IND Vs ENG 4th Test: Is Shav Pant and Shardul’s century pair India give England a target of 368 runs

New Delhi. India scored 466 in the second innings of the fourth Test of the series against England (IND vs ENG 4th Test). This is why the hosts got a target of 368 runs to win. Rohit Sharma scored a century for Team India, while Cheteshwar Pujara, Shardul Tagore and Habshav Pant scored half-centuries.

Shardul again appeared in a different style and he played a great innings of 60 runs. He hit 7 fours and 1 six in 722 balls. At the same time, Pant faced 106 balls and scored 50 runs with 4 fours. Both of them scored 100 runs for the seventh wicket. Shardul and Pant, however, returned to the pavilion with balls to spare. Shardul caught Joe Root with Overton, while Pant caught Maine Ali with his own ball.

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Then Jaspreet Bumrah and Umesh Yadav also showed great with the bat and added runs for the ninth wicket. Chris Oakes caught Bumrah for 5050 by Ali. He runs 2 runs with the help of four fours. Umesh Yadav also played some spectacular shots. Chris Oakes hit a great six off the 5th ball of the 18th over of the innings, while Meenan Ali also hit a six. Umesh returned to the pavilion as the last wicket with 25 runs for 23 wickets.

For England, pacer Chris Oakes took 3 wickets and Robinson and Maine Ali took 2 wickets each. James Anderson, Craig Overton and Joe Root took 1-1 wickets. Earlier, pacer Oakes and spinner Maine Ali gave India three pushes in the morning session. By lunchtime, India were 329 for six in their second innings and took a 230-run lead. Oaks took 2 wickets in the morning and Maine took 1 wicket. India scored 191 in the first innings, in response to which England scored 290 and took a 99-run lead.

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India started the day at 270 for three and added 59 runs for the loss of three wickets in the first session. James Anderson and Oli Robinson bowled hard in the beginning. Rabindra Jadeja (117 off 5 balls) Robinson and skipper Virat Kohli (44 off balls) tried to get Anderson back on track with a four with the help of a beautiful cover drive.

Captain Kohli decided that he would drive no matter which ball he went on, but Jadeja was leg out before Oaks caught the ball. In Oaks ‘over, Ajinkya Rahane was also given a leg-before but the decision in DRS went in India’s favor but Rahane could not take advantage of it and when the umpire’s finger was pointed at the LBW application in Oaks’ next over, there was a chance for DRS as well. Rahane also failed to open the scoring, which made his place in the XI look dangerous for the last Test match.

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For this reason, Kohli’s attitude has also softened. A long innings was expected from him but he could not complete the half century. Joe Root soon handed the ball to spinner Maine Ali and he took Kohli’s valuable wicket in the first over. The Indian captain took an easy catch on the slip while taking turns taking the ball. India’s lead was then just 213 runs.