It was a day of bowling brilliance from Ravichandran Ashwin and a day of batting excellence from Virat Kohli for India. It was all India on the third day of the second test between India and England as India has a fine chance of wrapping up the test match in the next two days.
India has a lead of 298 runs with the loss of just 3 wickets and could be well on their way to building a 450 plus run lead.
Here are 5 talking points from the day :
Ashwin’s brilliant performance : Ravichandran Ashwin bowled with vigour once again as he picked up a total of 5 wickets in the first innings of the second test match between India and England. He picked up the wickets of Joe Root, Ben Duckett, Ben Stokes, Stuart Broad and James Anderson. Ashwin’s prolific bowling bowled out England well short of India’s total giving India a lead of 200 runs. He did not bowl particularly well in the first test but came back strongly in the second. Ashwin picking up wickets are always good signs for the Indian team.