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During the second innings, Ashwin finally delivered his best performance of the series after not being among the wickets much in earlier matches.

Kuldeep then dismissed Tom Hartley and Ollie Robinson in four balls, before Ashwin raced to his fifth wicket as stumper Dhruv Jurel took a brilliant reflex catch to oust James Anderson.

For the first 90 minutes, the pitch seemed ordinary, but then it revealed its bag of tricks, expertly exploited by Ashwin and Kuldeep to claim crucial wickets

India began day three with 134 runs behind, but Jurel and Kuldeep Yadav (28 off 131 balls) shared a crucial 76-run stand for the eighth wicket to help the hosts fight back in the match.

Currently, England holds a lead of 319 runs over India, with Jaiswal stabilizing the innings and the pitch posing minimal challenges.

England's final three wickets fell for just six runs in 17 balls, with Ravindra Jadeja taking two of them, finishing as India's standout bowler with figures of 4-67.

Root tapped into his prime form to pull England back into the game after debutant pacer Akash Deep provided India with a dream start.

Akash Deep, who claimed 11 wickets in four games for India 'A' against England Lions last month, inflicted most of the damage with his impressive 3-24 spell on a crack-ridden pitch.

India 2-1 Up in Series, Aiming for Unassailable Lead; England Must Win in Ranchi for Decisive Showdown

The result gave India their biggest win by runs in Tests to go 2-1 up in the five-match series

At the time of his passing, Gaekwad, the former India Test captain and the nation's oldest living Test cricketer, died at the age of 95.

Rohit Sharma (131) and Ravindra Jadeja (112) struck fine hundreds while debutant Sarfaraz Khan made a promising start to his Test career with an impressive 62 off 66 balls.

The formidable partnership of 204 runs between captain Rohit and Jadeja firmly placed India in control on Day 1 of the ongoing third Test against England in Rajkot on Thursday.

However, miscommunication with star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja in the middle cut short his lovely debut innings as he was run out by Mark Wood at the non-striker's end.

With India reduced to 33 for three inside the first hour of play, Rohit (131 off 196) and Jadeja (110 batting off 212) as India reached 326 for five at stumps on day one of the third Test against England on Thursday.

His performance not only steadied the innings but also provided the much-needed momentum to the Indian side.

India were jolted early by Wood's express pace and movement off the surface which saw the home team's best batter in the series Yashasvi Jaiswal (10) walking back without contributing much.

Ahead of the third Test, players like Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel were handed their Test caps. English skipper Ben Stokes is to play his 100th Test match.

After a few scans, it became clear that the Rahul wasn't fully fit for which he had to miss the second Test match against England in Visakhapatnam.

Initial reports suggested that Iyer was left out due to back issues, as communicated to the selectors.