IND vs ENG 4th Test Highlights: Jurel shines, India wins series in Ranchi

4th Test, Day 4, India vs England Highlights: Dhruv Jurel played crucial knocks of 90 and 39* as India won the Ranchi Test by five wickets to take unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series

8:45 AM

Who will England be counting on?

 

For starters, they would have to count on the pitch to try and help them take the 10 wickets. Next in line will be their spinners, who were not able to get hold of the new ball yesterday. 

 

They made a mistake by not being able to play out the entire day yesterday and having the option of taking the heavy roller. That would have opened the cracks in the wicket a bit more and would have helped their inexperienced but talented spin bowling options. 

 

Not fretting on what they lost and focussing on what they have, Stokes should utilise Anderson and Robinson well. 

 

8:35 AM

What will India be looking to do?

 

For India, the mantra is clear. All they need to do is be at the crease for a longer period and not let the English bowlers get on to them easily. Rohit Sharma has played enough cricket to adapt to the situation and reach a tricky target as soon as possible. 

 

8:28 AM

Need of the hour for England

 

The need of the hour for England to remain alive in this series would be to get wickets as quickly as possible and utilise their resources. If they have gone in with two pacers, those two pacers must bowl with the new ball. They made the mistake yesterday, however, today morning, they should start with Jimmy Anderson and Ollie Robinson to try and force early breakthroughs. 

 

8:21 AM

Top 10 highest run-getters during India vs England series

Top 10 highest run-getters during India vs England series
	Player	Matches	Inns	Runs	Avg	Sr	4s	6s
1	Yashasvi Jaiswal	3	6	545	109	81.1	50	22
2	Ben Duckett	3	6	288	48	95.68	47	2
3	Ollie Pope	3	6	285	47.5	65.67	33	1
4	Shubman Gill	3	6	252	42	59.86	27	4
5	Rohit Sharma	3	6	240	40	64.69	30	3
6	Zak Crawley	3	6	226	37.67	67.06	30	4
7	Ravindra Jadeja	2	3	201	67	47.29	16	4
8	Ben Stokes	3	6	190	31.67	57.23	19	4
9	Tom Hartley	3	6	139	23.17	69.5	17	4
10	Axar Patel	2	4	133	33.25	48.01	20	1

8:18 AM

Shoaib Bashir dedicates maiden fifer to his late grandfathers

Off-spinner Shoaib Bashir, who became the second youngest England bowler to grab a Test five-for, dedicated his feat to his late grandfathers who were avid fans of the red-ball cricket.

 

At 20 years and 135 days, Bashir grabbed his maiden five-for -- 5/119 -- during India's first innings on the third day of the fourth Test here. He was playing in just his second Test.

 

"It was a very special moment on my journey. Two years ago, I wouldn't have thought anything like this (would happen) but that was really special," Bashir told reporters after day's play.

 

"It was quite emotional as well, actually -- I lost my two grand dads about a year and a half ago and they used to just sit and watch Test cricket all the time. Their wish was to see me out on the TV, I know they're supporting me from up above."

 

Bashir bowled across three sessions and had 32 overs under his belt, including 31 overs on the trot from the dressing room end.

 

The youngster said the Ben Stokes-led side supported him well.

 

"Stokesy and the boys are incredible. They give you so much confidence in anything you do. If that's me going out to bowl or bat, they're so good confidence-wise.

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8:11 AM

India vs England 4th Test Day 4 live updates

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of India vs England Ranchi Test. India is just 152 runs away from sealing the series. Ranchi wicket could offer support to English spinner, but it remains to be seen whether Bashir and Hartley will be able to use that or not.