India won the test series 3-1 against England with one match remaining. India were already leading the series with 2-1. The 4th match has been played at Ranchi. Today was the 4th day and India were needed 152 runs. They won the match with 5 wickets. This match helped them to win the series. This is a huge win for them as they were without Kohli, KL Rahul and so other. The young players who got selected in this series were so good through out the series. They justified their selection.
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India vs England Day 4 :
India were given a target of 192 for the 4th innings of the match. They scored 40 without losing any wicket at the end of day 3. Today they required 152 runs with 10 wickets in hand. The chase should have easy for them but it wasn’t. They lost their 1st wicket on 84 and suddenly collapsed their batting line up. Once they were struggling on 120/5.
Then Shubman Gill was there for his team. He sticked to the wicket till they won the match. He scored 52 off 124 with 2 over boundaries. Dhruv Jurel gave him companion on the 22 yards. Dhruv scored 39 off 77 with two boundaries. And he also scored the winning runs for his team.
Today Shoaib Bashir got 3 wickets in expense of 79 runs. Joe Root and Tom Hartley got one each. They fought hard but they were nowhere to win the match. There was nothing to do for Ben Stokes.
Indian Spinners Were On Fire :
Indian spinners were so good through out the series and specially on the 4th match as they were without Bumrah, spinners came forward to rescue their team. Indian spinner got 15 wicket out of 20 in this match. Spinners got 5 wicket in the first innings but all the 10 wickets of 2nd innings were taken by them.
Ravichandran Ashwin got 6 wicket in expense of 134 runs, Kuldeep Yadav got 4 wicket in the second innings, Ravindra Jadeja got 5 wickets. They were so tricky in the field, English batsmen were unable to read him. And they were also got more average turn than English spinners.
Young English Spinner Shoaib Bashir :
20 Years old Shoaib Bashir was waiting at Dubai for his VISA. After reaching India he is playing so good across tests. In the 4th test he was the only English spinner who asked questions to Indian batters at their home. He got a five fer in the first innings by spending 119 runs, and got a three fer in the 2nd innings in expense of 79 runs.
He got 8 wickets in this match. Even Indian spinner didn’t get 8 wicket. he is really a very good talent. We can expect more fire from him later on in this series and also in his career.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan :
Young Yashasvi Jaiswal in his epic form across formats. He is playing so well in recent times. He is one of the main artist behind India’s series win. he has scored two double tons in this series on 2nd 7 3rd match. He has scored a total of 655 runs in 8 innings. He is currently averaging 93.57 in this series. Also he has a good strike rate 78.63.
Sarfaraz Khan is another talent. In his inning he has scored 144 runs. But the nature of play was so eye catching. He got a chance after scoring so many runs in domestics. He is a proven player of red ball format.
Record Alert :
- Chasing 192 is the first 150 + successful chase since 2013.
- This is the first series defeat for England under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum.
- Tenth Test defeat for Stokes, Root & Anderson in India, This joint most for a player alongside Ricky Ponting.
- India is continuing the longest win streak at home in tests. This is 17th in a streak.
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