🏏 India vs England, 4th Test-- JSCA Stadium Complex, Ranchi 🏏 - Page 66

Tanay: "Had Stokes started with Anderson yesterday instead of hartley then this could have been different. The 40 runs scored in the last session yesterday could have been the difference between win and the loss" Yes, that was a mis-step from Stokes. A few overs of guaranteed composure from England's senior pro might have got them into their work rather better.

Vinayak: "Well, the scoreline does not reflect how closely the series has been fought .. rings a bell?" It does actually... India were significantly better than 1-4 on the 2018 tour of England. I wouldn't be surprised if that scoreline is repeated now

S Kishore: "What a turnaround from India. Having lost the first match, England had held the aces to win the series, but credit to India to fightback and steal the series victory."

This is first series defeat for England under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum. Also, the first time they have lost three Tests in succession.

India winning a series after being 0-1 down

2-1(5) vs Eng 1972/73

2-1(3) vs Aus 2000/01

2-1(3) vs SL 2015

2-1(4) vs Aus 2016/17

2-1(4) vs Aus 2020/21

3-1(4) vs Eng 2020/21

3-1(4*) vs Eng 2023/24

- 17th successive series win for India at home.

India chasing under 200 at home

Instances: 33

Won: 30

Drawn: 3

Lost: 0

- First successful 150+ chase in India since 2013. The last came against Australia in Delhi in March 2013 (India won by six wickets).

Tenth Test defeat for Stokes, Root & Anderson in India - the joint most for a player alongside Ricky Ponting.

Ben Stokes - I think it was a great Test match. If you see the scoreboard, it'll say India won by 5 wickets, but it doesn't give credit to the way things unfolded. I can only be proudof my team, we 've had some inexperiencedspinners (Bashir and Hartley), but I'm proud of their efforts. Part of my captaincy is allowing the young guys to revel and the freedom to play in some difficult conditions in India. I am a massive Test cricketfan, the numbers of youngsters coming along in both teams sets things up nicely for the future. If you look yesterday, anything was possible, it was incredibly difficult against the spinners, we knew the pitch wouldn't get any better, as we saw today. I don't think the criticismof Joe Root has been fair, the sheer amount of crickethe's played, he's incredible. So is Bashir, taking 8 wickets after having hardly played a lot of cricket is superb. You want to win series, you want to play and win cricketmatches. The only thing I can say is we left nothing on the field, we've fought hard and I'm happy with that.

Rohit Sharma - It's been a very hard fought series. To come at the right side of it at the end of 4 Tests, I'm feeling very proud of the boys - I'm happy at having achieved what we wanted to do, a very composed and very spirited set of guys. It clearly tells me that they want to be here, all the hard grind, in local and domestic cricket. It's a big challenge to play Test cricket, but the response has been quite encouraging. The only work for Rahul bhai and me is to get the things done. They're very clear at what they want to do, Jurel, in his second play, showed a lot of composure and has the shots as well. His 90 in the first innings brought us close to England's total and he showed a lot of calmness and maturity in the 2nd innings. It's always not pleasing to miss key players,but there's nothing we can't do as a group. It wasn't easy for these guys to come and fill their shoes, there was a lot of pressure from outside, not inside, a lot of things were written and spoken about, but performances like this will motivate them to do better in the future. We turn up to every Test match thinking we will win, we're not going to dwell into the past, we're 3-1 ahead with a Test to go. A lot of the guys haven't been used to playing a 5-Test series, but we'll go there to do the same job and try to win the last Test as well.

Dhruv Jurel | Player of the Match - I play according to the demands of the situation. The 1st innings, we needed to get runs as well, we knew we had to bat last and so any runs would be vital. I was involved in some partnerships, so credit does go to all those who stayed and added runs. I just saw the ball and then reacted to it, not thinking too far ahead. The conversation was good (with Shubman Gill in the 2nd innings), we just broke it into 10-run sets and started developing the partnership.