England vs India, 5th Test, Day 3

Ben Stokes signalled England's intentions early on Day 3 when he stepped out to Shami and hit him for a four.

In a tense opening half-hour, Virat Kohli and Jonny Bairstow had a verbal exchange.

Clearly fired up, Bairstow led a thrilling England counter-attack. He went from being 16 off 64 to 50 off 81.

Shardul Thakur reprieved Ben Stokes on 18 when he dropped a catch off the bowling of Md. Shami.

He atoned for his mistake by dismissing Stokes for 25. who had incidentally been dropped by Bumrah the previous ball.

Bairstow continued to make merry and even correctly reviewed an LBW decision against him. He motored along to 91* before a spell of rain forced the players into an early Lunch.

Jonny Bairstow scored his fifth hundred in nine Tests and his third in three straight games.

Mohammed Shami dismissed Bairstow for 106 with his first ball of the new spell.

Mohammed Siraj dismissed Sam Billings and two other lower-order wickets as India took a 132-run first-innings lead.

James Anderson struck in the first over of India's second innings, to dismiss Shubman Gill.

Hanuma Vihari and Virat Kohli fell in the final session as India slipped to 75/3 .

Cheteshwar Pujara scored an unbeaten half-century and added 50* with Rishabh Pant (30*) to take India's lead to 257 by Stumps.