New Delhi: High on confidence after thrashing England in the second Test in Chennai, the Virat Kohli-led Indian team will look to keep the winning momentum going when they take the field in the pink-ball Test. A win will take them one step closer to a spot in the final of the maiden World Test Championship.
Surpassing Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Motera has become the largest cricket stadium in the world. The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is spread over 63 acres, with a seating capacity of 1.10 lakh people. Currently, Melbourne is the largest cricket stadium in the world. It can accommodate 90,000 people simultaneously.
ENG 112 (48.4) CRR: 2.3
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah
England (Playing XI): Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root(c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes(w), Jofra Archer, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
LIVE UPDATES:
# Ashwin to Ollie Pope, out Bowled!! Ollie Pope b Ashwin 1(12)
# Axar to Bairstow, out Lbw!! Aired through the arm ball, Bairstow prodded forward and missed the line. He thought he was forward enough and didn’t hesitate to take review. The ball was arrowed in straight and three reds is what the ball tracker suggested.
# Ashwin to Root, out Lbw!! What a blow this is for England. Root pays the price for hanging back to a fairly full ball. As soon as the ball hit the pad, he was shaking his head in disappointment for misjudging the length on that delivery.
# Ishant to Sibley, out Caught by Rohit!! Gone! Ishant celebrates his 100th outing in Tests with a lovely delivery outside off. Forced the batter to dangle his bat outside off and Sibley edged it for the man at second slip to take it. Sibley c Rohit b Ishant 0(7)
Toss Update!
England have won the toss & elected to bat against #TeamIndia in the third @Paytm #INDvENG Test.
Follow the match ? https://t.co/mdTZmt9WOu pic.twitter.com/dfXBK8XPCn
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 24, 2021
As CM, he used to say Gujaratis must also progress in 2 fields-sports&armed forces. He took charge of GCA on my request&promoted sports here. His vision was that world's largest cricket stadium be built here. This 1,32,000-seater stadium will be known as Narendra Modi Stadium: HM pic.twitter.com/bn2BNcLA57
— ANI (@ANI) February 24, 2021
Gujarat: President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates Narendra Modi Stadium, the world's largest cricket stadium, at Motera in Ahmedabad
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat, Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, and BCCI Secretary Jay Shah also present pic.twitter.com/PtHWjrIeeH
— ANI (@ANI) February 24, 2021
Gujarat: President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife perform 'bhumi pujan' of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Sports Enclave in Ahmedabad's Motera
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel also present pic.twitter.com/vWlEnoTPQ1
— ANI (@ANI) February 24, 2021
Good afternoon from Motera ?️?#PinkBallTest #INDvENG @Paytm pic.twitter.com/JiTvP9pY6Q
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 24, 2021
Will miss being at the stadium today ..what an effort it must have been to create this ..pink test was our dream and it's going be the 2nd one in india.hope to see full stands like last time. Under the leadership of Honble Prime minister @narendramodi Amit Shah @AmitShah .. pic.twitter.com/za7vdYHTN0
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) February 24, 2021
@JayShah and every office bearer and member of GCA ..must be proud of creating this infrastructure for every cricketer of Gujarat and India…Good wishes for today ..First international game after it was built ..@BCCI pic.twitter.com/mMXS38ky6z
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) February 24, 2021
Ahmedabad: President Ram Nath Kovind to formally inaugurate Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera where pink-ball Test match between India and England will begin today#Gujarat pic.twitter.com/vnxTcS3Vbh
— ANI (@ANI) February 24, 2021
Motera in all readiness ?
Just a few hours left for the #PinkBallTest #INDvENG @Paytm
ARE YOU READY ??? #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/EdyGsLlQws
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 24, 2021
Journey to ?th Test ?
Off-field memories ?
Bonding with teammates ?As @ImIshant is set to play his 100th Test at Motera, #TeamIndia congratulate the pacer & reminisce memories shared with him ?? – by @RajalArora.@Paytm #INDvENG
Full feature ? ? https://t.co/bhvwfpUaUP pic.twitter.com/V0xKU6HkGM
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 23, 2021
