In a gripping day of Test cricket, India moved to 319 for 4 at the close of play on Day 3 in response to England's 537. Murali Vijay (126) and local boy Cheteshwar Pujara (124) put on 209 for the second wicket, batting more than two sessions to lead India's riposte before England came back to pick three wickets in the final session to swing the momentum back in their favour. The visitors conceded at just 2.27 runs per over in the post-lunch session despite not picking any wicket. Stuart Broad, Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid and Zafar Ansari picked up a wicket each for England.

Stat highlights from Day 3 of the Test from Rajkot:

8 Hundreds by Pujara in 53 innings at number three, the joint second-most for India along with Mohinder Amarnath (in 66 innings) and Dilip Vengsarkar (in 74). Only Rahul Dravid has scored more for India at this position - 28.

Previous instances of Pujara scoring hundreds in two consecutive innings. He scored 101* in the second innings of the Indore Test against New Zealand last month.

41 Years since an Indian player scored a hundred at his home ground in its inaugural Test. The only players to do it before Pujara are Eknath Solkar at the