🏏England tour of India 2024: 1st Test: 25 - 29 Jan 2024 - Day 4🏏 - Page 49

KP on commentary has described that Ashwin ball as a "half-volley"... that's one way of putting it!

END OF OVER 39

4 runs

ENG: 170/5

CRR: 4.35

OJ Pope

66 (83)

BT Foakes

1 (5)

R Ashwin

15-3-63-2

RA Jadeja

9-0-32-1

END OF OVER 40

2 runs

ENG: 172/5

CRR: 4.30

OJ Pope

67 (88)

BT Foakes

2 (6)

RA Jadeja

10-0-34-1

R Ashwin

15-3-63-2

Sharvil: "All 5 wickets this innings have been earned by the bowlers… " So true. Compare that to India's top five all falling to attacking shots, and you have the difference between the teams

END OF OVER 41

Maiden

ENG: 172/5

CRR: 4.19

OJ Pope

67 (94)

BT Foakes

2 (6)

AR Patel

7-1-45-0

RA Jadeja

10-0-34-1

Chris Thurston: "Looks like England are behind on the scoreboard, but how are they doing on the more important moral victory front? The Aussie in me wants to know..." Oh, they are crushing it, natch

END OF OVER 42

Maiden

ENG: 172/5

CRR: 4.09

BT Foakes

2 (12)

OJ Pope

67 (94)

RA Jadeja

11-1-34-1

AR Patel

7-1-45-0

2.10pm Thought we'd get one more over, but nope, that is tea. It's been a compelling session, one in which India have tightened their grip on this contest with a succession of wonderballs. Jadeja's two-card trick to Bairstow and Ashwin's humdinger to Stokes were the killer blows, but Ollie Pope has been excellent. And as for Jasprit Bumrah, he is just a masterful seam bowler who transcends all conditions. India will win this Test, surely, but England have had their moments in adversity. Hemant will be back shortly.

PHANISH : "Lunch in India test, dinner in Australia test, making Dosa for breakfast in London. Day cannot get better than this" Ooh dosas, now there's an idea.

Batters dismissed most times by Ashwin in Tests

12 B Stokes

11 D Warner

9 A Cook

8 T Latham/ S Smith/ K Brathwaite