England is taking on India at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad starting March 4. This is the final Test of the four-match Anthony de Mello series.
India is leading the series 2-1 after having lost the first Test in Chennai. The hosts bounced back to clinch the second match at the same venue. England were thrashed under two days at Motera, in what was perhaps one of the shortest Test matches ever. Virat Kohli & Co. need to ensure that the visitors don’t win this Test for India to qualify for the ICC World Test Championship Final to be played (against New Zealand) at Lord’s later this year.
England won the toss and opted to bat first. The visitors lost early wickets before Ben Stokes' 55 and Dan Lawrence's 46 steadied the ship. However, Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin's four and three wickets, respectively, meant England got bowled out for 205. India lost Shubman Gill for a duck to James Anderson before ending the first day at 24/1.
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