It was a wonderful day for India as they went on to take a 2-0 lead in the 5 match Test series against England. India excelled with the ball and the bat as England looked dull throughout the match.
England’s target of 103 runs was easily chased down by the Indian batsmen with 8 wickets in hand with Parthiv Patel unbeaten at the crease on 67 runs.
Here are 4 talking points of the day :
Haseeb Hameed’s impressive knock : Youngster Haseeb Hameed played a wonderful innings of 59 runs and was unbeaten at the crease until the end though England lost the 3rd test at Mohali by 8 wickets. Hameed took 156 deliveries en-route to his 59 and tried his heart out to save the match for England. But apart from Chris Woakes none of the England batsmen supported him and the England batting order collapsed at a score of 236 runs giving India 103 runs to chase.