The 1st Test match between England and India came to a climax, where both teams had equal opportunity to make a good start in the series. On the Final day, England needs 350 runs to win. Meanwhile, India needs 10 wickets to win.
India concluded the second innings with a huge 364 runs on the fourth day. India set a target of 371 runs, and England ended Day 4 at 21/0, needing 350 more runs to win on Day 5.
England had scored 21 runs without losing any wickets at stumps. Indian fans are also looking forward to the outstanding bowling performance from the Indian Bowling unit to win the match.
195 runs Partnership by Rahul and Pant
On the fourth day, Indian batters Rahul and Pant shared a significant 195-run partnership, which strengthened the Innings. This partnership helped India to post a good score in the Second Innings.
Apart from that, both of them scored a century, where KL Rahul scored 137 runs off 247 balls and Rishabh Pant scored 118 runs off 140 balls.
Therefore, Pant has also created several records in this match, such as becoming the first Indian wicketkeeper and the fifth overall batsman to score centuries in both innings of a Test match abroad.
Match Info
Match India vs England, 1st Test, Day 4 Venue Emerald Headingley, Leeds, England Toss England won the toss and elected to field
Match Scorecard
IND 471 & 364 ENG 465 & 21/0(6) Day 4: Stumps – England need 350 runs
India 1st Innings
BATTING Dismissal R B 4s 6s SR Yashasvi Jaiswal b B. Stokes 101 159 16 1 63.52 Lokesh Rahul c J. Root b B. Carse 42 78 8 0 53.85 Sai Sudharshan c J. Smith b B. Stokes 0 4 0 0 0 Shubman Gill c J. Tongue b S. Bashir 147 227 19 1 64.76 Rishabh Pant L.B.W. Josh Tongue 134 178 12 6 75.28 Karun Nair c O. Pope b B. Stokes 0 4 0 0 0 Ravindra Jadeja b J. Tongue 11 15 2 0 73.33 Shardul Thakur c J. Smith b B. Stokes 1 8 0 0 12.5 Jasprit Bumrah c H. Brook b J. Tongue 0 5 0 0 0 Mohammed Siraj Not Out 3 7 0 0 42.86 Prasidh Krishna b J. Tongue 1 3 0 0 33.33 Extras 31 (B:1,LB:14,WD:2,NB:9,P:5) TOTAL 471/10 113 Ov (RR: 4.17)
FALL OF WICKETS 1 – 91 (Lokesh Rahul , 24.5 ov), 2 – 92 (Sai Sudharshan , 25.4 ov), 3 – 221 (Yashasvi Jaiswal , 52.3 ov), 4 – 430 (Shubman Gill , 101.5 ov), 5 – 447 (Karun Nair , 104.6 ov), 6 – 453 (Rishabh Pant , 107.2 ov), 7 – 454 (Shardul Thakur , 108.4 ov), 8 – 458 (Jasprit Bumrah , 110.3 ov), 9 – 469 (Ravindra Jadeja , 112.1 ov), 10 – 471 (Prasidh Krishna , 112.6 ov)
BOWLING O M R W WD NB ECON Chris Woakes 24 4 103 0 0 4 4.29 Brydon Carse 22 5 96 1 1 3 4.36 Josh Tongue 20 0 86 4 0 1 4.3 Ben Stokes 20 2 66 4 1 1 3.3 Shoaib Bashir 27 6 100 1 0 0 3.7
England 1st Innings
BATTING Dismissal R B 4s 6s SR Zak Crawley c K. Nair b J. Bumrah 4 6 1 0 66.67 Ben Duckett b J. Bumrah 62 94 9 0 65.96 Ollie Pope c R. Pant b P. Krishna 106 137 14 0 77.37 Joe Root c K. Nair b J. Bumrah 28 58 2 0 48.28 Harry Brook c S. Thakur b P. Krishna 99 112 11 2 88.39 Ben Stokes c R. Pant b M. Siraj 20 52 3 0 38.46 Jamie Smith c S. Sudharsan b P. Krishna 40 52 5 1 76.92 Chris Woakes b J. Bumrah 38 55 3 2 69.09 Brydon Carse b M. Siraj 22 23 4 0 95.65 Josh Tongue b J. Bumrah 11 18 2 0 61.11 Shoaib Bashir Not Out 1 4 0 0 25 Extras 34 (B:8,LB:18,WD:1,NB:7,P:0) TOTAL 465/10 100.4 Ov (RR: 4.63)
FALL OF WICKETS 1 – 4 (Zak Crawley , 0.6 ov), 2 – 126 (Ben Duckett , 28.3 ov), 3 – 206 (Joe Root , 46.3 ov), 4 – 225 (Ollie Pope , 51.1 ov), 5 – 276 (Ben Stokes , 64.5 ov), 6 – 349 (Jamie Smith , 79.3 ov), 7 – 398 (Harry Brook , 87.3 ov), 8 – 453 (Brydon Carse , 94.5 ov), 9 – 460 (Chris Woakes , 98.5 ov), 10 – 465 (Josh Tongue , 100.4 ov)
BOWLING O M R W WD NB ECON Jasprit Bumrah 24.4 5 83 5 0 4 3.46 Mohammed Siraj 27 0 122 2 0 1 4.52 Prasidh Krishna 20 0 128 3 1 0 6.4 Ravindra Jadeja 23 4 68 0 0 0 2.96 Shardul Thakur 6 0 38 0 0 2 6.33
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India 2nd Innings
BATTING Dismissal R B 4s 6s SR Yashasvi Jaiswal c J. Smith b B. Carse 4 11 1 0 36.36 Lokesh Rahul b B. Carse 137 247 18 0 55.47 Sai Sudharshan c Z. Crawley b B. Stokes 30 48 4 0 62.5 Shubman Gill b B. Carse 8 16 1 0 50 Rishabh Pant c Z. Crawley b S. Bashir 118 140 15 3 84.29 Karun Nair c & b C. Woakes 20 54 3 0 37.04 Ravindra Jadeja Not Out 25 40 2 1 62.5 Shardul Thakur c J. Root b J. Tongue 4 12 0 0 33.33 Mohammed Siraj c J. Smith b J. Tongue 0 1 0 0 0 Jasprit Bumrah b J. Tongue 0 2 0 0 0 Prasidh Krishna c J. Tongue b S. Bashir 0 11 0 0 0 Extras 18 (B:5,LB:4,WD:3,NB:6,P:0) TOTAL 364/10 96 Ov (RR: 3.79)
FALL OF WICKETS 1 – 16 (Yashasvi Jaiswal , 3.1 ov), 2 – 82 (Sai Sudharshan , 20.5 ov), 3 – 92 (Shubman Gill , 24.6 ov), 4 – 287 (Rishabh Pant , 71.4 ov), 5 – 333 (Lokesh Rahul , 84.2 ov), 6 – 335 (Karun Nair , 85.6 ov), 7 – 349 (Shardul Thakur , 90.1 ov), 8 – 349 (Mohammed Siraj , 90.2 ov), 9 – 349 (Jasprit Bumrah , 90.4 ov), 10 – 364 (Prasidh Krishna , 95.6 ov)
BOWLING O M R W WD NB ECON Chris Woakes 19 4 45 1 0 1 2.37 Brydon Carse 19 2 80 3 1 2 4.21 Josh Tongue 18 2 72 3 2 1 4 Shoaib Bashir 22 1 90 2 0 0 4.09 Ben Stokes 15 2 47 1 0 2 3.13 Joe Root 3 0 21 0 0 0 7
England 2nd Innings
BATTING Dismissal R B 4s 6s SR Zak Crawley Not Out 12 25 2 0 48 Ben Duckett Not Out 9 11 0 0 81.82 Extras 0 (B:0,LB:0,WD:0,NB:0,P:0) TOTAL 21/0 6 Ov (RR: 3.50)
YET TO BAT Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir
BOWLING O M R W WD NB ECON Jasprit Bumrah 3 0 9 0 0 0 3 Mohammed Siraj 2 1 9 0 0 0 4.5 Ravindra Jadeja 1 0 3 0 0 0 3
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