India Vs England 4th Test 1st Day: England Stunned India Again With Fine Bowling As Visitors Are Bowled Out On 191!
India Vs England 4th Test 1st Day: England Stunned India Again With Fine Bowling As Visitors Are Bowled Out On 191!
It was again a fine display from English bowlers who bowled out India on just 191 runs in their first innings. Though India replied back with the ball and the hosts were reduced to 53 for 3 at the stroke of stumps on day one of a fourth test match.
England bowlers have started from where they left at the third test. After winning the toss, England’s skipper Joe Root invited India to bat and his bowlers proved his decision right here at The Oval ground. England made one change to their team as Chris Woakes gets the chance to play in place of Sam Curran.
On the other hand, India made two changes to their squad. Shardul Thakur comes in place of Ishant Sharma and paceman Umesh Yadav joined the playing XI replacing Mohammad Shami. Skipper Virat Kohli surprised everyone again by not picking R Ashwin into the eleven and for this decision, many former cricketers and cricket fans are slamming the Indian skipper.
Here you can see some tweets from former cricketers,
After losing the toss, openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul started decently. But the new man Chris Woakes removed Rohit at the team score of 28. Without adding any run to the scoreboard Ollie Robinson strike and sent KL Rahul back to the pavilion. At this stage, India was 28 for 2.
James Anderson sent Cheteswar Pujara who just got his form in the last match at a score of 4. The visitors were reduced to 39 for 3. On the other hand, Skipper Virat was playing his beautiful strokes. He added some runs with R Jadeja but the left-hander doesn’t support much with the bat and departs for 10. Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane and Kohli added some runs together and took India above 100. Virat Kohli registered another half-century. But fell just after making 50 to Ollie Robinson.
After Kohli, India back-to-back lost wickets of Rahane, and Rishabh Pant. India was 127 for 7 when new man Shardul Thakur came to bat. The right-handed batsman played some huge shots and changed the momentum of the game. He made his second half-century and second fastest half-century at The Oval ground. Chris Woakes got his wicket and the remaining wickets fell quickly. India was bowled out on 191 with Shardul having the highest score of 57. For England, new man Chris Woakes got 4 wickets, Ollie Robinson got 3, and
James Anderson and Craig Overton shared one-one.
In the response, England openers don’t survive the spell of Jasprit Bumrah. He got two wickets in the same over of Rory Burns and Haseeb Hamid. Bumrah reduced England to 6 for 2. It was looking like collapse but Skipper Joe Root and David Malan shared a small partnership of 46 runs. Umesh Yadav got the huge wicket of inform Joe Root just before the stumps. At the end of the day, England finished with 53 for 3.
Virat Kohli Becomes The Fastest Batsman In The World To Make 23000 Runs In
International Cricket!
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