ALSO READ: India vs England 3rd Test Day 2 highlights: R Ashwin picks up 500th wicket, Ben Duckett hits century Yashasvi Jaiswal even scored his third Test century in 122 balls. This is also his second century in this ongoing series. Looking at some stats, Jaiswal has now 3 centuries in 7 test matches.
Apart from this, Shubman Gill also made a half-century and is unbeaten. However, Yashasvi Jaiswal (104) had to go back to the pavilion, as he retired hurt due to back spasms after the left-handed batter had issues with his back. The team physio came out to the middle to check on him a couple of times before Jaiswal decided to retire hurt.
For England, Joe Root and Tom Hartley clinched one wicket each. Indian batters have scored 196/2 at Stumps and now have a lead of 322 runs. Shubman Gill (62*) and Kuldeep Yadav (3*) will begin the Day 4 play for India.
Earlier on Friday, India's Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Zak Crawley (15) on the first delivery of the 14th over after delivering a full-length ball and it was caught by Rajat Patidar. But, due to some family emergency, he had to be put out from the ongoing Test. The BCCI informed that R Ashwin had opted out of the ongoing Test due to some personal reasons.
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