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India had defeated England by 317 runs in the second Test and now both teams are getting ready to battle it out in the day-night Test at the newly-built Motera Stadium.

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India and England play the third of the four Test series at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera from Wednesday

The four-match series currently stands level at 1-1 and now both teams will lock horns in a pink-ball Test, beginning February 24 at the Motera Stadium

Former captains like Michael Vaughan and Kevin Pietersen have criticised England for giving their regular players intermittent rest periods during the ongoing Test series in India.

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The trio -- Suryakumar, Ishan, and Tewatia -- have benefitted from their performances in the last edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Kohli also revealed that he had a chat with Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar about his struggle after the tour.

Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant, all-rounder Axar Patel and pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar also returned to a fresh-looking squad.

Bhagath Varma is an off spinner from Hyderabad and represented India under-19 team against England in England in 2017 and Jammu-born fast bowler Yudhvir Singh Charak came to Hyderabad

Going into the Ahmedabad Test, India have the advantage and Ramiz Raja credited Kohli for his gritty 62-run knock in the second innings after being dismissed for a duck in the first innings.

Root also said that England's bowlers have to learn to put pressure on batsmen in these conditions and could have done better on the first day of the Test

The Test series will now move to Ahmedabad where the third Test, which will be a day/night affair with pink ball, begins on February 24.

At lunch, skipper Joe Root was holding fort on 33 (90 balls, 3 fours) with England adding 63 runs in the first session.

Amid the chatter around the challenging Chepauk pitch, Ashwin came in at number eight and showed everyone how to bat on a deteriorating surface with an excellent century

On a wicket that aided turn from the first session of the first day of the second Test, England did not concede a single extra in the 95.5 overs in India's first innings.

At the tea break, India had reached 221/8 in their second innings, with Ashwin and Ishant Sharma batting on 68 and 0 respectively.

It was a dream start for England as India lost five wickets in the first session on the back of some fine glove work by birthday boy Ben Foakes

At the lunch break, India who had lost the wicket of Shubman Gill (14) on Day Two reached 150/6 with skipper Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin batting on 38 and 34 respectively.

“It didn’t do anywhere near as much for 2 sessions ... Spun but not like what it’s doing now ... India would have drawn the first Test if they had batted anything like in the 1st innings ... This isn’t a good Test match pitch …,” he wrote