India Set 374-Run Target After Jaiswal 100, Washington's Fifty

India vs England 5th Test

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LONDON: Yashasvi Jaiswal enhanced his reputation as an all-conditions opener with a gutsy hundred on a tough pitch before Washington Sundar's whirlwind fifty allowed India to set a record 374-run target for England on an absorbing day three of the final Test here on Saturday.

Jaiswal (118 off 164) rode his luck to complete his sixth Test hundred while the other significant contributions came from nightwatchman Akash Deep (66 off 94), Washington (53 off 46) and Ravindra Jadeja (53 off 77), who has been phenomenally consistent with the bat this series.

The highest successful chase is 263 at The Oval, but with the way England approach their game, one would not bet against the hosts just yet, having made short work of a 378-run target against India at Edgbaston three years ago and more recently the 371 they gunned down in the series opener at Leeds.

At stumps, England were 50 for one loss in 13.5 overs with Mohammed Siraj castling Zak Crawley with a yorker at the stroke of stumps.

The pitch did not look as green as it did on the first two days but still had enough for the fast bowlers. Akash Deep got a couple of balls to jump off length in the last hour of play.