NEW DELHI: During the second innings of the fourth Test against England at JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi on Sunday, Indian captain
Rohit Sharma
surpassed the 4000-run mark in Test cricket as he took the crease for the 192-run chase.
In the first innings, Rohit faced a quick dismissal, scoring only two runs. However, in the ongoing second innings, he remains unbeaten at 24*.
Rohit has struggled to convert his starts into substantial innings in the ongoing series. Across the four matches, he has accumulated 266 runs at an average of 38 and a strike rate of 65.35, featuring one century (131 in Rajkot).
In his 58 Test appearances, Rohit has amassed 4,003 runs at an impressive average of 44.98, achieving a highest score of 212. He has recorded 11 centuries and 16 half-centuries in 100 innings.
Coming to the match, India ended their day at 40/0, with skipper Rohit Sharma (24*) and
Yashasvi Jaiswal
(16*) unbeaten with 152 runs more to win the five-match series.
In their second innings, England was bundled out for just 145 runs, with
Zak Crawley
(60 in 91 balls, with seven fours) and Jonny Bairstow (30 in 42 balls, with three fours) offering some fight. Spinners took all the 10 wickets for India, with Ravichandran Ashwin (5/51) and Kuldeep Yadav (4/22) leading the bowlers. England led by 191 runs and set India a target of 192 runs to take the series win by 3-1.
Earlier, India was bundled out for 307 in their first innings in reply to England's first innings total of 353. Despite Yashasvi Jaiswal (73 in 117 balls, with eight fours and a six) firing once again, India was left struggling at 219/7. It was wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel (90 in 149 balls, with six fours and four sixes) who joined forces with Kuldeep (28 in 131 balls) to stitch a 76 run stand for the eighth wicket and India managed to score above 300 runs. Spinner Shoaib Bashir troubled Indian batters and took a five-wicket haul (5/119). Tom Hartley (3/68) and James Anderson (2/48) were also great with the ball.
England chose to bat first and put up 353 runs in their first innings, driven by a comeback century by their premier batter Joe Root (122* in 274 balls, 10 fours), a half-century from Ollie Robinson (58 in 96 balls, with nine fours and a six) and Ben Foakes (47 in 126 balls, with four boundaries and a six).
Ravindra Jadeja
(4/67) and Akash Deep (3/83) were the top bowlers for India.
(With inputs from ANI)
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