Ahmedabad test: India beat England by 10 wickets

India beat England by 10 wicket in the 3rd test match on Day 2. Virat Kohli's men decimated England to one of their quickest Test defeats in Ahmedabad. Just a day after the world's biggest cricket stadium was inaugurated amid much fanfare, India bowled England out for the second time in consecutive days and eventually won the match by 10 wickets to take a 2-1 series lead.
The second day started with the hosts coming out to bat on their overnight first innings score of 99/3, still trailing England by 13 runs. With Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane in the middle, India were expected to take a big first innings lead.But that wasn't to happen as Jack Leach removed the overnight pair cheaply to bring England back into the contest. The match though took a dramatic turn when England captain Joe Root decided to introduce himself into the attack.

England were expected to struggle in their second innings too but the extent of it became known once Axar Patel bowled the first over. He cleaned up Zak Crawley off the very first delivery, had an LBW shout against Jonny Bairstow turned down off the next ball and then clean bowled Bairstow off the next to leave England reeling. Skipper Joe Root and Ben Stokes tried to brave it out in the middle and Stokes got a few boundaries away as R Ashwin looked ineffective from the other end.

India openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill reached the target of 49 runs without much problem as India recorded a famous victory and stayed on course to qualify for the World Test Championship, for which they need to either draw or win the final Test which will be played at the same venue.