In reply, England overhauled the target in just 44. England got to a flying start, courtesy Johnny Bairstow's 30 off 13 balls. However, his stay in the middle was cut short by Shardul Thakur and India got a india england test match ka live score breakthrough. Thank you for joining us on all the action, until next time, it's goodbye. England need 1 run to win. Bhuvneshwar Kumar spills one, hit too hard by Eoin Morgan from a full-toss delivery by Hardik Pandya and the ball was travelling quick at some pace there. England need 10 to win. Root unbeaten on 86 while India england test match ka live score on 86. Both the batsmen have got a lot to the India team and especially Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri to think about after that miserable performance. Looks more like England are playing through just as a part of formality, Shardul Thakur steps in to bowl the 40th over. Yadav had a night to forget. England need 28 runs from 72 balls now. England have a free-hit, dispatched by Joe Root for a boundary. A slightly more economical, but wickets it what matters and both the India spin duo have failed to deliver. Kuldeep has conceded a total of 40 runs. Short-pitched delivery from Shardul Thakur, Morgan pulls it to the square leg for a boundary. Short balls have costed India heavily today, still no signs of them drying up. The visitors need 85 runs to clinch the series. Morgan moves to 49 runs from 57 balls. The hosts need mere 99 runs with eight wickets in hand to clinch the series. At the current rate, it is looking like a cake walk for England. Kohli has been too dependent on his spin duos, who have failed to prove their mettle in the match, credit the all-round show from England. The third-wicket stand between Root and Morgan is now of 67 runs. England need 116 runs more to win the series. Joe Root sweeps Kuldeep Yadav for a boundary. Joe Root leans over the ball to play it through the covers from a tossed up Kuldeep Yadav delivery, getting it's treatment. Six runs from that over. The hosts need 179 runs to win. Kuldeep Yadav to bowl from the other end. James Vince departs for 27, third umpire confirms. Joe Root dispatches it for a boundary a deep square leg, too many hit-me balls from the India seamers. After he went for a plenty in the first two overs. Jonny Bairstow departs for 30. Soft-dismissal hands an easy catch to Suresh Raina at mid-wicket. India need to find a breakthrough here. Virat Kohli might be forced to bring on his spin duos. Two consecutive boundaries from Hardik Pandya over now, Bairstow has raced to 26 off mere 11 deliveries. Jonny Bairstow stands tall and punches the ball through the covers first then smashes one to the leg-side, before he dispatches the third one to deep backward point, expensive over from Bhuvneshwar. Not giving any room to Vince. James Vince punches the ball on the front foot for a boundary in the very first ball which kept wide and way outside off. Bhuvneshwar Kumar tries to find a six down the leg side from a low full-toss delivery by Willey, but rather finds Jonny Bairstow at deep mid-wicket. A brilliant cameo from Thakur to provide crucial runs at the death might make the difference for the visitors. Shardul Thakur dispatches a slower bouncer from Stokes into the stands towards deep backward square leg, what is he doing lower down the order. First maximum of the match comes from Shardul Thakur's willow, as he hits Ben Stokes over deep mid-wicket, india england test match ka live score fact that is the first hit over the fence in two matches for India. Full-length delivery from David Willey well picked by the batsman as the ball races to the fence. Dhoni again, picks up his gap, lovely roll of his wrist in anticipation of the shorter delivery from Ben Stokes. A welcome one for India, comes from Dhoni's willow towards backward square leg, he moves to 32 runs from 56 balls. S Dhoni needs to switch to the slog mode now. He has scored 28 runs from 51 balls. S Dhoni will need to change gears from here on. Hardik Pandya departs for 21, takes a thin edge from the good length delivery bowled by Mark Wood as it carries to Jos Buttler. Surely India's time to take on the attack over the English bowlers. Ali failed to scalp a wicket today but has been economical. Sheer timing on that inside-out shot from Hardik Pandya falls wide from Liam Plunkett at long-off. Rashid concedes 9 from his last over. Remind you, Rashid only plays the white ball cricket these days for England. Pandya moves to 9 runs off 12 balls. Dhoni unbeaten on 21 runs off 30 balls, Hardik Pandya has scored 8 off the 9 deliveries he has faced. Adil Rashid picks his second in the over as Suresh Raina walks back for 1, caught by Joe Root, the scrambled seem did the damage. Now Virat Kohli plays a back-foot on drive to find the fence as the sweeper fielder had no chance to clean up the ball. S Dhoni sweeps one to find the fence at backward square leg from a Moeen Ali delivery. The Moeen Ali delivery saw M. S Dhoni dancing a long way down the track before it took the pads. Kohli rolls his wrist over the delivery from Adil Rashid as he plays the shot and the ball travels to the backward square leg to find the fence. Dinesh Karthik departs for 21, after the delivery from Adil Rashid took an inside edge to hit the stumps. Plunkett will be a worry for the England side, he has leaked away too many runs. So, Eoin Morgan has deployed spinners from both the end. Shikhar Dhawan run out fro 44, after a fine knock but a ill-planned judgement did the damage on the visitors Ben Stokes makes a direct hit on to the stumps. Moeen Ali to bowl his third over. Upper cut from the Indian skipper Kohli, well directed, one bounce to the fence. Ben Stokes' delivery has been slapped away by Virat Kohli as he hits it in the front and moves to 28 runs off 33 balls. India looking to recover well after a poor start and losing the important wicket of Rohit Sharma. Three dot balls to start the proceedings before Shikhar Dhawan takes a single and moves to 21 runs off 33 balls. Shikhar Dhawan punches Liam Plunkett's delivery down the line for a cover drive as the ball races away to the fence. Virat Kohli took a single off the last ball to retain strike. Virat Kohli plays a nervy chip over the mid-on, four valuable runs for India, came off the middle of the bat. Rohit Sharma departs, bit of frustration in that shot which came from a David Willey delivery as he tried to chip to deep backward square leg, straight into the arms of Mark Wood. Dhawan plays a pulls shot, way out off reach for Moeen Ali at deep fine leg. Shikhar Dhawan scores the first boundary for India, through a lovely cover drive which went like a bullet to the fence. Widish delivery from Wood, Rohit tries to follow but fails to get a bat to it as the ball gets a good height on the carry to Jos Buttler. For England, Mark Wood will begin the proceedings. One change for the hosts, James Vince comes in place of Jason Roy. Expect the weather to be partly cloudy and we might also see some thunderstorm as we proceed ahead in the day. Assistant coach Sanjay Bangar had given a thumbs up for his inclusion, in that case he might replace Siddharth Kaul -- who has been economical in the initial two matches but failed to provide crucial breakthroughs. Hosts England, with a morale-boosting victory in the previous encounter, will aim to continue playing ruthless cricket as advised by their key batsman Joe Root post the last match. Root -- who notched up a century in the last encounter, will also be the key in English batting department alongside Eoin Morgan and openers Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow to get them off to a good start.
