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- Updated: December 18, 2016
Tea India 256 for 3 (Rahul 133*, Nair 19*) trail England 477 by 221 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
KL Rahul’s fourth Test hundred led India’s response to England’s 477 in excellent batting conditions at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. India began day three assertively, with Rahul and Parthiv Patel stretching their overnight opening partnership to 152, before England pegged them back with three wickets including those of the in-form Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli. At tea, India were 256 for 3, with Rahul batting on 133 and his Karnataka team-mate Karun Nair on 19.
India’s mini-slump began before lunch, with the wicket of Parthiv. Both openers had scored freely – at a run rate of 3.63 overall, and at 4.21 on the third morning – and had looked in no trouble until Parthiv, having entered the 70s for the first time in his Test career, fell in a moment of overconfidence. Having stepped out and whipped Moeen Ali over wide mid-on the previous ball, Parthiv left his crease again. This time, the ball drifted in a touch further, making him aim squarer and close his bat face. It also turned more than the previous ball, and looped to cover off the leading edge.
On a pitch that offered them little help, England’s seamers took the key wickets of India’s Nos. 3 and 4. Pujara had begun ominously before lunch, hitting Adil Rashid for two fours in one over, but fell to an uncharacteristic shot in the third over after the …
