🏏 India vs England, 4th Test-- JSCA Stadium Complex, Ranchi 🏏 - Page 65

Day 1 started with India having England on the mat at 112 for 5, but Joe Root capitalized on Bumrah's absence to make a sparkling 121* as the visitors rallied. 3532 was a par score on this surface, but it quickly became evident that this wasn't a high-scoring ground. India slipped from 86 for 1 to 176 for 7 late on Day 2 and there were whispers of the series getting levelled, but then came Dhruv Jurel. The youngster, batting in just his 2nd Test, showed immense character and spirit - he forged useful stands with Kuldeep and Akash Deep, reducing the deficit to a mere 46, with a battling 90.Having abttled back into contention, India bared their fangs in England's second innings - Zak Crawley made 60, but Ashwin grabbed his 35th Test 5-wicket haul to skittle them out for 145, leaving India to get 192 for a historic series victory.

Rajesh: "The young guys have matured overnight.....what a spirit!!!"

Anand: "To be fair to England, take Anderson out and ratio doesnt look so clean..." This is true. Root, Stokes and Bairstow also have more than 300 caps between them. Hartley and Bashir redress the balance a touch.

Vishal: "what a match, what a series this has been so far. Test cricket is not for you if you are not glued to this series. Hats off to England and Stokes for the way they have fought."

Congratulations TEAM INDIA.

DHRUV JUREIL

THE MAN OF THIS TEST👍

All the best for future career.👍

Sarfaraj failed in this test match.

In his 1st test match , he played well.

No one should take one's place guaranteed in the team .

Highest ratio between Test caps of opposition and India's XI where they won:

2.83 vs Australia, Chennai 2001 (617 vs 218)

2.51 vs England, Vizag 2024 (632 vs 252)

2.35 vs Australia, Brisbane 2021 (505 vs 215)

2.27 vs England, Ranchi 2024 (668 vs 294)

2.25 vs Australia, Delhi 1996 (369 vs 164)

2.12 vs England, Rajkot 2024 (674 vs 318)

Three of the top six came in this series only

Having started today's play at 40 for 0, India quickly went from 84 for 0 to 120 for 5 and the demons of Hyderabad would've certainly been in the minds ofr the Indians - not for Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel, the two youngsters batted beautfully, rotated the strike and then burst the tap open when victory was in sight. For a change, it was England's spinners who lost the plot - Bashir was once again excellent, but Hartley did struggle for consistency. Stokes kept changing the field, kept enticing the batters into false shots, but it was India's day and they romped home with 5 wickets to spare.3-1 with a Test to go in Dharamsala, the series is won, but there're 12 WTC points up for grabs. That's the beauty of Test cricket now and both teams will look to finish the series on a high.

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Rohit and his lines

Shuman Gill: We were put under pressure by them, but we got a good start by our openers, losing couple of wickets put pressure. But Jurel came out and took the pressure off. You have to see the situation and play accordingly - they were bowling well and protecting the boundaries, also not giving maidens and keep picking the singles (was the mindset). I just told him (Jurel) you batted beautifully in the first innings and to have the same mindset, try to use the feet to negate the off-spinner. The way he came down and played was beautiful. The first innings the ball was not turning much and hence I didn't use my feet, but second innings I decided to take the LBW out of the equation by using my feet. It means the world to us, coming here and having to play the series with not much batting experience, having lost KL after the first Test.. but Rohit Bhai backed us and gave us the confidence to go out and play with freedom

Sam: "England may claim moral victories and but need series wins to be a world beating team" It's a fair point. That's two big ones slipped through their fingers now. But let's see how they take their approach to Australia next time out...