Ravindra Jadeja hits another half century, sets record for most 50s at no 6 in Ind-Eng series
Team India’s star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has enjoyed a phenomenal tour of England. On Day 3 of the fifth and final Test at The Oval, Jadeja notched up his sixth half-century of the series, scoring a composed 53 runs.With this knock, he achieved two major milestones: he became the first batter in 93 years to register six 50-plus scores in an India-England Test series, and he set a new record for the most runs scored while batting at number six in a Test series — amassing 516 runs and surpassing VVS Laxman’s long-standing record of 472 runs set in 2002 against the West Indies.As of Day 3, Mohammed Siraj castled Zak Crawley with a brilliant yorker. England need another 324 runs to win the match and clinch a series victory.India dominated most of day three’s play - Akash Deep hitting an entertaining 66, his first Test fifty and was followed by Yashasvi Jaiswal making 118, his sixth Test century.Jaiswal’s knock of 118 came off 164 balls, laced with 14 fours and two sixes, held immense value as it came in front of his parents and elder brother present in the stadium’s stands, which also had ODI captain Rohit Sharma seeing the proceedings.Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, who timed his acceleration well, then smashed knocks of 53 each as the visitors’ made 396 in 88 overs of their second innings.Jaiswal and Jadeja continued to collect boundaries in a jiffy before the latter’s knock came to an end when his ramp shot was caught by backward point off Overton’s bowling. England thought they had Jadeja lbw when Tongue hit him on the boot, but he overturned it successfully on review and with Dhruv Jurel hitting three well-timed boundaries, India reached tea break without any further damage.Brief Scores: India 224 and 396 in 88 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 118, Akash Deep 66; Josh Tongue 5-125, Gus Atkinson 3-127) lead England 247 and 50/1 in 13.5 overs (Ben Duckett 34 not out; Mohammed Siraj 1-11) by 324 runs.(with inputs from syndicated feed and was only edited for style by Gujarat Samachar Digital team)
Team India’s star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has enjoyed a phenomenal tour of England. On Day 3 of the fifth and final Test at The Oval, Jadeja notched up his sixth half-century of the series, scoring a composed 53 runs.
With this knock, he achieved two major milestones: he became the first batter in 93 years to register six 50-plus scores in an India-England Test series, and he set a new record for the most runs scored while batting at number six in a Test series — amassing 516 runs and surpassing VVS Laxman’s long-standing record of 472 runs set in 2002 against the West Indies.
As of Day 3, Mohammed Siraj castled Zak Crawley with a brilliant yorker. England need another 324 runs to win the match and clinch a series victory.
India dominated most of day three’s play - Akash Deep hitting an entertaining 66, his first Test fifty and was followed by Yashasvi Jaiswal making 118, his sixth Test century.
Jaiswal’s knock of 118 came off 164 balls, laced with 14 fours and two sixes, held immense value as it came in front of his parents and elder brother present in the stadium’s stands, which also had ODI captain Rohit Sharma seeing the proceedings.
Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, who timed his acceleration well, then smashed knocks of 53 each as the visitors’ made 396 in 88 overs of their second innings.
Jaiswal and Jadeja continued to collect boundaries in a jiffy before the latter’s knock came to an end when his ramp shot was caught by backward point off Overton’s bowling. England thought they had Jadeja lbw when Tongue hit him on the boot, but he overturned it successfully on review and with Dhruv Jurel hitting three well-timed boundaries, India reached tea break without any further damage.
Brief Scores: India 224 and 396 in 88 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 118, Akash Deep 66; Josh Tongue 5-125, Gus Atkinson 3-127) lead England 247 and 50/1 in 13.5 overs (Ben Duckett 34 not out; Mohammed Siraj 1-11) by 324 runs.
(with inputs from syndicated feed and was only edited for style by Gujarat Samachar Digital team)
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