England crossed 300 on the first day with Joe Root’s century

IND vs ENG: Ranchi JSCA Stadium India defeated England on the first day of the fourth Test match being played in Joe Root Scored 302 runs for 7 wickets on the basis of a brilliant century. Ollie Robinson was present at the crease with Root at the time of stumps. Root helped his team overcome the initial setbacks. By lunch, half the England team was out on the score of 112 and had returned to the pavilion. Root and Ben Fox did not allow the Indian bowlers to dominate in the second session.

IND vs ENG: Root hit nine fours in his century innings. He faced 226 balls. The pair broke after tea when Fox was dismissed by Mohammed Siraj. Fox was out after scoring 47 runs on 128 balls. Akash Deep was brilliant for India. He took three important wickets. Siraj took two wickets. Jadeja and Ashwin got one wicket each.

IND vs ENG: Experienced batsman Joe Root was playing at tea time scoring 67 runs in 154 balls with the help of seven fours. Till tea, England’s score was 198 runs. England lost 5 important wickets in the first session. India did not get a single success in the second session and Joe Root made a big partnership with Ben Fox. After tea, Fox was out after scoring 47 runs on 128 balls. Soon after this, India got another success. Root, who scored 29, 2, 5, 16, 18, 7 in the last three Tests, played with patience and handled the innings and completed his century. This was his 10th century in Tests against India and 13th century in all formats.

IND vs ENG: Earlier, fast bowler Akash Deep performed brilliantly on his debut in Test cricket, due to which England lost five wickets for 112 runs in the first session. 27 year old Akash Deep, resident of Bihar, plays domestic cricket for Bengal.

IND vs ENG: Akash Deep did not allow England to get a good start by swinging the ball from both sides in the first hour itself. Earlier, England captain Ben Stokes had won the toss and decided to bat. Akash took the wickets of Ben Duckett (11), Ollie Pope (0) and Zak Crawley (42) within ten balls.

IND vs ENG: Akash took three wickets for 24 runs while Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja trapped Jonny Bairstow and Stokes LBW respectively. Akash Deep had uprooted Crawley’s off stump in the very second over but it was a no ball. His new ball partner Mohammad Siraj did not look in rhythm.

IND vs ENG: India lost all its three reviews today itself. Due to which now Team India will have to depend only on the decision of the field umpire. When Siraj failed, the captain showed confidence in Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the first session. Both of them got one success each.

IND vs ENG: Now on the second day of the game, India will have to take wickets quickly. India would like to restrict England within 400 runs and would like to take lead in the first innings by scoring fast runs on the second day. India’s batting is very strong at the moment. Big innings will be expected from openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal.