England’s Joe Root and Ollie Robinson take a run throughout the second day of fouth Test match between India and England at JSCA International Stadium Complex on February 24, 2024 in Ranchi.
| Photo Credit: Ok. R. Deepak
Ollie Robinson gifted away his wicket after making a career-best 58 that resulted in England’s first innings ending at 353 at the same time as Joe Root remained unbeaten on 122 on the second day of the fourth Test in opposition to India, right here Saturday.
England had made a strong begin this morning, making Indians toil onerous with out success earlier than Robinson’s selection of shot — a reverse sweep — off Ravindra Jadeja introduced India again within the opening session.
It ended a dogged 102-run stand between Robinson and Root.
In their reply, India misplaced skipper Rohit Sharma (2) cheaply to be 34 for one at lunch, trailing England by 319 runs. Veteran James Anderson noticed the again of Rohit with a supply that moved away barely off the floor after pitching on an ideal size, taking edge from Indian captain’s bat that was taken by Ben Foakes.
Yashasvi Jaiswal (27 batting) was his typical assured self and giving him firm was Shubman Gill (4) at the break.
England added 51 priceless runs to their in a single day complete of 302/7 because the Indian assault didn’t make early penetration. The final 5 England batters added 241 runs after being 112/5 at lunch on the opening day.
While Mohammed Siraj (2/78) erred in his line and size, debutant Akash Deep couldn’t add to his tally of three wickets to return with 3/38 from 19 overs.
For India, Ravindra Jadeja took all of the three wickets to return with 4/67 from his 32.5 overs.
Root, who dug in deep along with his classical century spanning a bit of greater than six hours, remained stranded on 122 from 274 balls (10×4).
Robinson had an amazing begin to morning when he flicked one away from a wayward Siraj within the first ball of the day for a boundary by means of advantageous leg.
There was no stopping him as he seemed for each alternative and took on Akash Deep with three boundaries that took him previous his earlier career-best Test rating of 42.
However a weird shot choice ended his gritty knock as he employed a grounded reverse sweep which was not vital at that second as Indian bowlers have been hardly troubling the guests.
The ball missed the sting of the bat touched the gloves of Robinson earlier than being grabbed by 23-year-old Dhurv Jurel.
England then fell in a jiffy with Shoaib Bashir swinging his bat to the second ball and skied the ball to be caught at level. Jadeja trapped James Anderson to finish England resistance.
Brief Score:
England 1st Innings: Zak Crawley b Akash Deep 42 Ben Duckett c Jurel b Akash Deep 11 Ollie Pope lbw b Akash Deep 0 Joe Root not out 122 Jonny Bairstow lbw b Ashwin 38 Ben Stokes lbw b Jadeja 3 Ben Foakes c Jadeja b Mohammed Siraj 47 Tom Hartley b Mohammed Siraj 13 Ollie Robinson c Jurel b Jadeja 58 Shoaib Bashir c Patidar b Jadeja 0 James Anderson lbw b Jadeja 0 Extras: (B-5, LB-9, NB-5) 19
Total: (All out in 104.5 overs) 353
Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-47, 3-57, 4-109, 5-112, 6-225, 7-245, 8-347, 9-349, 10-353
Bowling: Mohammed Siraj 18-3-78-2, Akash Deep 19-0-83-3, Ravindra Jadeja 32.5-7-67-4, Ravichandran Ashwin 22-1-83-1, Kuldeep Yadav 12-4 -22-0, Yashasvi Jaiswal 1-0-6-0.
India 1st Innings: Yashasvi Jaiswal not out 27 Rohit Sharma c Foakes b Anderson 2 Shubman Gill not out 4 Extras: (NB-1) 1
Total: (For 1 wickets in 10 overs) 34
Fall of wickets: 1-4
Bowling: James Anderson 4-1-15-1, Ollie Robinson 5-0-18-0, Shoaib Bashir 1-0-1-0 .
