England thrashed by India
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Jonathan Agnew is alongside Phil Tufnell and Michael Vaughan for reaction to England's defeat in the third test to India in Rajkot.
Hear Ben Stokes' thoughts on the crumbling defeat on day four, plus he tells Stephan Shemilt about his frustration with some of the DRS decisions in the series so far.
Stephan gets the India perspective from former India wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik who was keen to heap praise on Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan who starred with the bat in this third test.
Also, Jonathan, Phil and Michael talk about Mike Procter after the South African great died at the age of 77.
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| 0:49.9 | Hello, I'm Jonathan Agnew and welcome to the TMS podcast. Well England have lost the third |
| 0:55.2 | test to India and Rajkop by a staggering 434 runs, 434 so truly a hammering and to come we'll hear from the Captain Ben Stokes on that loss |
| 1:06.4 | and Dinesh Kartik who's been speaking to Stephen Shemelt in Rajkot about the quality of both |
| 1:11.2 | sufferers Khan and Yishabhi Yveswell who we've been purring |
| 1:15.2 | as we were watching back this afternoon wonderful partnership that. |
| 1:19.0 | I would also talk about the death of the former South Africa all round and Mike Proctor. |
| 1:23.1 | He died over 90 at the age of 77. |
| 1:25.7 | But before that, I'm alongside Phil Tuft and Michael Vaughan again. |
| 1:29.5 | I just picked through the bare bones quickly |
| 1:31.6 | of what happened today for people who haven't |
| 1:33.4 | caught up. I mean basically India ran amuck. They scored 234 runs in 47 overs. |
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