Live Report - India vs England, 3rd Test, Ahmedabad, 2nd day
Updates, analysis and colour from the second day of the third Test
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3rd Test (D/N), England tour of India at Ahmedabad, Feb 24-25 2021
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![England]( "England")
112 & 81 -
![India]( "India")
145 & 49/0 (7.4 ov)
Player of the Match
24/02Result
3rd Test (D/N), England tour of India at Ahmedabad, Feb 24-25 2021
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![England]( "England")
112 & 81 -
![India]( "India")
145 & 49/0 (7.4 ov)
Player of the Match
Day 2
As it happened - India vs England, 3rd Test, Ahmedabad, 2nd day
Updates, analysis and colour from the second day of the third Test
Joe Root: 'A week like this doesn't define us as a team'
Root put his side's failure down to their first-innings collapse when they went from 74 for 2 to 112 all out
Motera pitch could be a backhanded compliment to England
India have come closest to achieving truly balanced pitches, but a loss in the first Test must have stung
Pitch debate: Kohli says 'very good', Cook and Strauss disagree
With the Test ending in two days, and spinners taking 28 of the 30 wickets to fall, the Ahmedabad pitch has come into sharp focus
Ashwin: 'It's been a dreamy ride. It's been a fairy tale'
In his last six Tests, Ashwin has taken 36 wickets to jump from 365 wickets into the 400-club.
Next target for 'phenomenal' R Ashwin - 500 Test wickets
"Joy to watch you bowl," tweets Sachin Tendulkar as cricket community lavishes praise on the second-quickest 400-wicket man in Tests
Good Test technique is still built on a solid defence
England could do well to listen to voices from the past
Race to WTC final: England out, anything but defeat in final Test will do the job for India
Australia will pip India to the post - and set up a final against New Zealand - if England win the fourth Test
How do you bat on pitches like Ahmedabad? Take risks, choose your shots, use your feet
Wickets like the one for the third Test might be a lottery, but as a batsman you're not quite doomed from the start
Virat Kohli: Spinners left no room for others in bizarre game
Batsmen from both sides could have applied themselves better, says India captain
Ahmedabad pink-ball Test: Shortest completed match since 1935
Axar and Root dominate the stats analysis in a game dominated by spin bowlers
R Ashwin stats: Lethal at home and India's new-ball spearhead
Stats highlights of a career which has been exceptional, and is still improving
Day 1
Pink-ball beauty is in the eye of the beholder as India seize control of third Test
India see clean through the optics to dominate England on opening day/night
The secret to Axar Patel's success: go straight and undercut
What he has achieved since slotting into India's attack is to make viewers almost forget that Jadeja is out injured
England ask match referee for 'consistency' amid third-umpire frustrations
Joe Root and Chris Silverwood speak with Javagal Srinath after on-field exasperation
Zak Crawley: 'It's nowhere near over' despite England's first-innings collapse
Batsman insists a lead of 100-150 could be defendable in fourth innings on tricky pitch
As it happened - India vs England, 3rd Test, Ahmedabad, 1st day
Updates, analysis and colour from the first day of the third Test
England's collapse after winning the toss, and spinners dominating a day-night Test
All the stats highlights from a dominant Indian bowling performance in England's first innings
Why England's pink-ball meltdown shows that Test cricket is not their priority
A rare opportunity to win in India may have been squandered for want of a plan against spin
Others
Quiz: Ashwin at 400 - how closely have you followed his career?
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Let's talk about the beauty of R Ashwin's bowling
The near-identical dismissals of Pope in Ahmedabad highlight Ashwin's mastery of flight, drift and dip
The 20 most extreme pitches in Test cricket
Where does the Ahmedabad turner rank among the most bowler-friendly pitches in Test history? And which pitch was the most batsman-friendly?
How do you deal with Axar Patel and Ashwin?
First, though, a flashback to the '70s, and an English master
How many bowlers have taken wickets with the first ball of both innings of a Test?
And is Joe Root's 5 for 8 the best bowling performance by an England captain?
Pitch for two-day India vs England Test in Ahmedabad earns 'average' rating from ICC
Pitch for second Test, in Chennai, also rated average, while tracks for the other two Tests fare better
What lessons can England take from their last time in India?
Parts of the script for the series ahead were written during the tour of 2021, and India's visits to England that year and the next
India prove they are cheats by batting on turning pitches for decades
And Sri Lanka Cricket doesn't even try to make our correspondent work for his jokes
Rohit Sharma attains career-best eighth spot in Test rankings, R Ashwin moves to No. 3 among bowlers
Axar Patel, who picked up 11 wickets in the third Test against England, also gained 30 slots to reach the 38th position
R Ashwin on pink-ball Tests and quick finishes: 'If you favour the bowlers a little bit, this is what might happen'
The India allrounder says day-night Tests ending sooner than expected have been the norm so far
Anatomy of Motera: How the Sardar Patel Stadium became cricket's largest ever
The stadium is now a remarkable, glamourous facility but the initial brief was simply to top the MCG's seating capacity
England reprimand Rory Burns for late-night tweet to Alex Hartley
Burns had taken objection to Hartley's initial tweet joking about England's big loss in Ahmedabad
England's third Test posers: One spinner or two, and how does the top three line up?
Plenty to ponder as England weigh up their XI for the pink-ball Test in Ahmedabad
Umesh Yadav to replace Shardul Thakur for Ahmedabad Tests against England
Yadav has to undergo a fitness assessment before linking up with his team-mates
Kohli on 'dear friend' Ishant: 'To play 100 Tests for a fast bowler is as good as 150 Tests for a batsman'
Heaps praise on the India quick's complete "commitment and attention to Test cricket" over the shorter formats
Virat Kohli on 36 all out - These are experiences, not scars
India's captain says pink ball Tests upend traditional batting and bowling tactics, and the team will have to adjust to that
Virat Kohli on Ishant Sharma: '100 Tests for a fast bowler is as good as 150 Tests for a batsman'
"Very happy to see him enjoy his bowling over the last four-five years and really become that stalwart of the Indian fast-bowling group"
Rest, rotate, drop? The secrets behind England's new super-strategy
Have England hit upon a new formula for glory, or are their tweaks undermining the foundations of Test cricket?
Twilight zone: What can we expect from the pink ball at Motera?
Day-night Tests have traditionally favoured seamers, but there's every chance Ahmedabad may throw up another turner
India's pink-ball conundrum: Kuldeep, Hardik, Siraj or Sundar?
Are India better off with a fast-bowling allrounder, a fast bowler, a wristspinner or a spin-bowling allrounder?
Ishant Sharma ahead of 100th Test: Winning WTC will be the same feeling as winning the World Cup
Fast bowler says he would have got to 100 even if was playing all formats - but maybe not this quickly
Ishant Sharma - from unlucky workhorse to master quick
The career of only the second Indian fast bowler to reach 100 Tests is a truly fascinating one, and we are witnessing its best chapter
Umesh Yadav added to Test squad, Shardul Thakur released
Fast bowler cleared a fitness Test and will be part of the squad for both remaining games
India vs England 2020-21, 3rd Test, Fantasy Pick, team predictions
Fantasy suggestions for the third Test in Ahmedabad
Anderson doesn't expect reverse swing to play a part in day-night Test
Lead fast bowler also opens up on England's rotation policy
Rohit: Need to be 'extra focused' at twilight time in day-night Tests
The India batsman also touched on how the team is managing the pressure of trying to make the WTC final
Rohit Sharma: 'Debate about players and performances, not pitches'
"That's the meaning of home advantage. Else, just take it away," says India's opener
Pujara hopes for short county stint after IPL ends
"That call I'll take once the IPL is over or in-between [the tournament]." says India's No. 3 in Test cricket
Sourav Ganguly 'happy to see normalcy back' as tickets for pink-ball Test sell out
BCCI president also confirms that day-night Tests would be played in every home series going forward
Pink ball in hand, India and England prepare for series-defining battle
For the home side, defeat in either this Test or the next one will mean missing out on the WTC final spot
