India vs England Live Score Updates, 1st Test Day 4: Ind vs Eng, Rohit Sharma-led India will look to end Ollie Pope’s defiant 148-run knock early in the day and keep England’s lead as small as possible on day four in Hyderabad.
England are currently 126 runs in front and if Pope and the English tailenders decide to hang around a little longer, they could cause Rohit and Co some serious problems. In particular, a score in the region of 150 could be difficult to chase on a treacherous Hyderabad pitch that has plenty to offer the spinners.
It will be interesting to see if India adopt the same approach as in the first innings, with the openers being aggressive from the start, or if the pressure of a run chase on Day 4 will hamper their batting style.
Earlier, on day three, England had bowled out India for 436 with the hosts 190 runs ahead. Meanwhile, in the second innings, England opted for a bazball approach rather than trying to defend and stay on the field for too long. The counterattack began with Zack Crawley and Ben Duckett, soon joined by Ollie Pope.
However, Pope is quickly running out of partners and his valiant innings could be in vain if India continue to take wickets at the other end and stop England’s tail from wagging in the 2nd innings.
India and England Playing XI:
India playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, KS Bharat, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin
England playing XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (C), Ben Foakes, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, Jack Leach
India vs England Live Score: Sourav Ganguly predicts winner of IND-ENG test series
India vs England Live Score: In an interaction with India Today, Ganguly said, “India will win the series, the matter is whether they will win it 4-0 or 5-0. Every Test will be decisive. England could have won this Test match had they batted well. One cannot win against India by making 230 or 240 runs on Indian soil. Had they made 350 or 400, they could have beaten India, but they weren’t able to do that. It’s a tough series for England. Any team other than the Australia of that era could not create any impact here.”
While speaking about the young talents in the team, the former Indian skipper said, “According to me, Yashasvi is an all-format player. Rishabh Pant is also a huge player when he comes after recovering from an injury. Shreyas Iyer, Pant, and Shubman Gill have to adapt a lot.”
India vs England Live Score: ‘I’m speechless’, Joe Root lauds Ollie Pope’s valiant fight back
India vs England Live Score: Speaking at the post-day press conference, Root said, “I’m speechless. It’s one of the best knocks that I’ve ever seen. I’ve seen a lot of cricket. Played and batted out there in the middle with a lot of brilliant players and to witness that today was really special,”
“I didn’t mind when he big-dogged me and said ‘can you do the press (conference)’ because to manipulate the field as he did against that attack, on that surface, to show the powers of concentration, determination, fitness and skill…immense,” Root added.
India vs England Live Score: Paras Mhambrey reveals IND’s strategy for today
India vs England Live Score: India’s bowling coach Paras Mhambrey while speaking at the post-day press conference said, “We are not looking at any particular target (to chase) as I said the objective is to come tomorrow morning and get early wickets and limit their total. We are not putting any pressure on ourselves by setting any targets. We just want to bowl in the right areas to extract turn and bounce from the wicket,”
“If you look at the way the game has progressed over the last few days from the first session, the amount of turn the ball has taken, I think it got better in the second innings. I think it is going to get a bit better on the slower side (tomorrow). There will be some turn but it is not the usual turn you see in the Indian sub-continental wickets, the sharp turn when the game progresses. There is a little turn but not as challenging,” Mhambrey added.
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