Kohli’s century puts England in a fix
India look to secure win in third Test
Nottingham – India captain Virat Kohli succeeded where he had narrowly failed in the first innings by scoring a century to underline his side’s dominant position on the third day of the third Test against England at Trent Bridge on Monday.
Kohli, who made 97 in India’s first innings of 329, was still on his tea score of 93 not out when his edged drive off an outswinger from James Anderson, armed with the new ball, burst through Keaton Jennings’s hands in the gully.
It was the latest dropped catch in the cordon by England and Anderson, whose duels with star batsman Kohli have been a feature of this series, put his head to his hands in evident despair after the ball went for four.
The next ball Kohli edged Anderson just short of Alastair Cook at first slip.
There was to be no denying Kohli his century and an edged boundary off Chris Woakes, his 10th four from 191 balls faced in nearly five hours at the crease, saw him to a 23rd Test hundred.
It was also his second in three matches after making 149 – his maiden Test century in England – in the series opener at Edgbaston.
But having got to the landmark, Kohli was out shortly afterwards when he missed a legside flick against allrounder Woakes and was lbw for 103.
England were 23/0 in their
● second innings, requiring a further 498 runs to reach a colossal victory target of 521, at stumps on the third day of the third Test against India at Trent Bridge on Monday.
Alastair Cook was nine not out and Keaton Jennings 13 not out after England were left with a tricky nine overs to bat in the day following India’s second-innings declaration at 352/7.