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Rohit (131), Jadeja (110*) tons take India to 326/5 at stumps on Day 1 against England

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apart from the 2 pacers , Eng got just about very mediocre bowling . 224/3 & 400 on !
 
Partnership of 193 so far. These guys are looking solid as a wall now.
 
India have punished England regally since Root's dropped catch.
 
235/3 - 202 run stand - having Rehan & Root as 4th & 5th bowling option sucks ...
 
Looking forward to Sarfraz. I have heard he is weak against pace. Lets see.
 
WICKET! Rohit c Stokes b Wood 131 – India 237-4

Breakthrough at last!

The India captain takes on Wood's short ball but can only cloth to Stokes at midwicket as the partnership with Jadeja is snapped on 204.

Root's drop of Rohit on 27 cost England a further 104 runs but they can't dwell on that. They now have an inexperienced middle order to attack.
 
Don’t collapse, aim to bat once. Standard plan.

Harder to do now with Rohit gone.
 
Jadeja is playing the role of Virat Kohli, he is a solid top-order batter in Tests.
 
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It must be a dream come true to be making your test debut and being served complete halwa bowling.
 
Good to see Root being finally tonked in this series.

It was criminal of us to let him get away in first 2 tests.
 
Looks like England will lose by an innings after having India 33/3 in 1st hour

:LOL:
 
DeadlyVenom said:
It must be a dream come true to be making your test debut and being served complete halwa bowling.
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posted enough times today , ENG got just 2 pacers in this 11 who look threatening , rest is rubbish - imagine Rehan as your 4th bowling option !!! 291/4 in 76
 
Someone needs to remind Sarfaraz that this is a test match and there are four days remaining. The lad seems to be in a hurry.
 
Fastest fifties on men's Test debut for India:

42 - Yuvraj of Patiala vs ENG, 1934

48 - Hardik Pandya vs SL, 2017

48 - Sarfaraz Khan vs ENG, 2024

50 - Shikhar Dhawan vs AUS, 2013

56 - Prithvi Shaw vs WI, 2018
 
Sarfraz was knocking the door for so long...great to see finally he is getting chances and more importantly making it count.
 
So Sarfaraz has sealed his spot for remaining 2 tests, Rahul or no Rahul
 
Can't get a better surface to make your debut. He should have played before blue eyed boy Gill
 
Great cricket from India.

Dravball is doing well against Bazball here.
 
gani999 said:
Sarfaraz will replace Iyer and not Rahul.
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Iyer has already been replaced.

If Rahul comes back, he'll probably replace Patidar unless the latter does something special in second dig.
 
Read somewhere that Iyer may not get another test to play for India. BCCI has enough of his struggles in the longest format.
 
Fifty on the debut match. Sarfaraz Khan playing an unbelievable knock and just hope he converts into a big.Grit, determination, patience and hard work paying off
 
Now if only we score 450+ in this dig and our spinners finally come to party, England will have nowhere to hide.
 
Human786 said:
posted enough times today , ENG got just 2 pacers in this 11 who look threatening , rest is rubbish - imagine Rehan as your 4th bowling option !!! 291/4 in 76
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Rehan has been disappointing. I rated his potential before this tour.
 
MP2011 said:
Read somewhere that Iyer may not get another test to play for India. BCCI has enough of his struggles in the longest format.
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Yes he definitely needs to go back to Ranji and prove his reputation against Spin is well deserved. Mumbai needs him this season. They're top of the table in their group but allrounders and bowling have been bailing them out.

Let's see if he can find the grit for it inside himself. He came up with a reputation as khadoos cricketer from the Mumbai batting factory.
 
Human786 said:
posted enough times today , ENG got just 2 pacers in this 11 who look threatening , rest is rubbish - imagine Rehan as your 4th bowling option !!! 291/4 in 76
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Remember one thing. He's 19, and played just 5 first class matches for his county!

At this moment, he's more of a white ball specialist than red ball
 
England is already secure the penalty due to slow over rate .
Playing hour completed but still 10 over left from today overs
 
Poor from Jadeja.

This happened due to the fact that Jadeja was totally stuck in '90s.
 
So heartbreaking. Sarfaraz waited for years and years to get a chance. He looked a million dollars. Batting so well, and Jadeja runs him out :sanga
 
Sarfaraz Khan misses out on a possible 100 on debut as he gets run out in a mix up with Jadeja who was looking for his 100th run! What a pity and an unwanted bonus wicket for a hapless England bowling attack! Anyway well played Sarfaraz Khan
 
Unwise to send nigh watchman with close to 7 overs still remaining and that too Kuldeep.
 
Jadeja didn't celebrate his hundred acknowledging Sarfaraz Khan's unfortunate run-out caused by his own mistake.
 
5/326 at stumps. Well batted Rohit, Jadeja & Sarfaraz.
 
Only Jadeja and his buddies should be bothered about his century! We know he cannot be relied in serious situations & expected for serious contribution... Jadeja is a kind of guy who will never raise to 6 neither falls to 3... He fits well into a team like CSK in IPL because rest of the teams are less mentally tough in IPL... But in International Team he will cause problems to team like India who have to fight hard against SENA in overseas tests and against Australia in ICC knockouts... He will probably find a better role to play in a team like Australia (who needs a finger spinner and late order batsman in some matches)
 
Another 80 more runs by the Indians and I feel this test match will be out of England's reach.
 
Some very good batting today from India. Above a par score at the moment, considering the scorecard was 60/3 at one point. England with that late dismissal aren’t out of it but they need early wickets tomorrow.
 
India 326/5 in 86 overs (R Jadeja 110*, S Khan 62, M Wood 3/69) against England at stumps on Day 1 of 3rd Test
 
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India 326/5 in 86 overs (R Jadeja 110*, S Khan 62, M Wood 3/69) against England at stumps on Day 1 of 3rd Test
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Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja both struck centuries to take India to 326-5 after England made a stunning start to the first day of the third Test in Rajkot.

Asked to field after losing the toss, England had the hosts 33-3 inside the first hour and could have made that 47-4 had Joe Root held an edge at slip when Rohit had 17.

Reprieved, Rohit stroked an elegant 131 in a fourth-wicket partnership of 204 with Jadeja, promoted to number five on his return from a hamstring injury.

After Rohit fell, debutant Sarfaraz Khan dominated a stand of 77 with Jadeja. Sarfaraz, with a first-class average of almost 70 and whose father was in tears when he was presented with his cap, crashed a sparkling 62 from only 66 balls.

With Jadeja on 99 and Sarfaraz keen to run a single, Jadeja sent him back, too late to beat Mark Wood's direct hit from mid-on.

Jadeja reached his hundred from the next ball, but the wicket of Sarfaraz was a gift for England, just as the day seemed to be getting away from the tourists.

Wood, on his return to the England side after missing the second Test, was the pick of the bowlers with 3-69, well supported by the miserly James Anderson.

India perhaps had marginally the better of the day, but England fought hard. This is shaping up to be another compelling contest in a series perfectly poised at 1-1.

There is a long way to go in this match and the series, but there is a nagging feeling that Root's drop of Rohit could prove a vital moment.

England were dominant in the first hour and India, who made four changes to the side that won the second Test, tentative. The next two batters in were Sarfaraz and wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel, both on debut.

Rohit still had to overturn being given lbw to Anderson and survive another leg-before shout off Rehan Ahmed that could have been given. Along with the composed Jadeja, the captain built a partnership that could prove to be defining.

England had taken advantage of some tackiness in the pitch in the early stages, but in the fierce afternoon sun, the surface began to look increasingly good for batting.

With temperatures set to reach 35 degrees during the course of the match, the pitch seems sure to deteriorate, the question is to what extent and how swiftly.

Despite the heat, England's efforts never dropped and India did not get away from them. However, in the second Test England could not find a suitable response to India's first-innings total and face a similar examination this time around.

This is an India batting line-up in transition. It is 25 years since they played a series without at least one of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli or Cheteshwar Pujara.

As the senior batter and skipper, Rohit was required to stand up after all of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Rajit Patidar fell cheaply. He had his moment of fortune when he tried to clip Tom Hartley through the leg side, with Root slow to move low to his left, but then Rohit played a captain's knock.

With rubber wrists he clipped off his pads, barely scoring a run in front of square on the off side. He hit three sixes off the spinners over the leg side and went to his 11th Test hundred with a cut off Ahmed, celebrating in subdued fashion.

Jadeja, on his home ground, does not possess Rohit's grace but is the premier multi-format all-rounder in world cricket. The left-hander jabbed the ball off his pads, hit drives down the ground, heaved Root for six and got lucky with a top edge off Wood for another maximum.

Rohit was just moving through the gears when he fell for Wood's short-ball plan, giving way to Sarfaraz, who lived up to his big reputation with sweeps and lofted drives off the spinners.

Jadeja's crawl through the 90s was perhaps the reason for the mix-up with Sarfaraz, a huge bonus for England late in the day. Jadeja's sword-swishing celebration lacked its usual gusto, but his continued presence is dangerous for England going into the second day.

England's decision to play two seamers for the first time in the series was vindicated. Anderson was a constant threat and Wood bowled tirelessly after his initial success with the new ball.

Jaiswal, who made a double century in the second Test, was discomforted by Wood's pace and poked to slip. Gill, with a hundred of his own in Visakhapatnam, looked nervous and edged behind for a duck.

When Hartley's short ball stuck in the pitch and Patidar somehow chipped it to Ben Duckett at cover, England were rampant. Who knows how Hartley might have bowled had Root held Rohit, but from there the Lancashire man was never far away from a poor delivery.

Hartley was not the only one to struggle. Root has not taken a wicket since the first Test and England might be asking too much of his off-spin. Ahmed was the best, bowling a long spell after tea, but went wicketless.

Ben Stokes, the captain playing his 100th Test, went through his plans. At one stage Anderson had four catchers on the leg side and Wood's endeavour was rewarded when Rohit fell for the bouncer trap.

Even after such a huge effort, Wood still had the energy for his last act in running out Sarfaraz. England attempted without success to remove nightwatchman Kuldeep Yadav with the second new ball, which will be three overs old on Friday.

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He is a selfish cricketer, Jadeja. Terrific all rounder but his selfishness is probably a reason why he is not a great white ball cricketer.
 
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