R. Ashwin celebrates after taking the wicket of England batsman Zak Crawley on the third day of the ultimate Test match at HPCA Ground in Dharamshala on March 9, 2024.
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Hosts India inched nearer in the direction of an innings victory as they decreased England to 103 for five at lunch on day three of the fifth and ultimate Test right here on Saturday.
Playing his 100th Test, senior India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin snared 4 top-order wickets, gifting away 55 runs. Kuldeep Yadav (1/9) picked one.
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Joe Root was in the center when lunch was taken after Ashwin bowled rival skipper Ben Stokes. England nonetheless path India by 156 runs.
Earlier, veteran England seamer Jimmy Anderson turned the primary pacer in the historical past of Test cricket to take 700 wickets when he dismissed Kuldeep.
Resuming from the in a single day rating of 473/8, India had been all out inside 20 minutes of play, including solely 4 runs to the full.
India lead the sequence 3-1.
Brief Scores
England: 218 and 103 for five in 22.5 overs (Jonny Bairstow 39, Joe Root 34 not out; Ravichandran Ashwin 4/55)
India: 477 all out in 124.1 overs (Subman Gill 110, Rohit Sharma 103, Devdutt Padikkal 65; Shoaib Bashir 5/173).