England vs India 2018: 3rd Test, Day 3 - Statistical Highlights

Team India skipper Virat Kohli led from the front to guide his team post a massive total against England on day three of the third Test at Trent Bridge. Here we are with the statistical highlights.

Kohli, meanwhile, scored his second hundred of the series to take the lead over 400-run mark. He along with Cheteshwar Pujara dominated the English attack throughout the first two sessions.

While Kohli was the aggressor, Pujara played the waiting game. He left balls outside the off stump to frustrate the English bowlers. The likes of James Anderson and Stuart Broad looked venomless as they struggled to attract any swing from the pitch. Although Pujara departed adding 72 runs, there was no stopping Virat Kohli. Kohli then partnered Ajinkya Rahane to bring his second century grandly. This is his fifth hundred against England and 23rd overall.

Although Kohli departed shortly, Hardik Pandya ensured the scoreboard keeps moving. After a superb bowling spell, he was out with the bat doing the job for India. He soon reached his fifty in equal number of balls before Virat Kohli called his players from the dressing room to set a target of 521 runs against England.

India wanted to put some pressure on England picking a wicket or two but the openers showed enough grit to see off the day keeping the wickets intact.

Here are the statistical highlights of day three of the third Test between England and India at Trent Bridge:

• India has set a target of 521 against England at Trent Bridge. This is the highest target ever set by India against England. The second best is 500 at The Oval in 2007.

• Virat Kohli now has the highest number of runs scored in a Test series against England, Australia, and South Africa as an Indian captain.

• This is the ninth time Virat Kohli has scored half-centuries in both the innings of a Test match. Only Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid stand ahead of him achieving the feat tenth times.

• Virat Kohli (441) now has the most runs scored in a Test series by an Indian skipper in England. Mohammad Azharuddin holds the second spot with 426 runs during in 1990 tour.

• This is the 25th time India have managed to score 300+ runs in both the innings of a Test match. Out of those 25, 14th times, it has come outside India.

• Virat Kohli (56.09) now has the second-best conversion rates from a fifty to a century. Don Bradman leads the chart with 69.05 conversion rates.