India vs England, 3rd Test at Rajkot, IND v ENG, Feb 15 2024 - Match Result

5.25pm: That's a wrap from Gujarat. India have reasserted their muscle, coming from behind to lead the series. Can Ben and the Bazballers display their bouncebackability? We'll find out soon enough as the teams head to Ranchi. For now, Sid Monga's report should see you right, and stick around for more from our guys on the ground. From myself and Sreshth, Miller and Ekanth, Matt R and the scorers, it's time to say thanks and goodnight. Cheerio!

5.15pm: Right then, here we go with the presentations in Rajkot. England captain Ben Stokes is first up: "Ben Duckett played an unbelievable innings, that was the tone we wanted to set with the bat. [First-innings approach] It was about identifying opportunities to score and push up to their total. With how the wicket was going we wanted to push it on as much as we could but sometimes that doesn't work out. Opinions in the dressing room are the ones that matter to us. We're 2-1 down in the series but still have two games left. We leave this game behind, know we've got to win the next two to win the series."

India's captain Rohit Sharma: "[End of day two, message to the team?] When you play Test cricket, you don't play it in two or three days. You have to stay in the game for five days. They played good shots and put us under pressure but we've got class in our squad when it comes to bowling. So obviously the message was to stay calm. Important that time to stay calm, otherwise you drift. We stuck to our plans on day three, and when those things happen, its a delight. [Jadeja at No. 5] For this game, we thought he has so much experience in this format, and scored lot of runs of late. We also wanted left-right batting as well. Sarfaraz being Sarfaraz, we know his quality, we wanted him to have some time before he comes out to bat. We saw what he can do with the bat. By no means is it some longtime plan with the batting order, we go with what's right for us for that Test match. Including calculating what the opponents' bowling attack is. [Turning point of this game?] Lots of turning points. Once we won the toss, that was a good toss to win. We know runs on board is important in India. The lead was also crucial for us. The way we came out to bowl after the English batters' onslaught, important to stay calm... the bowlers showed a lot of character. Not to forget we didn't have our most experienced bowler too. Was proud to watch the bowlers. Then in our second innings, we knew half the job was done. We wanted to extend the lead, and the two youngsters helped extend. And then finally Jadeja. [Jaiswal] I've spoken a lot about him. I'm sure people outside the changing room have also been talking about him. I want to be calm about him, not talk a lot about him. He's started his career on a high."

Ravindra Jadeja is Player of the Match for his century and seven wickets: "We were in a difficult situation, looked to back my strengths, play my shots. Not be too conscious, just watch the ball and play the ball. Batting first, the ball comes on nicely. Once we won the toss, this is what we wanted - bat first, bowl second. You won't get easy wickets [on this surface] you have to work hard. Need to bowl in good areas, can't just bowl and get wickets."

4.50pm: Eight wickets in the evening session confirms the inevitable, India go 2-1 up with two to play. The margin is India's biggest by runs in Tests, with England's talk of chasing whatever they're set for once shown to be hollow. The home side were pretty dominant throughout, certainly once they had recovered from 33 for 3 on the first morning; England missed their chances with the ball and then frittered away an imposing start with the bat. Some thinking to do, perhaps, ahead of the fourth Test, starting in Ranchi on Friday (not that England really do introspection under the current regime)

TV have grabbed Yashasvi Jaiswal, who made his second Test double-hundred earlier today, for a quick chat: "I'm just trying... whenever I'm set, to make it big. Because in Test cricket you never know, when you're playing well you have to make it big. [Different phases of this double century] It was pretty difficult for me because initially I wasn't getting runs. So had to play the session, and get set. That's when I felt I could score runs. After a while my back was not good. I didn't want to go out [of the field] but since it was too much, I went out. Today when I came, I wanted to make sure that I take the game forward and bat till the end. [Starting out slow] I felt there was something in the wicket and the ball was hard. For me, it is important for me to give teams a good start so it was important for me to play long. [On low days] I tell myself whenever I get set, I need to score well because you can get out anytime. My seniors have said to make it count. The way Rohit bhai and Jaddu bhai played, that motivated me a lot. Their passion determined me to play session by session. I thought inside the dugout that when I go out there I should also make it count. Test cricket is hard, but I thought that when I'm in there, I need to give my 100%."

"England immediately remembered to use bazball on their 38th over!" chuckles Shijo Varghedr. "But it's a bit late!"

Graham: "Mark Wood scoring England's fastest ever test 50 and then losing by 400 runs would be classic bazball"

Ashwin to Jimmy

Ah, another front-foot no-ball

Jadeja to Wood. India closing in on record win