India vs England 23 Feb

Earlier in the day, Ben Stokes had the coin going in his favour on Friday as he won the toss and decided to bat first at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi. While England had already announced two changes to their playing XI, India make only one change to the playing XI in the form of Akash Deep who takes the place of Jasprit Bumrah. India will win the series if they defeat England in this encounter while England would be aiming to get back to winning ways after two back-to-back losses.Indian bowlers had an exceptional start at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi, taking three wickets of Ollie Pope, Zack Crawley and Ben Duckett in quick succession while not letting England get away with the scoring rate. A dream debut for Akash Deep as he dismissed two batters in the same over but took three wickets in his Test debut. Akash Deep will make his debut for India. With Jasprit Bumrah being rested after making his mark on this series, Akash, the quick from Bihar, has been handed his Test cap by Rahul Dravid with family watching on.

Akash Deep has his first Test wicket and it’s with another gorgeous delivery. On a length and pitching just outside off from around the wicket, the ball jags away just enough and kisses the outside edge of Ben Duckett’s bat as the keeper does the rest. Akash fiercely thumps the badge on his chest over and over – ouch! That’ll erase the agony of that front-foot no-ball which spoiled his other stunner that sent Zak Crawley’s off stump tumbling.Make that his first two Test wickets! Ollie Pope departs for a duck, lbw after India review the original not-out decision. Replays show Akash is hitting the top of leg stump with a ball that seamed in to beat the inside edge and strike the pad right on the knee roll. England go from 47 for none to 47 for 2 after the debutant snares two in three balls.

Joe Root brings up his fifty, working R Ashwin off his toes for a single. It comes off 108 balls with four fours – a slow and steady one but it’s what was needed after England went to lunch five wickets down. He and Ben Foakes share an unbroken partnership worth 64 runs. Until now in this series, Root had scores of 29, 2, 5, 16, 18 and 7. It’s his first Test half-century since his 91 at The Oval during the Ashes in July.

Root, who had copped criticism for what was seen as some ill-timed innovation in the first innings of England’s 434-run loss in Rajkot, reverted to a more classical Root innings on Friday and it paid big dividends – his first century of the series (in fact, his first score above 29) and 10th against India in Tests. In doing so, he carried England to a healthy 302 for 7 at the close after they had slumped to 57 for 3 and, later, 112 for 5 with Akash claiming his first three wickets in Test cricket inside two overs.

Joe Root and Ollie Robinson have taken England to 302/7 at stumps on Day 1 at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi. Right when it felt like India was going to bowl out England mid-way through the evening session but Robinson chipped in with a handy cameo. Root made a gritty ton to hold the English batting effort together.

India vs England 24 Feb

The day belongs to Shoaib Bashir, who came on to bowl for one over before lunch, and never left the bowling crease thereafter. He bowled 31 overs in one unbroken spell, then one from the other end for good measure, and registered his best first-class figures, taking his first four-for in first-class cricket.

Their spinners were a huge turnaround even when keeping in mind the helpful pitch. In the first three Tests, you were getting a boundary ball almost every over, but here they hardly bowled a loose ball in a whole session.who came on to bowl for one over before lunch, has finally been taken off with just three overs left in the day. He has got figures of 31-4-83-4. A spell for the ages. He has left England dominating this Test for now. Despite a 41-run stand for the eighth wicket between Dhruv Jurel and Kuldeep Yadav, England still lead by 135, which is a huge number on this pitch.

The 22-year-old Jaiswal joined Indian batting legends Sunil Gavaskar,Virat Kohli,Jaiswal was oh so steady for India again after they lost Rohit Sharma in the third over of their reply today, reaching 73 off 117 balls. But now he’s gone, moving back to a length ball which stayed low and crashed into middle stump.