The third Test between India and England in Motera, which has become the world's largest cricket stadium, started on Wednesday. The day-night test is being played for the first time in this stadium with a capacity of 1.32 lakh spectators. Captain Virat Kohli, who landed with 3 specialist spinners, lost the toss here. England captain Joe Root, who landed three full-time pacers, decided to bat. England lost 9 wickets and scored more than 100 runs. England were all out at 112. Ben Foax showcased some resilience, however, in the end Axar was too good for him.
Spinner Axar Patel demolished England's middle order with 6 wickets. He delivered the second blow to the English team in the 7th over of the match. He LBW Johnny Bairstow. Akshar lbw Jack Crowley for 53 runs. This was the fourth test fifty in Crawley's career. The Indian spinner also LBW Ben Stokes (6). He bowled Jofra Archer. Finally, Axar dismissed Stuart Broad who tried to slog sweep him.
This is Axar back to back 5 wicket haul against England. Earlier Axar took a five-wicket haul at the Chepauk in the second innings of the second test. In that match, India defeated England by a record margin of 317 runs.