India vs England 3rd Test Day 3: Anderson and Broad rock India

James Anderson and Stuart Broad each took three wickets to leave India in trouble on 323 for eight, 246 runs adrift of England, after the third day of the third Test on Tuesday. Anderson picked up three for 52 while fast bowling partner Broad shrugged aside some indifferent recent performances to snatch three for 65. The pair were well backed up by spinner Moeen Ali who took two for 62 after being banned by the International Cricket Council from sporting the "Save Gaza" and "Free Palestine" wristbands he wore on Monday. Ajinkya Rahane and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni made half-centuries but England, 1-0 down in the five-match series, are in control as they bid to win their first test in 11 outings. "I've probably been putting too much pressure on myself to take responsibility and I just wanted to get back to enjoying my cricket," Broad told reporters. "Before this Test coach Peter Moores came up to us and said, 'Go and express yourselves', which freed me up a bit. I'm an attacking cricketer but perhaps I fell into a defensive mindset after the tough time we've been going through." Resuming on 25 for one, the dangerous Broad quickly removed Cheteshwar Pujara (24) and Murali Vijay (35). Anderson tempted Virat Kohli (39) into a tentative prod outside off stump after lunch and the edge was snapped up by captain Alastair Cook. Moeen then removed Rohit Sharma for 28, ending a watchful stand of 74 with Rahane. The spinner also claimed Rahane's wicket following an elegant 54, top-edging a short delivery to substitute fielder Sean Terry at mid-wicket. The dismissal was another example of India's batsmen being victims of their own downfall as they showed poor shot selection throughout. BRIEF REVIVAL Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja led a brief revival, displaying the counter-attacking style that helped guide India to victory in the last Test at Lord's. When their seventh-wicket partnership had reached 58 Anderson bowled a beauty to Jadeja that nipped back and cannoned into his pads to leave the tourists on the ropes. Lower-order batsman Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who has hit three half-centuries on the tour, fell to Broad for 19, edging on to his pads and watching the ball loop up to Gary Ballance at slip. Dhoni struck a patient unbeaten 50 and will resume with Mohammed Shami (four) on Wednesday morning as India look to scrape past the follow-on mark of 370. Broad and Anderson reached a landmark on Tuesday, combining for their 500th wicket as a Test partnership. It made them only the third pair to achieve the feat, following Pakistani duo Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram and West Indians Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh. "To be in the company of people like that is a great honour and I think it shows the value of bowling partnerships," Broad said. "Jimmy and I are constantly talking not just on the field but also in the nets." CLOSE India are 323 for eight at close, still needing 47 to avoid the follow-on, with Dhoni unbeaten on 50. Dhoni reaches his 31st Test half century with lofting Broad over extra cover. Ind 319-8. Broad strikes as Ballance takes a diving catch at slip off a looping edge off the bat and pad from Kumar. Ind 313-8 in 98.4 overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar c Ballance b Broad 19 (35b 4x4 0x6) Dhoni clobbers Ali over midwicket for a six. Ind 313-7. Kumar pounces on some poor bowling by Broad to smack three boundaries as India get closer to avoiding follow-on. Ind 305-7. Dhoni steps up the ante getting a couple of boundaries off Anderson through extra cover and fine leg. Ind 284-7. Jadeja's breezy knock comes to an end beaten by a late inswinger from Anderson to be trappled leg before. Ind 275-7 in 88.1 overs. Ravindra Jadeja lbw b Anderson 31 (52b 6x4 0x6) Dhoni clips Broad to the fine leg fence while Jadeja bludgeons him to the boundary. Ind 252-6. Jadeja has plonked the first ball from Broad through the covers for a boundary. Ind 242-6. The second new ball has been taken after 80 overs with India 238-6. Ali picks up his second wicket inviting Rahane to pull only to miscue it to the mid-on fielder. Ind 217-6 in 70.1 overs. Ajinkya Rahane c sub (SP Terry) b Ali 54 (113b 5x4 0x6) Stuart Broad struck twice in the morning session, dismissing Cheteshwar Pujara and dangerman Murali Vijay with a superb display of pace bowling to put India on the back foot. After the lunch break, Anderson was rewarded for constructing a tight spell in which he conceded one run from four overs as he tempted Kohli (39) into a nibble outside off stump that carried low to Alastair Cook at slip. Rahane displayed the array of shots that earned him a sublime hundred in the second test at Lord's, and Sharma began to take the attack to Ali by dispatching him down the ground for a boundary. However, Ali fought back towards the end of the session as Sharma once again went on the attack, but he could only lift a tame delivery to Broad at mid-off. That ended a crucial partnership betwen Sharma and Rohane, who will resume unbeaten on 52 with captain Mahendra Sing