India won the third Test against England which was played at the Niranjan Shah Cricket Stadium in Rajkot and are now ahead in the series by 2-1. Ravindra Jadeja took a quinfa in the second innings to end the match on a high. He scored a century and scored a fifty in this Test match at his home in Rajkot. Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first. India got off to a shaky start losing three first wickets.
Ravindra Jadeja and Rohit Sharma added 204 runs for the fourth wicket in the first innings as Rohit Sharma scored 131 and Ravindra Jadeja scored 112. India posted a total of 445 in the first innings and in reply England got off to a good start when Ben Duckett scored 153 off 151 deliveries but England were bowled out for 319. India in the second innings declared 430/4. giving a target of 557 runs to England as Yashasvi Jaiswal lit up the wicket with another double century scoring 214 off 236 deliveries.
Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel made their Test debut in this match and performed impressively in the game as Sarfaraz scored 62 and 68 in the respective innings and Dhruv Jurel scored 46 in the first innings. Jurel was also brilliant behind the wicket. India and England will now lock horns at the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) stadium in Ranchi for the fourth Test of this five-match series. India has taken the lead in the test series and their aim is to win the series to make it 17 consecutive test series wins in India.
Fans have shown their joy over the victory at ‘X’ as they tweet about the historic victory by 434 runs. England were all out for 122 in the second innings as Ravindra Jadeja took five wickets and showcased his prowess in front of his home crowd. Fans are happy with the team’s performance without the presence of star players like Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Mohammed Shami.
Fans react to India’s famous Rajkot victory against England
This is what happens when #TeamIndia is in the area.
A great victory by 434 runs!#INVENGE pic.twitter.com/tEPbPzFhfu-DK (@DineshKarthik) February 18, 2024
England lost the last 18 wickets for 234 inside 75 overs…a warning sign for them in difficult conditions against a good team that if you give them a sniff things can escalate very quickly…India have been brilliant these last 2 days… #INVENGE
—Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 18, 2024
Despite struggling with the first option 11, Team India totally dominated Bazball! 👏 #INDvsENG
—Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) February 18, 2024
Phenomenal performance by India to play so well with all the absences that have impacted their team in this Test series. Greetings to Yashasvi Jaiswal. The way he started his international career is very impressive.
– Ian Raphael Obispo (@irbishi) February 18, 2024
“Baz told us that even if India gets 600, we will try to chase them.” pic.twitter.com/PLT6L0yYBk
-Bhawana (@bhawanakohli5) February 18, 2024
India wins by 434 runs 🥵🥵🥵
Eighth biggest run-wise win in Cricket history
Bazball has been humiliated!!!#INDvsENG
—Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994) February 18, 2024
If someone had told me when I woke up yesterday that India would win this by 434 runs in 4 days and Ashwin would be back on the field, I probably would have told the person to stop drinking too much! 🤣
—Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) February 18, 2024
Good luck finding a moral victory in this case, but I won’t let it slide through the UK media 😅 #INVENGE pic.twitter.com/O3xFTPfOYU
—Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) February 18, 2024
During my time at RR, I was really impressed with Jaiswal’s work ethic and commitment to the game. I have seen such a level of dedication in only a handful of young people throughout my career.
This child is special and this is definitely not his ceiling❤️
Well played!👏-Lasith Malinga (@malinga_ninety9) February 18, 2024
Almost everything against him
– Your own way
– Injured players
– one of the best players retires
– Inexperience
and his team won the biggest victory in terms of runs #INDvsENG #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/OKxBwHJNfg– Rohit Juglan Rohit Juglan (@rohitjuglan) February 18, 2024
2023 – For the first time
India won an ODI match by more than 300 runs margin2024 – For the first time
India won a test match by a margin of over 400 runs*Both were left under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma#INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/MuNtZTgcJY
— (@Shebas_10dulkar) February 18, 2024
Scenes from victory in India’s biggest test 🔥#INDvsENG #Yashasvi Jaiswal pic.twitter.com/hdB2mjyFlB
– Ambani jiii (@ambani_jiii) February 18, 2024
Scenes from the third test.#INDvsENG | #Yashasvi Jaiswal pic.twitter.com/M16lRmVx6g
— Rajabets 🇮🇳👑 (@smileagainraja) February 18, 2024
India’s biggest win in Test history comes when they had less experience in the batting line-up and that too against a team that talked about chasing 500-600 for fun!
Wow 👏#INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/6Ufsczjsqb-Vimal Kumar (@Vimalwa) February 18, 2024
India’s biggest test wins
434 runs vs ENG in Rajkot (2024)*
372 runs against New Zealand at Wankhede (2021)
337 runs against SA in Delhi (2015)
321 runs against New Zealand in Indore (2016)
320 runs against AUS in Mohali (2008)#INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/YAFp1cpC6D— (@Shebas_10dulkar) February 18, 2024
England need to forget about this Bazball shit and get back to what made them successful. Stealing South African cricketers #INDvsENG
– Bailey Action (@Fatharylazy) February 18, 2024
🥳💥That winning moment. #INVENGE #INDvsENG #TeamIndia #BharatArmy #COTI🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/7kE0zZ2Rkf
– The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) February 18, 2024
Guys, the Bazball 🪦 era ended here:#INVENGE #ENGvIND #INDVENGTest #INDvsENG
—Max (@DailyFunFac) February 18, 2024
The biggest Test victory in the history of Indian cricket.
Rohit Sharma has done what even Virat Kohli couldn’t do as captain… 🐐#INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/SSYlYA7IVL
— ANSHUMAN🚩 (@AvengerReturns) February 18, 2024