India vs England: Watch Axar Patel Picking A Wicket On His First Ball

The much-anticipated day-night Test match between India and England got underway at the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Despite winning the toss in the India vs England 3^rd Test, the visiting England batters failed to show any application against the Indian spinners getting bowled out for a paltry total of 112 runs in the second session itself on Day1. India’s left-arm spinner Axar Patel who was playing only his 2^nd Test match bowled sensationally well to pick a total of six wickets and spun a web over the England batters.

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India vs England Pink Ball Test: Axar Patel’s brilliant six-wicket haul leaves England in tatters

After Ishant Sharma provided India a great opening with the wicket of Dominic Sibley, it was the Axar Patel show at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium. Axar picked the wicket of Jonny Bairstow on his very first delivery of the third Test match against England. The Motera pitch was surely assisting the spinners to a great extent early on Day1 but the majority of the England batters surprisingly were dismissed on pretty straight arm balls from Axar. The left-arm spinner also claimed his second consecutive five-wicket haul after a dream debut in the second innings in Chennai.

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India’s senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin also claimed three crucial wickets including the prized scalp of England captain Joe Root. Zak Crawley was the highest scorer for England with an impressive innings of 53 runs but the visitors will surely be very disappointed with their batting display in the first innings.

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IND vs ENG: Testing times for Indian batsmen under the lights

After losing the toss and being asked to bowl first, India should have taken this outcome with both hands of batting on Day1 evening itself. However, in a day-night Test match, the twilight period is normally the most difficult time to bat with the pink ball doing a lot under the lights. Thus, things will be pretty challenging for the India batters against a potent England pace bowling attack comprising of James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Jofra Archer.

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