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3rd test match between India and England has been played at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India since 15 feb, In which India defeated England team with a record of 434 runs.
On February 15, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first. Start of India was not good, as India looses its 3rd wickets at a score of 33 runs in 9 overs. But with Rohit (131runs) and Ravindra Jadeja (112 runs) and debutant Sarfaraz khan fast (66 runs ) helped India to score 445 runs in 1st innings, Mark Wood took 4 wickets.
Where as only one English batsman Ducket (153 runs of 151 balls) helped to reach the score upto 319 runs at the loss of 10 wickets in 70.1 overs, in which Md Siraj took 4 wickets, Jadeja and Kuldeep took 2 wickets each.
With 126 runs as a lead, India came to bat for 2nd times and scored 430 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 98 overs and declared, in which young Yashasvi Jaiswal scored (214 runs in 236 balls), Shubham Gill (91 runs in 151 balls), and Sarfaraz khan (68runs in 72 balls), and give a target of huge mammoth like 546 runs to England.
Chasing the target of 546 runs, England team got all out at the score of 122 runs in 39.4 overs only. Therefore, India defeated England with a record of 434 runs. Ravindra Jadeja took 5 wickets in second innings and scored 112 runs in 1st innings has been awarded with Man of The Match.
This is the biggest test win for India by runs,434 vs England at Rajkot 2024.
England is touring to India for a series of five test matches from 25 jan 24 to 11 march 24 at different venues within India. The 1st test match which played at Rajeev Gandhi International stadium Hyderabad has been won by England with 28 runs only, 2nd test match played at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium Visakhapatnam has been won by India with 106 runs. Still two test match is remaining but India is already ahead with 2-1 in the series of 5 test matches.
4th test match will start from 23 feb 24 at JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi.