India thrashed England by 10 wickets in the third Test of the four-match series in Ahmedabad on Thursday. As many as 17 wickets fell on Day 2 as bowlers from both teams bamboozled the batsmen, who couldn’t pick deliveries that went straight on after pitching and mostly played for the turn.
India chased down the paltry 49-run target in the final session of the second day after England were bowled out for 81, courtesy Axar Patel’s 5/32 and Ravichandran Ashwin’s 4/48. It was also England’s lowest-ever total in India in the second innings.
England’s slump with the bat overshadowed the one India endured earlier in the day as they went from 113 for 3 to 145 all out in the first session. The English skipper Joe Root made merry with the ball, picking up his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket. Left-arm spinner Jack Leach also scalped four wickets.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Congratulations on going up 2-1 in the Test Series. Let’s make it 🧜3-1 guys!
Good luck. 👍🏻
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Just unbelievable to witness the boys sealing the match in just two days. What a clini🦂cal win! Onwards𝓰 and upwards. Jai Hind.
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
India winning inside 2 days!
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Awesome Ashwin! 👏👏
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir)
Congratulations, India. Commiserations all of us who were looking forward to three𒉰 more days of lockdown Test cricket.
— Ian Bell (@Ian_Bell)
When I look at Ashwin I see an artist, an artist who does some amazing things with those fingers wrapped around a cricket ball. When he bats, well, y🌳ou realise what a natural flair he has for the game. 🙏🙏🙏
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
Welﷺl done on r🍌eaching 400 wickets .Phenomenal! Congratulations on a fantastic achievement. Great going, keep it up! 👍🏽
— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074)
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Well bowled yet another 5er in the second inning and for ur maiden 10 wicke♉t haul !! Many congratulations !!
— Mithun Manhas (@MithunManhas)
I am all for different skills being tested and when the ball spins its absorbing but juts fe෴el its a little too easy for the sওpinners here atm
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69)
Well♑ played India, the better side in this game ꦿbut that was some of the worst test cricket I’ve ever seen.
— Chris Tremlett (@ChrisTremlett33)
😳😳😩😩😩
— Charlotte Edwards (@C_Edwards23)
Kudos to Ash for scaling Mount 400, but remember the peak is still higher, so don't rest till you double the target
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Congratul🐓ations for the fantastic win. Hoped that the match could have lasted༒ longer, would have been better for a game of Test!
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349)
Pink ball Test leaves England red-faced.
— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra)
test match hai ya panchayat, do dꦿin mein khatam hogaya
— prime video IN (@PrimeVideoIN)
India top the table 👏
They now need to๊ win or draw the last Test to book a place in the final 👀
— ICC (@ICC)
