India after bowling out England for just 183 performed brilliantly with the bat as well as they got to 278 runs with a substantial lead of 95 runs in the first innings. The hosts however managed to end Day 3 of the first Test at 25/0 keeping all their 10 wickets intact.
Even though the match is not in any team’s grasp, former Pakistan cricketer Kamran Akmal in his latest YouTube video talked about how Virat Kohli and Co. are slightly ahead in this Test match at Trent Bridge.
“The match in not in one particular side’s grasp at the moment. I would say it is 60-40 in Team India’s favour as of now. A lot depends on how England’s openers start (on Day 4). It will be crucial for Team India’s bowlers to break England’s opening partnership as quickly as possible,” Akmal said in his latest YouTube video.
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The wicketkeeper-batsman then talked about how Indians were lucky that the third session on Day 2 was called off due to rain as the English bowlers were on a roll at that time as they had taken 3 wickets in the second session.
“Team India has been dominating England from Day 1. They bowled England out for 183 and then secured a lead of 95. The lead could have been bigger had they not lost back-to-back wickets. KL Rahul was under pressure but he responded well with 84,” the right-hand batsman said.
“Rishabh Pant’s cameo gave Team India momentum as he briefly dominated the innings.India were 125 for 4 on Day 2 when rain came. England bowlers were in great rhythm and had weather not interrupted, they could have claimed more scalps,” the Pakistan cricketer signed off.
England openers Rory Burns (11*) and Dom Sibley (9*) survived last few overs on Day 3 to chip off some of the deficit as they trail by 70 runs before rain interrupted play.
