India crush England by 434 runs to register their biggest win in Test history

Yashasvi Jaiswals unbeaten double century and Ravindra Jadejas fiery fifer helped India crush England by 434 runs in the IND vs ENG 3rd Test to lead the series 21 on Sunday The 434run win in Rajkot Test against England is Indias biggest ever in terms of runmarginChasing 557 for victory Englands batting unit fell like a pack of cards to lose eight wickets in the final session and get bundled out for 122 on day four in RajkotEngland resisted their desire to play Bazball but the Indian bowlers led by Jadeja 541 were an irresistible force as they hustled out the tourists for 122 in their second innings while chasing an improbable 557run target India now lead the fivematch series 21This was also Indias biggest win in Test cricket in terms of runs bettering the previous 372run win over New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in 2021Jaiswals unbeaten 214 off 236 balls in which he equalled the highest number of sixes 12 in a Test innings was the cornerstone of Indias second innings total of 430 for four declared which gave them a massive lead of 556 runs earlier in the dayIt was also a perfect platform for Jadeja to weave his magic as Englands claims of fancying themselves in big chases through an aggressive approach came to nothingAlso ReadlsquoLight at the end of the tunnelrsquoIndias plan of attacking the wickets took the wind away from the sails of England whose top order crumbled without any significant contributionWith Jadeja finding ample support from Kuldeep Yadav 219 Jasprit Bumrah 118 and Ravichandran Ashwin 119 who rejoined the match on this day after attending a medical emergency at home England found no way outBen Duckett 4 ran himself out Zak Crawley 11 was trapped legbefore by Bumrah and Jadeja struck twice in quick succession to see the back of Ollie Pope 3 and extended Jonny Bairstows 4 misery on this tourStruggling desperately for runs on this tour Bairstow was trapped legbefore while trying to sweep JadejaEnglands hero of the win in the first Test Pope cut one straight to Rohit Sharma at first slip as Jadeja shook their toporderAfter a brief period of resistance Joe Root 7 missed a sweep with the umpire declaring him out legbefore off Jadeja and the replays confirmed that the ball would have flicked the top of offstumpCaptain Ben Stokes 15 had a similar fate missing a sweep off Kuldeep Yadav as England slumped to 50 for sixAshwin took the field in the post tea session and contributed his bit with the scalp of Tom HartleyFor a while in the IND vs ENG 3rd Test it seemed England would fold for one of their lowestever totals against India but a late burst from Mark Wood 33 15 balls 6x4s 1x6s took them to 122 from 82 for eightBut before Jadeja and his horsemen of apocalypse ran through England Jaiswal and debutant Sarfaraz Khan showcased their brilliance in no little measureShubman Gill too displayed his class with a 91 after India resumed the fourth day from 196 for two The knock combined with his hundred in the previous Test might have brought him considerable time and confidenceBut none shone as bright as Jaiswal Having notched up his overall third century and second of the series Jaiswal continued with his redhot form to become the first player to hit 20 sixes in a series with two more matches leftJaiswals sixhitting spree so far has resulted in India bettering their own record of most sixes 48 in a seriesThe lefthanded opener also entered record books to join Pakistan legend Wasim Akram for most sixes 12 for any batter in a Test innings while resetting the same statistical high for IndiaJaiswal joined Vinod Kambli and Virat Kohli as only the third Indian ever to have scored two consecutive double centuries in as many games while becoming the seventh Indian ever to have scored in excess of 200 in the second essay of a TestIn the process the 22yearold Jaiswal also breached the 500run mark in only the third Test of this series reaching 545 runs in six innings at an average of 109 with two tons and a fiftyIn fact Jaiswal is now the leading runscorer in the current cycle of ICC World Test Championship WTC going past Australias Usman Khawaja with 861 runs in seven Tests at 7175 studded with three centuries and two fiftiesBut Sarfaraz too gave a shining portent with two fifties in his maiden TestHis unbeaten 68 was laced with class and that customary disdain for spinners something England will be worrying a lot ahead of the fourth Test beginning in Ranchi from FridayWith agency inputs