On Saturday, India faced off against England on day three of the third Test at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. The series is finely poised at 1-1, after England won in Hyderabad and India in Visakhapatnam.
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England began the day 237 runs behind India with eight wickets in hand, strongly positioned especially after India's loss of R Ashwin to a family emergency last night. However, the bowlers stepped up to bowl England out for 319 and secure a 126-run lead.
India began batting before tea, and lost captain Rohit Sharma for 19, trapped LBW by Joe Root. However, it was the Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill show after that, as the Indian batters took England to the cleaners.
Why did Yashasvi Jaiswal retire hurt during the third Test between India and England?
Jaiswal was watchful at the start of his innings, batting on 10 off 40 balls at one stage before stepping on the accelerator and reaching his second century of the series off 122 balls, cutting Mark Wood to the off-side boundary for four.
However, soon after reaching the three-figure mark, Jaiswal began to clutch his lower back in pain. The Indian team physio was called on to the field multiple times between overs to treat the batter, who was also given drinks and tablets.
However, the injury proved too much for Jaiswal, who blocked out an entire over from Tom Hartley (including a full toss), before taking the decision to retire hurt.
Can Yashasvi Jaiswal bat again in the match?
It remains to be seen how serious the injury is, but Jaiswal can resume his innings at the fall of an Indian wicket, as and when he is fit enough to bat.
ICC rules state: 'If a batsman retires because of illness, injury or any other
unavoidable cause, that batsman is entitled to resume his
innings. If for any reason this does not happen, that batsman is to be recorded as ‘Retired – not out’.
He can resume the innings, 'only at the fall of a wicket or the retirement of another batsman.'
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