3rd Test: India end Day 1 at 99/3 wkts, replying to Eng’s 112

Ahmedabad, Feb 24 : India, in reply to Englands first-innnings 112, were 99 for three wickets at close on the opening day of the third day-night Test against England here on Wednesday.Rohit Sharma was batting on 57 off 82 balls and Ajinkya Rahane was on one.

India are still 13 runs short of matching Englands total.Captain Virat Kohli was out for 27 just minutes before the close.

Earlier, left-arm spinner Axar Patel took six wickets and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bagged three to hasten the end of Englands first innings.Opener Zak Crawley was the the top scorer for England with 53 -- the solitary half-century of the innings.

The next highest score was captain Joe Roots 17.Brief scores: England: 112 all out in 48.