Virat and Vijay hits ton; India in commanding position on Day 3

England tour of India
4th Test: India v England
Date & Venue: 8-12 December, 2016, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Day 3: India started the day on overnight score of 146 runs but the start India wanted they didn’t have as Pujara was bowled by Jake Ball on the 2^nd ball of the day without adding a single run which brought skipper Virat Kohli to the crease. Vijay continued his preceding day form playing his natural game and went on to complete his 8^th Test ton in 72^nd over of the innings.

Virat Kohli was also playing his natural game and India move to lunch without losing another wicket with Kohli 44* and Vijay on 124*. The duo put on 116 for the third wicket before Adil Rashid finally caught and bowled Murali Vijay on 136 after the lunch. England Fight backs in post-lunch session as England managed to pick up four wickets in the session as Karun Nair 13, Parthiv Patel 15 and R Ashwin 0 failed to exploit the platform created by Kohli and Vijay as India was reduced to 307/6 and still 93 runs behind from England total.

Then Virat Kohli and Ravinder Jadeja put on 57 runs for the 7^th wicket before Jadeja got out on 25 runs caught by Buttler and bowled by Rashid. Virat Kohli got the support from Jayant Yadav down the order; he played maturely and showed his talent what he is capable of both of them added unbeaten 87 for the 8^th wicket before the day 3 stumps.

Virat Kohli demonstrated his affluent form as he registered his 15th Test century at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday to take India to a lead of 51 runs at the end of the third day’s play against England. At stumps, India’s score read 451/7 with Kohli unbeaten on 147 and Jayant Yadav on 30 runs.