We review the third Test between India and England in Rajkot – where a terrific all-round performance helped India go 2-1 up.

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Talking Points:

• India's magnificent bowling on Day 3
• How the flat pitches in this series are neutralizing Bazball
• India's spinners - turning the ball more with greater control
• Why England's batting tactics are actually a tribute to India's great bowling
• Why India are actually relentlessly attacking while England are highly defensive
• Why England should have played an extra seamer in all three Tests
• The problem for England's spinners in India - lack of control
• Sarfaraz Khan's old-school method of lofting spinners
• Shubman Gill's tweak to his technique
• Ashwin's 500th, Jadeja's stupendous Test
• Mohammad Siraj - non-stop relentless

Participants:

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

Ashoka (@ABVan)

Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo page

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