At stumps on day 3 of the third Test between India and England at Mohali, India is looking for another Test victory. India began the day on their overnight score 271/6 and made 417 before they were bundled out. India took an important 134 runs lead at the end of first innings fights.

At the stumps, England were at 78/4 and still trail by 56 runs.

Brief Scores: England – 283 (Jonny Bairstow 89, Jos Buttler 43, Mohammed Shami 3/63) & 78/4 (Joe Root 36*, Jonny Bairstow 15, Ravichandran Ashwin 3/19)

India – 417 (Ravindra Jadeja 90, Ravichandran Ashwin 72, Ben Stokes 5/73)

Here are some statistical highlights of day 3 of the 3^rd Test:

After taking a catch to dismiss Umesh Yadav, English wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow completed his 68 Test dismissals in 2016. It is the most no. of Test dismissals affected by a wicketkeeper in a year. The previous record holder was former Australian wicket-keeper Ian Healey (67 Test dismissals).

Total 5 Indian batsmen (Cheteshwar Pujara – 51, Virat Kohli – 62, Ravichandran Ashwin – 72, Ravindra Jadeja – 90 and Jayant Yadav – 55) scored half-centuries during India’s 1^st innings in this Test, however there were no centuries. It was the third time for India where total 5 batsmen scored 50+ runs but no centuries in a Test innings against England. However, this incident was the first time for India against England on Indian soil.

Overall, it was the 7^th time for India in a Test innings where 5 or more than batsmen have scored 50+ runs but no centuries.

Total 3 Indian batsmen (Ravichandran Ashwin – 72, Ravindra Jadeja – 90 and Jayant Yadav – 55) at No. 7 or lower scored 50+ runs during India’s 1^st innings in this Test. It was the first time where more than 2 Indian batsmen at No. 7 or lower scored 50+ runs in a Test innings.

Overall, it was the 14^th time in Test cricket history where more than 2 batsmen at No. 7 or lower scored 50+ runs in a Test innings.

During India’s 1^st innings in this Test, total 230 runs were scored by no.7 to no.11 Indian batsmen. It was the third most total runs scored by India’s no.7 to no.11 batsmen in a Test innings.

English pacer Ben Stokes bowled very well during India’s 1^st innings of this Test as his final bowling figure in that innings was 26.2-5-73-5. Stokes became only second English pacer in last 31 years who claimed 5-wicket haul in a Test innings on the Indian soil. The another one in this list was Matthew Hoggard (6/57 at Nagpur in 2006).

After scoring a brilliant 89 runs in the first innings of this Test, English wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow scored 15 runs in the second innings of this Test. Bairstow scored total 104 runs in this Test which was the fourth highest Test aggregate score by an English wicketkeeper-batsman on Indian soil.