England faces a sizeable battle to avoid a series defeat to India as they trail by 257 runs in the rescheduled fifth LV= Insurance Test, with the tourists only three down in their second innings at the close of day three at Easton.
Jonny Bairstow (106) hit another magnificent hundred - his third in as many games and fifth in his last eight tests - to help England, reeling at 84-5 overnight, post 284 in their first innings.
India, with a lead of 132, lost Sherman Gill (4) in James Anderson's opening over, but with (50no) leading by example - bringing up a 33rd Test fifty late in the day - they fought their way into a dominant position at 125-3 by stumps.
Scorecard: England vs India
Viral Kohl (20) fell late in the day, extending his barren run of 32 Test innings without a century stretching back to November 2019 - Ben Stokes (1-22) with a snorter of a delivery to take Kohl's glove and Joe Root showing super reflexes to claim the catch on the rebound as Sam Billings first spilled it behind the stumps.
Stokes, in particular, found considerable movement late in the day England couldn't add further to their wicket tally, with first-innings centurion Rishabh Pant coming in and cracking four boundaries to sit unbeaten on 30 at the close
England's captain will be disappointed with his dismissal earlier in the day. He and Bairstow countered to good effect in the morning, as expected, but Stokes did not heed the warnings to rein in his aggressive stroke play somewhat when dropped on 16 and again on 25, the ball before his downfall to the very same shot.
Stokes continually charged down the pitch to the skilled Indian steamers and firstly skied one high and to Shards Shakur at cover, who spilled the chance. Shakur (1-48) made amends soon after, with ball in hand, as esprit Bumrah took a terrific diving catch to his left a ball after dropping a far simpler chance to see the back of the skipper.
England vs India 5th Test Day 3 Highlights: India were 125 for three at stumps against England on the third day of the rescheduled fifth Test on Sunday. Having taken a first-innings lead of 132 runs, the visitors have extended their overall lead to 257 with seven wickets remaining in their second innings. At close of play, Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant were batting on 50 and 30 respectively. India bowled out England for 284 in their first innings. Jonny Bairstow was the most successful batter for England as he smashed 106 off 140 balls. He added 66 with skipper Ben Stokes (25) before forging a 92-run partnership with Sam Billings (36).
India 1st innings: 416 and 125/3 in 45 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara 50 batting, Rishabh Pant 30 batting)
England 1st innings: 284 all out in 61.3 overs (Jonny Bairstow 106; Jasprit Bumrah 3/68, Mohammed Siraj 4/66).
Follow highlights of ENG vs IND from Edgbaston below.
India tour of England, 2021/22 - 5th Test
England
284 (61.3)vs
India
416 (84.5) & 146/3 (49.5)
Bowling
James Anderson * 1/37 (16.5)
Joe Root 0/15 (5)
Batting
Cheteshwar Pujara * 61 (156)
Rishabh Pant 37 (59)
Play In Progress ( Day 4 - 5th Test )
India lead by 278 runs
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IND vs ENG 5th Test Day 3 Highlights: Catch all the highlights of England vs India from Edgbaston, Birmingham
23:33 (IST)
03 JUL 2022
ENG vs IND 5th Test Day 3 Live: Stumps
That's that for the day as Pujara's 50 will give India hope for a better day for batting tomorrow. India lead by 257 runs. They have 7 wickets in hand heading to Day 4.
23:31 (IST)
03 JUL 2022
ENG vs IND 5th Test Day 3 Live: 50 for Pujara
That's Pujara's 50. This is his 5th 50 for the batter. He needed that. A fifty on his comeback. England players look pretty grumpy in the middle though.
23:26 (IST)
03 JUL 2022
ENG vs IND 5th Test Day 3 Live: Warning!
Pujara gets a warning for running onto the danger area. If he does one more time, there will be a five-run penalty awarded to England. IND 123/3 after 44 overs.


23:08 (IST)
03 JUL 2022
ENG vs IND 5th Test Day 3 Live: Dukes ball!

39th over into India's innings, and the Dukes ball has been changed twice. Things haven't improved much after the England versus New Zealand series, where both teams weren't happy with the ball getting softer and losing its shape frequently.
23:04 (IST)
03 JUL 2022
ENG vs IND 5th Test Day 3 Live: Four!
Pant breaks free with a first-ball boundary against Broad. He walks down the wicket and hits it in the gap and fetches a boundary. IND 113/3 after 39 overs
22:48 (IST)
03 JUL 2022
ENG vs IND 5th Test Day 3 Live: 100 up for India
Good start to the 36th over by Pant as he flicks his wrists for a four. Second ball is off the leg and goes behind but yields only 2 runs. Next 2 balls yield 3 more runs as 100 comes up for India. IND 102/3 after 36 overs
22:31 (IST)
03 JUL 2022
ENG vs IND 5th Test Day 3 Live: Pujara survives
Now then, England has reviewed an LBW against Pujara. The onfield umpire wasn't interested and it's umpire's call. Good review but Pujara survives. IND 86/3 after 32 overs.
22:12 (IST)
03 JUL 2022
ENG vs IND 5th Test Day 3 Live: Kohli gone!!!
That's gone!!! Stokes strikes and Kohli's hard luck continues. It bounces off Kohli's gloves, bounces off Billings' and ultimately taken by Root in the slip. Everyone will be mighty relieved with that. IND 75/3 after 29.5 overs
21:58 (IST)
03 JUL 2022
ENG vs IND 5th Test Day 3 Live: Glorious shot by Kohli
What a shot by Kohli to hit Anderson for a four. That was vintage Kohli. There was a certain crispness to that lovely cover drive. India will hope for more of that. IND 73/2 after 27 overs
21:40 (IST)
03 JUL 2022
ENG vs IND 5th Test Day 3 Live: Maiden from Anderson
James Anderson versus Virat Kohli now; Season 8 of the world's longest-running cricket battle. Given that Anderson would turn 40 in a few days, this could well be the last. A bit anti-climatic, this over as Kohli struggles to get off the mark. Maiden for Anderson. IND 63/2 after 2
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