 64 balls, including two fours) The partnership struck 49 runs to take India to 477 runs, giving them the lead with a total of 259 runs.
Shoaib Bashir (5/173) is the bowler for England. Tom Hartley and James Anderson took two wickets while Ben Stokes claimed a scalp.
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