Chennai Test: England at 53 for 3 against India's 482 runs at stumps

In Cricket, England were 53 for the loss of three wickets against India while chasing the victory target of 482 runs at stumps on day three of the second Test being played in Chennai. Dan Lawrence was batting on 19 and Joe Root was on two runs when the stumps were drawn. The visitors need 429 more runs to win the match. Earlier, India scored 286 runs in the second innings. Ravichandran Ashwin was the highest scorer with 106 runs while Skipper Virat Kohli contributed 62 and Rohit Sharma added 26 runs.

For the visitors, Moeen Ali and Jack Leach scalped four wickets each while Olly Stone bagged one wicket.Ravichandran Ashwin hit his fifth Test century on Monday. Kohli, who batted at the other end, was more subdued, getting his half century off 107 balls. Ashwin got his hundred off a mis-hit as an outside edge took the ball past slips for four and the hometown boy in Chennai got another hundred.