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NOTTINGHAM:England will have to set a record for the highest successful fourth-innings chase if they are to win the third Test against India after the dominant tourists declared at 352/7 with Virat Kohli making 103 on Monday.

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Nottingham, August 20

England will have to set a record for the highest successful fourth-innings chase if they are to win the third Test against India after the dominant tourists declared at 352/7 with Virat Kohli making 103 on Monday.

Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings survived a tricky nine overs before the close of play, reaching 23/0.

That means Joe Root’s side require another 498 runs to win over the final two days of play and history suggests that is highly unlikely. The highest fourth-innings winning Test total at Trent Bridge is 284 by England against New Zealand in 2004.

Having started the third day on 124/2, India were barely troubled through two-and-a-half sessions of steady, if unspectacular, accumulation under grey skies. After a fruitless morning session for England’s bowling attack, Cheteshwar Pujara, who had been dropped in the morning on 40, was caught at first slip by Cook off the bowling of Ben Stokes for 72, ending his partnership with Kohli at 113.

Skipper Kohli, who was out for 97 in the first innings, took few risks during his patient knock which finally came to an end after 197 balls when he was trapped lbw by seamer Chris Woakes. Hardik Pandya was unbeaten on 52 when Kohli finally decided to declare and let his bowlers give Cook and Jennings an uncomfortable mini-session.

England suffered a blow during the morning when wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow had to leave the ground with a fractured finger. Bairstow, a key part of the home team’s batting line-up, was hit on the end of the middle finger by a James Anderson delivery but is expected to bat in their second innings. — Reuters

Scoreboard

India 1st Innings: 329

England 1st Innings: 161

India 2nd Innings
S Dhawan st Bairstow b Rashid 44
KL Rahul b Stokes 36
C Pujara c Cook b Stokes 72
V Kohli c Stokes b Rashid 103
A Rahane b Rashid 29
R Pant c Cook b Anderson 1
H Pandya not out 52
M Shami c Cook b Rashid 3
R Ashwin not out 1
Extras: (B 1 LB 9 W 1) 11
Total: (7 wickets, 110 overs) 352 decl.
Fall of wickets: 1-60, 2-111, 3-224, 4-281, 5-282, 6-329, 7-349

Bowling
James Anderson 22-7-55-1
Stuart Broad 16-3-60-0
Chris Woakes 22-4-49-1
Ben Stokes 20-3-68-2
Adil Rashid 27-2-101-3
Joe Root 3-0-9-0

England 2nd Innings
A Cook not out 9
K Jennings not out 13
Extras: (NB 1) 1
Total: (no loss, 9 overs) 23

Bowling
Jasprit Bumrah 3-1-16-0
Ishant Sharma 4-1-5-0
Ravichandran Ashwin 2-1-2-0

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