Day 4 Tuesday Nov 29,2016
India spinners once again held centrestage as the hosts produced a
clinical performance to cruise to a comfortable eight-wicket victory
over England on the fourth day of the third cricket Test and thereby
take a 2—0 lead in the five—match series.
The trio of Ravichandran Ashwin (3/81), Ravindra Jadeja (2/62) and
Jayant Yadav (2/21) shared the bulk of the spoils to dismiss the
visitors for 236 in their second innings.
Comeback man Parthiv Patel then made a mockery of the target of 103
runs, smashing his way to an unbeaten 67 off 53 balls studded with 11
fours and a six.
Fittingly he finished the match with a boundary over extra cover in company of Virat Kohli.
Parthiv and Cheteshwar Pujara (25) added 81 runs in only 15.2 overs in
what turned out to be an easy chase completed in 20.2 overs.
It was a match where England were outbatted and outbowled by an Indian side that has been plagued by injuries.
But Ravichandran Ashwin as usual put up a lion—hearted performance once again scoring
a 72 and bagging four wickets.
Equally creditable was the all—round
effort of the other two specialist spinners — Jadeja (90 run and 4
wickets) and Jayant (55 runs and 4 wickets).
This was India's seventh win in 13 Tests at Mohali, where they're unbeaten since 1994
7 Tests won by India out of the 13
they have played in Mohali; The only time they lost at this venue was in
the inaugural Test at the venue, against West Indies 22 years ago.
Since then India have won seven and drawn five matches.
Scorecard
England 283 and 236
India 417 and 104/2(Target 103 Runs)
Match Result - India won by 8 wickets
MOM - Ravindra Jadeja(India )for his 2/59(23 Overs and 90(170 Balls 4x10 and 6x1) and 2/62(30 Overs)
Series Result - India lead the 5-Match Test Series 2-0
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