After Yashasvi Jaiswal’s double-ton, home hero Ravindra Jadeja helps India crush England to take 2-1 lead

Jadeja is the fifth cricketer to score a century and take a five-wicket haul in the same Test on two occasions. Only Ian Botham (5) and R Ashwin (3) have more such doubles

 RAJKOT: India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and local hero Ravindra Jadeja struck a 434-run romp to victory against England in the third Test, exposing gaps in the touring side’s high-risk approach in the process, a Reuters report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says

Initially, there was no inkling of any imminent collapse when opener Ben Duckett smashed an 88-ball hundred to lead England’s strong reply to India’s first-innings 445.

Then, Joe Root got out to a highly debatable shot, a reverse scoop against premier seamer Jasprit Bumrah, to exit, which triggered a spectacular collapse.

The Player of the Match awards for Jadeja in home Tests — the most for an Indian, equalling Anil Kumble. Since Jadeja’s debut in 2012, no other player has won as many Player of the Match awards in home Tests

This is India’s biggest Test win by runs, beating the 372-run win against NZ in Mumbai in 2021. This is England’s second-biggest defeat

India set the record for the most sixes in a Test match. Yashasvi Jaiswal (12) equalled Wasim Akram’s record for most sixes in a Test innings

We’ve seen him over the years, he understands the conditions really well. He knows exactly what his game is. This is his hometown so more than anyone else, he knows these conditions better. Rohit Sharma on Ravindra Jadeja

Cruising at 224/2, England folded for 319 as they conceded a lead of 126 that allowed India to nose ahead in a contest that had looked evenly poised after two days.

Jaiswal then almost single-handedly batted England out of the contest with his unbeaten 214, which allowed India to declare on 430/4 setting England a target of 557.

The opener, who retired hurt on 104 on Saturday with back spasms, returned to pummel the England attack, equalling Wasim Akram’s record of 12 sixes in a Test innings. It followed his 209 in the second Test in Visakhapatnam. Shubman Gill contributed 91, while Sarfaraz Khan made 68 not out, his second fifty in his debut Test.

Chasing an improbable target, England slumped to 50/7 and it was Mark Wood’s entertaining but futile 33 that took them past the 100 mark.

Jadeja was the wrecker-in-chief, claiming 5/41 to go with his first innings hundred, which helped him pip Jaiswal to the Player of the Match award.

India captain Rohit Sharma said he had full faith in his bowling unit even after spinner Ravichandran Ashwin missed Saturday’s action, having to fly home after a family emergency.

“Test cricket is not played over two days or three days. We understand the importance of staying in the game,” Rohit said after India went 2-1 up in the five-match series.

“England played well and put us under pressure but we have class bowlers and the message was to stay calm. It is easy to drift away from what you do as a team but I am really proud of how we came back,” he added.

The fourth Test, scheduled in Ranchi, begins on Friday.

SCOREBOARD

India 1st innings 445

England 1st innings 319

India 2nd innings

Y Jaiswal not out 214

R Sharma lbw b Root 19

S Gill run out (Stokes) 91

R Patidar c Ahmed b Hartley 0

K Yadav c Root b Rehan Ahmed 27

S Khan not out 68

Extras: (lb 9, w 2) 11

Total: (4 wickets, 98 overs) 430d

FOW: 1-30, 1-185*, 2-191, 3-246, 4-258

Bowling O M R W

James Anderson 13 1 78 0

Joe Root 27 3 111 1

Tom Hartley 23 2 78 1

Mark Wood 10 0 46 0

Rehan Ahmed 25 1 108 1

England 2nd innings

Z Crawley lbw b Bumrah 11

B Duckett run out (Siraj) 4

O Pope c Sharma b Jadeja 3

J Root lbw b Jadeja 7

J Bairstow lbw b Jadeja 4

B Stokes lbw b Yadav 15

B Foakes c Jurel b Jadeja 16

R Ahmed c Siraj b Yadav 0

T Hartley b Ashwin 16

M Wood c Jaiswal b Jadeja 33

J Anderson not out 1

Extras: (b 5, lb 4, nb 3) 12

Total: (all out, 39.4 overs) 122

FOW: 1-15, 2-18, 3-20, 4-28, 5-50, 6-50, 7-50, 8-82, 9-91

Bowling O M R W

Jasprit Bumrah 8 1 18 1

Mohammed Siraj 5 2 16 0

Ravindra Jadeja 12.4 4 41 5

Kuldeep Yadav 8 2 19 2

Ravichandran Ashwin 6 3 19 1

Player of the Match: Ravindra Jadeja

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