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India vs England 3rd Test 2021 Highlights

Watch the highlights of India vs England 3rd Test 2021 - England tour of India 4-match Test series of the 3rd Test match played between England and India at Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad in 24th February to 25th February 2021.

India vs England 3rd Test 2021 Highlights
Axar Patel celebrates after taking a wicket of Jonny Bairstow © BCCI

Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin and Rohit Sharma stars as India comfortable ten-wicket victory over England and finished this off in under two days to secure an unassailable 2-1 lead in a low-scoring thriller of the third Test match.

Match Stats : 
  • The ten-wicket win is India's joint largest victory by terms of wickets remaining in Test matches, It is their ninth time win by ten wickets and second time India had defeated England by ten-wickets in Tests.
  • This is the first time between India and England match completed under two days - This is the 22nd shortest match by terms of days in Test matches, England have been involved in 13 of the 22 and India two times.
  • Ishant Sharma became the 11th Indian player to appearance 100th match in Test matches.
  • Axar Patel's 6 for 38 was his best bowling performance for India in Test matches, It is the joint eighth best bowling figures by an Indian bowler against England in Tests, jointly 6 for 38 held by Bhagwath Chandrashekhar at The Oval in 1971 and the fifth best bowling figures by a bowler at Motera, Ahmedabad in Tests.
  • Axar Patel's 5 for 32 was his second best bowling performance for India in Test matches and also his second best bowling figures against England in Tests.
  • England's 112 was their fourth lowest score against India in Test matches.
  • India's 145 was their fifth lowest score against England at home in Test matches.
  • India lost their last seven wickets for just 31-runs - which was their eighth worst seven-wicket collapse against England in Test matches. They went from 114 for 3 to 145 for all out.
  • Joe Root's 5 for 8 was the third best economical figures for England in Test matches and the joint ninth best economical figures in Tests, previously 5 for 8 jointly held by Kemar Roach against Bangladesh at North Sound in 2018 and Josh Hazlewood against India at Adelaide in the last year.
  • England's 81 was their lowest score against India in Test matches, their previous lowest was 101 at The Oval in 1971.
  • Ravichandran Ashwin became the third Indian spin bowler to take a 400 wickets in Test matches after Anil Kumble (619) and Harbhajan Singh (417) and the fourth in the list of leading wicket-taker for India in Tests.
  • Axar Patel became the fourth spinner to take a wicket off the first ball of an innings in Test matches after Bobby Peel (1888), Bert Vogler (1907) and Ravichandran Ashwin (2021).
  • Axar Patel took 11-wickets in this match - This is Axar Patel's first ten-wicket plus in a match in Test matches and India's fourth best bowling figures in a match against England in Tests.
  • Axar Patel became the 28th Indian bowler to took ten-wickets in a matchin Tests.
  • Axar Patel's 11 for 70 was his best bowling performance in a match for India in Test matches, It is the fourth best bowling figures in a match by an Indian bowler against England in Test matches and the best bowling figures by a bowler in an day/night Test match.
  • 77 Matches : Ravichandran Ashwin became the second fastest to take a 400 Test wickets after Muttiah Muralitharan (72-Matches).
  • 22 : Virat Kohli became the most wins as India captain at home in Test matches, surpassing the previous record of 21 wins by MS Dhoni in 30-matches.

* Axar Patel's six-for restricted England to 112 before India lost 99 for 3 on the opening day of the third Test match.

* Team India have taken a step closer to the World Test Championship final at Lord's, England are now out of contention.



England 1st Innings scored 112 for all-out in 48.4 overs with top scorer by Zak Crawley 53, Joe Root 17, Ben Foakes 12 and Jofra Archer 11.

1st Innings India best bowler by Axar Patel claimed a career-best 6-wicket haul for 38-runs in 21.4-overs including six maidens, Ravichandran Ashwin picked up 3-wickets for 26-runs in 16-overs included six maidens and Ishant Sharma took one-wicket.

India 1st Innings scored 145 for all-out in 53.2 overs with top scorer by Rohit Sharma 66, Virat Kohli 27 and Ravichandran Ashwin 17.

1st Innings England best bowler by Joe Root claimed a career-best 5-wicket haul for 8-runs in 6.2-overs including three maidens, Jack Leach picked up 4-wickets for 54-runs in 20-overs included two maidens and Jofra Archer took one-wicket.

England 2nd Innings scored 81 for all-out in 30.4 overs with top scorer by Ben Stokes 25, Joe Root 19 and Ollie Pope 12.

2nd Innings India best bowler by Axar Patel claimed a 5-wicket haul for 32-runs in 15-overs, Ravichandran Ashwin picked up 4-wickets for 48-runs in 15-overs including three maidens and Washington Sundar took one-wicket.

India chased 49-0 in 7.4 overs with top scorer by Rohit Sharma 25 not out and Shubman Gill 15 not out.

Axar Patel named Player of the match for his sensational spin bowling attack to took 11-wickets in a match.

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