Chennai: Lokesh Rahul missed out on a double century as India posted 391/4 in their first innings at stumps on the third day of the fifth and final cricket Test against England here on Sunday. The hosts now trail by 86 runs England’s first innings score of 477.
Rahul missed out his maiden double century as he was dismised while on 199. Rahul’s fellow opener Parthiv Patel scored 71 to register his sixth half-century in Test cricket.
For England, Stuart Broad, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes and Adil Rashid claimed a wicket each.
The following is the scoreboard at stumps on the third day of the fifth cricket Test between India and England at the M.A. Chidambaram stadium here on Sunday:
England first innings 477 all out
India first innings (overnight 60/0)
Lokesh Rahul c Buttler b Rashid 199
Parthiv Patel c Buttler b Ali 71
Cheteshwar Pujara c Cook b Stokes 16
Virat Kohli c Jennings b Broad 15
Karun Nair not out 71
Murali Vijay not out 17
Extras (lb 2) 2
Total (4 wickets; 108 overs) 391
Fall of wickets: 1-152 (Patel, 41.5 overs), 2-181 (Pujara, 50.5), 3-211 (Kohli, 60.4), 4-372 (Rahul, 102.3)
Bowling
Stuart Broad 18-4-46-1
Jake Ball 15-1-50-0
Moeen Ali 24-1-96-1
Ben Stokes 9-1-37-1
Adil Rashid 17-0-76-1
Liam Dawson 23-3-72-0
Joe Root 2-0-12-0
