India have been lagging behind within the recreation at one stage once they had misplaced three wickets for 107 runs whereas chasing England’s first innings complete of 387. Nevertheless, KL Rahul and an injured Rishabh Pant turned the sport again in India’s favour as they struck a partnership of over 100 runs to place their workforce within the driver’s seat and frustrate the England camp.
The Rahul-Pant partnership, nevertheless, got here to an abrupt finish proper earlier than the lunch break on Day 3 as Pant was run out following an excellent piece of fielding by England skipper Ben Stokes.
Within the final over earlier than the break, Pant was making an attempt to offer the strike again to his companion, who was on 99. The left-hander had batted nicely for his 74, however after his dismissal, India seemed in hassle as Rahul fell shortly after the interval, including only one extra run to his rating.
Whereas Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy stitched collectively a partnership to regular India’s innings, the guests might solely match England’s first-innings complete and have been unable to surpass it.
KL Rahul on Rishabh Pant’s essential run-out:
Talking after the day’s play, Rahul acknowledged the importance of Pant’s dismissal and revealed that the pair had mentioned reaching the century earlier than lunch.
“There was a dialog a few overs earlier than that. I informed him that I’d attempt to get my hundred earlier than lunch if potential. With Bashir bowling that final over earlier than lunch, I assumed there was a very good likelihood for me to get it, however, yeah, sadly, I hit it straight to the fielder,” Rahul informed the media.
“It was a ball I might have hit for a boundary. Then he simply wished to rotate strike and see if he might put me again on strike. However, yeah, it shouldn’t have occurred: a run-out at that stage actually modified the momentum. It was disappointing for each of us. Clearly, no person desires to throw their wicket like that,” he added.
