🏏England tour of India 2024: 1st Test: 25 - 29 Jan 2024 - Day 4🏏 - Page 43

Welcome back. 100+ runs have been scored in six out of the seven sessions in this Test match. The way England are batting, that trend is expected to continue. India are still very much ahead in this Test and they'll look to exert some pressure on the English batters who have batted positively. Sweeps and reverse-sweeps to continue? Let's find out. This should be an exciting session. Rohit looking quite serious in the team huddle. Final inputs from the skipper and off they disperse. Ashwin to start the post-lunch proceedings from round the wicket. A slip and short leg in place

England's deficit is now under 100

END OF OVER 16

5 runs

ENG: 94/1

CRR: 5.87

OJ Pope

20 (18)

BM Duckett

39 (45)

R Ashwin

8-0-41-1

RA Jadeja

1-0-5-0

Guha: "So… 16 overs till England are …?"

Prasanna S: "Feel these are the times when a wrist spinner in Kuldeep will be more effective than finger spinners, with his variations and tricks in his sleeve, it's not easy to keep sweeping and premeditating Kuldeep at will. "

Gaurav: "Not taking anything away from this start to the innings, but arguably the first 15-20 overs of an innings are probably the least challenging period in this pitch with true bounce. Once the effect of roller wears away and the ball develops a bit of roughness, the natural variations will become that much more difficult to counter. "

END OF OVER 17

3 runs

ENG: 97/1

CRR: 5.70

BM Duckett

39 (47)

OJ Pope

23 (22)

JJ Bumrah

3-1-7-0

R Ashwin

8-0-41-1

17.2

Ashwin to Ollie Pope, FOUR, 92.7kph, quicker one, middle and leg lined, Ollie Pope

17.1

Ashwin to Ollie Pope, FOUR, lovely shot! Over the wicket, tossed up, Pope gets to the pitch of ball by waltzing down the ground and drives it sweetly and straight of mid-off

Within 20 overs , they already scored 115, which means they are in a very aggressive mood?!!

IND 436

ENG 246 & 115/2 (19.5)

CRR: 5.8

Day 3: 2nd Session - England trail by 75 runs

Root OUT

Review taken

B Bumrah

Given out. Umpires call.