Chennai Test: India 156/6 at lunch, extend lead to 351 runs
Chennai, Feb 15: India were 156 for 6 in their second innings at lunch on the third day of the second cricket Test against England here on Monday.
Virat Kohli's men have stretched their lead to 351 runs despite a less than impressive second essay.
At the break, Kohli (38) and senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (34) were holding fort for the home side.
For the visitors, Jack Leach and Moeen Ali have registered figures of 3/63 and 2/46 respectively.
Wicketkeeper Ben Foakes continued with his outstanding work, effecting two impressive stumpings.
Brief Scores:
England 1st Innings: 134 all out
India: 329 and 156 for 6 in 48 overs (Rohit Sharma 26, Virat Kohli 38 batting; Jack Leach 3/63).
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Indo-US trade deal will destroy Indian farmers: Rahul Gandhi
Barnala (Punjab) (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the Indo-US interim trade deal will destroy Indian farmers.
Addressing the "Mazdoor Kissan Maha Rally" here, Gandhi alleged that the deal had been stalled for four months due to disagreements over the opening of the agriculture sector.
"Question arises, the work which PM did not do for four months, why did he do it within 15 minutes?" he said and asked why the trade deal was suddenly done.
Gandhi said that Modi gave a guarantee to US President Donald Trump that every year India will buy US products worth Rs 9 lakh crore.
He said that the deal will "destroy Indian farmers".
During his address, Gandhi claimed he was not allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha recently after the President's address because he wanted to comment on former Army Chief Manoj Naravane's memoirs.
The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said he intended to refer to an unpublished book by Gen Naravane (retd), which, he claimed, described a lack of response from the political leadership during Chinese troop movements near the border.
Senior Congress leaders, including K C Venugopal, Bhupesh Baghel, Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Leader of Opposition in Punjab, Partap Singh Bajwa, former chief ministers Charanjit Singh Channi and Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Randhawa and another senior leader from the state Vijay Inder Singla were present.
