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Kohli lifts India to virtual invincibility

AFP, Nottingham
'nd>a captain Virat Kohli succeeded where he had narrowly failed in the first ECB innings by scoring a cen-
tury to underline his side's dominant position on the third day of the third Test against England at Trent Bridge on Monday.
Kohli, who made 97 in India's first-innings 329, was still on his tea score of 93 not out when his edged drive off an outswinger from James Anderson, armed with the new ball, burst through Keaton Jennings's hands in the gully.
It was the latest dropped catch in the cordon by England this match and Anderson, whose duels with star batsman Kohli have been a feature of this series, put his head to his hands in evi-dentdespair after the ball wentforfour.
Next ball, Kohli edged Anderson, England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker, just short of Alastair Cook at first slip.
There was to be no denying Kohli his century and an edged boundary off Chris Woakes, his 10th four from 191 balls faced in nearly five hours at the crease, sawhimto a23rdTesthundred.
It was also his second in three matches after making 149 — his maiden Test century in England - in the series-opener at Edgbaston. I
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lead in the five-match contest to 2-1.
England needed to set a new all-time record if they were to achieve an improbable triumph as the most any side have made in the fourth innings to win a Test is West Indies' 418 for seven against Australia at St John's, Antigua, in 2003.
India resumed Monday on 124 for two, already 292 runs in front, with Cheteshwar Pujara 33 not out and Kohli unbeaten on eight.
With three days still left to play, India
could dictate the course of the game after skittling England out for 161, with Hardik Pandya taking a stunning five for 28 in six overs on Sunday.
While conditions offered a degree of assistance to swing bowlers on Sunday, they could not explain England's latest in a long line of batting collapses.
Having been 54 for none, they lost nine wickets for 74 runs and only avoided the follow-on thanks to Jos Buttler's 39.
England lost all 10 of their wickets inside a session - the third time that had happened since 2016.
And a score of 86 for four meant that in their past 61 Test innings, England had lost their fourth wicket having scored 100 runs or fewer on 30 occasions.
Another longstanding problem for England has been their slip catching and they floored their fifth chance in the cordon this match when Buttler, a wicket-keeper by trade, moved late at second slip before grassing a low, lefthanded chance after Pujara, on 40, edged Anderson.
SCORES IN BRIEF
INDIA: First innings 329
ENGLAND: First innings 161
INDIA: Second innings 270 for 3 (Dhawan 44, Rahul 36, Pujara 72, Kohli 93 not out, Rahane 17 notout; Stokes 2-53, Rashid 1-69)