Craig Overton delivers verdict on third Test after India fight back on day three

England bowler Craig Overton has delivered his verdict on day three of the third Test against India, after Cheteshwar Pujara led the visitors' fightback.

Once England's lower order was quickly removed in the morning, India's batters fought hard against an England bowling attack which had blown them away on day one.

England's attack did bowl well, but India's batters held firm, with Rohit Sharma scoring 59 and Pujara and Virat Kohli ending the day not out on 91 and 45 respectively.

Reflecting on the day's play on BBC Test Match Special, Overton said: "The wicket has got slower. There is still a little bit of swing with the cloud cover, but the pitch is slow.

"It is not doing as much as the first day, so you've really got to be on your lengths to get the nicks and sometimes they won't carry because it is slow.

"It was an attritional day and we've got the new ball in the morning so hopefully we can start well, get a couple of early ones, and they are under pressure again."

Overton ended the day with figures of 1-35 and was largely impressive, picking up the wicket of KL Rahul (8) thanks to a sharp slip catch from Jonny Bairstow.

He added: "It looked like Jonny made the catch a little harder than it was! No, it was a great catch. Any slip catch is never easy, I know that from my experiences, so I'm just glad it stuck."

England will be able to take the new ball straight away on day four and Overton knows they will need to make the most of it.

"We've got to try and make them play as much as possible," he said. "Hopefully it will be cloudy tomorrow.

"We've just got to stick in, look to make the most of the new ball, because it will do a little bit off the surface, and then stick in for the rest of the day."

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