England beat India by an innings and 76 runs in third Test

Leeds, Aug 28 (UNI) A five-wicket haul from pacer Ollie Robinson (5/65) helped England thrash India by an innings and 76 runs on Day 4 of the third Test to level the five-match series 1-1, here on Saturday.

England thrashed India by an innings and 76 runs on Day 4 of the third Test to level the five-match series 1-1, here on Saturday.

Resuming at an overnight score of 215 for 2, India were bowled out for 278 in their second innings in the first session to lose the Headingley test.

On a sunny day at Headingley, England bowlers were ruthless in their approach and finished the match in the first session of the day to jump to 14 points on the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 table.

India resumed play on day four with Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli at the crease, and they needed the two batsmen to see off the new ball spell from James Anderson and Robinson.

However, India were dealt a major blow in the fourth over of the day as Pujara (91) misjudged the ball angling in from Robinson and was wrapped on the pads offering no shot.

Thereafter, Ajinkya Rahane and Kohli (55) continued to play positive cricket as Indian skipper brought up his 26th Test fifty.

But very soon, Kohli nicked one straight to Root at first slip in the Robinson’s over. Anderson got in on the act the very next over and scalped Rahane (10).

Rishabh Pant (1) , who came to bat next, once again failed to the ball angling across the left-hander as Robinson found the outside edge.
Then, there wasn’t much resistance from the rest of the Indian batting order. Moeen Ali dismissed Mohammad Shami (6) and in the very next over, Robinson completed his five-for – the second of his career and the series – as Buttler gobbled up the nick off Ishant Sharma’s (2) bat.

Ravindra Jadeja’s 25-ball 30 only delayed the inevitable as Craig Overton wrapped up the match with the wicket of Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj (0) in three balls as India lost the game by an innings and 76 runs.
With the series delicately poised at 1-1, the action now moves to The Oval in London for the fourth Test.