England batter Joe Root's 31st Test ton brought the game back to balance after India managed to race away in the first session of Day 1 of the fourth Test on Friday at the JSCA International Stadium Complex.
Akash Deep's three-wicket haul helped India to dominate over England at lunch on day one of the fourth Test match at JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi on Friday.
Often in this series, England have found themselves starting really well, with Duckett and Crawley putting on half-century stands four times out of five. The middle-order has let the Test matches slip from commanding positions and end it within less than five days. 'Bazball' it seems has
Following a 434-run loss against India on Sunday at Rajkot, England Test skipper Ben Stokes asserted that the team will look to win the rest of the two Tests at Ranchi and Dharamshala respectively to seal the series 3-2.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced that star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will return to India's squad in the ongoing five-match Test series against England after a brief absence due to a family emergency.
The 37-year-old Indian spinner reached the landmark during a match against England, Ashwin was on 499 scalps at the end of the second Test in Vizag and completed his 500th after dismissing Zak Crawley on Day 2 of the Rajkot Test.
Reflecting his storied cricketing journey after the reaching a massive career milestone of 500 Test wickets on the second day of the ongoing third Test against England on Friday, star India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin called himself an "accidental spinner".
The partnership of Ravichandran Ashwin & Dhruv Jurel and important runs from Jasprit Bumrah gave the upper hand to team India after the end of the second session on Day 2 of the third Test of the five-match series at Niranjan Shah Stadium on Friday.
England Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday named the playing eleven for the third Test match against India in Rajkot, as pacer Mark Wood replaced Shoaib Bashir in the playing squad.
Though England tried to go all guns blazing against India with their 'Bazball' school of cricket, playing a more positive, attacking and result-oriented cricket, it had to bow down to the greatness of pacer Jasprit Bumrah and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
England skipper Ben Stokes questioned the Decision Review System (DRS) over Zak Crawley's dismissal against India in the second Test match on Monday and said that "technology has gone wrong on this occasion".