India vs England HIGHLIGHTS, 4th Test Day 1: Root century takes England to 302/7

Joe Root bounces back and how. None of those reverse scoops were on display today. He stuck to the trusted traditional shots and notched up his 31st Test century. Ben Foakes played the perfect supporting role along with Root which allowed England to bounce back from a precarious 112 for five. Earlier in the day, Akash Deep tore through the England top order in the first session. Mohammed Siraj picked two wickets in the final session which gave hope to India of ending the English innings on Day 1 before Root and Ollie Robinson took matters into their hands.

Yashasvi Jaiswal bowls the final over of the day. Six runs off it including a boundary from Robinson down the ground.

Akash Deep gives away seven runs from his over. He oversteps and Robinson picks a boundary of it too.

Robinson connects his slog sweep over cow corner. Seven runs from the Kuldeep over.

Akash to Robinson. Still no signs of a new ball. Robinson runs down the first delivery down to fine leg for two runs. It was a certain boundary had it not been for Kuldeep’s diving save.

Kuldeep back into the attack and gives away just one run.

Root faces Akash. He picks a single with a clip to deep square leg. A loud shout for leg before too in the over but the ball was angling down leg. Another couple on the on side for Root to get to 99. HUNDRED FOR ROOT! Driven through covers to pick a boundary.

Jadeja to Robinson, FOUR! Clears his front leg, gets to the pitch and tonks it past the man at mid on. 

Akash Deep for his new spell, but with the old ball still. FOUR! On the pads and Root guides it down to the fine leg fence. Into the 90s now. A couple more from the over.

Loud appeal for leg before as the ball turns from middle stump line and passes the outside edge and the off stump. Jadeja is convinced that Robinson is out but the umpire disagrees.

Jadeja gives just a single in his over, the 79th of the innings.

Root hits the ball square off Siraj and runs two on the final ball of the over.

Siraj again. Five runs from the over. Root nearly gets caught short of his crease trying to sneak in a single after a clip to mid wicket. Rajat Patidar had just one stump to aim at and hence missed.

Jadeja is back. A waist height full toss, no ball, is put away for four by Robinson towards the midwicket. 

Outside edge for four! Moved away from Hartley, thick outside edge that goes just past the second slip. GONE! Similar delivery, this time beats the outside edge, and the off stump goes for a toss. 

Tom Hartley b Mohammed Siraj 13

Ollie Robinson at the crease now. 

Ashwin mixing his top spinners and side spin deliveries. Not much of success though. 

Root is happy to take singles. England in no hurry whatsoever. Well... Hartley comes down the track and smacks a huge hit over midwicket for a SIX. Huge appeal on the next ball and GIVEN. Hartley is adjudged LBW. He has taken a review. A small spike and the decision is reversed. NOT OUT. 

India has kept catching mid-on and mid-off for Hartley. Late movement of the ball. 

Tight bowling by India. Runs not coming that easy since the arrival of Hartley. 

Siraj comes around the wicket for left hander Hartley. Getting the ball to reverse away from the left hander. A good start to spell here by Siraj. Getting the ball to move a bit late. 

Ashwin continues from the other end. Not much turn for Ashwin. Focus is more to control the speed of the ball. 

Mohammed Siraj into the attack now. He has drifted a lot on the pads today. OUT! A slight hint of reverse, finishes at middle stump, Foakes ends up chipping it straight to catching midwicket. India gets a massive breakthrough. 

Ben Foakes c Jadeja b Mohammed Siraj 47

Tom Hartley at number eight. 

Foakes comes down the track and hits Ashwin over midwicket for SIX. And now takes out the sweep and gets another boundary. Ashwin comes around the wicket, Foakes slog sweeps it towards midwicket for four. A thick outside edge towards point and gets a double. 

Root and Foakes are looking very comfortable at the pitch. Playing the ball on merit and using their feet well. Ashwin and Jadeja can’t do much other keep bowling in the same areas and hope for a false shot. 

Ashwin from the other end. A few still keeping a bit low but Foakes and Root are quite well set. 

Jadeja begins the proceedings. A quick single in that over. 

Joe Root and Ben Foakes soaked up all the pressure brewing after the first session and got their side back on track in the afternoon session. the pitch too seems to have flattened out a bit even with the odd ball keeping low. 86 runs in the session and no wicket for India.

Ashwin to bowl probably the last over of the session. Just a single off it for Root.

That will be Tea on Day 1.

Jadeja to Foakes, appeals for LBW! The ball pitches and goes straight with the angle. Foakes is caught in front. India goes for a review but it looks like this is going down leg. The ball tracker confirms and India loses its third and final review. A maiden over from Jadeja.

Ashwin continues. Foakes’ clip on the on side falls just short of Sarfaraz at short leg. The third delivery stays low and Foakes is beaten. Luckily for him it misses the off stump. A more eventful over than usual.

Jadeja to Foakes. An inside edge in the air on the first delivery as the ball rises on Foakes from good length. There is no short leg in place and chance goes. FOUR! Root cuts and gets an under edge. No third man in place and the ball runs down to the fence.

Ashwin to Foakes, clips to deep square leg for one run. FOUR! Slightly short and Root goes to his back foot to punch it through covers.

A change in bowling. Jadeja back to bowl his 18th. Root on strike. He starts this new spell with a maiden.

Ashwin for his 12th over. Two singles from the over.

Kuldeep to Root, FOUR! Wide and over-pitched and the batter leans in and drives it past mid off. 

Ashwin to Root, clips a full length delivery behind square for another single.

Kuldeep again. Root gets to the pitch of the fourth delivery and flicks it towards mid wicket for a single. Just the one run from it. The partnership now worth 67 runs.

Ashwin gives away just two runs from his next - a single each for Foakes and Root.

One more maiden over from Kuldeep Yadav. There was a delivery that kept low but Root was able to get bat to that awkward ball.

Ashwin back into the attack. Foakes drives to mid on for a single. A clip to deep mid wicket brings up Root’s fifty. 

Kuldeep to Root, there’s an edge as he tries to work the ball down leg. Jurel gets a glove to it but cannot hold onto it. The umpire gives it as leg bye but the Ultra Edge shows a spike. Four runs from the over.

Akash to Root, works it down to fine leg for a single. FOUR! Foakes latches on at this wide delivery and gets the ball through covers.

Kuldeep follows up with a maiden over. Ben Foakes is content with simply blocking the ball off his front foot.

Akash Deep again. Root gets FOUR more! He uses the late cut again and beats the slip cordon.

Kuldeep continues. Foakes comes down the track and hits the ball straight down the ground and finds a boundary. 

Change of ends for Akash. He replaces Jadeja. Pitch is looking much better to bat now. Akash has dropped his pace slightly. 

After a short burst by Akash, Kuldeep Yadav is introduced into the attack. Channel of attack: stumps. Coming over the wicket, England looking in no hurry. Just a single in that over. 

England happy to play out Jadeja here. He’s not giving away anything. 

Akash Deep keeping up with the line of attack: off stump. Mixing his lengths a bit now. Pitch has eased out a bit in this session. 

Jadeja now has dipped his speed into late 80s and early 90s in the last two overs. 

Akash Deep continues to attack the off stump. Idea is to keep bowling the length ball and hope for the lateral movement to its bit. A loose delivery after a while, wide outside off and Root square cuts it for four. 

Jadeja continues from the other end. He’s mixing speeds and his release points. 

Now Akash Deep is back into the attack. Foakes takes a double on the first ball. Bowling away from the stump, angling into the right handers. Keeping the inside edge into play more than outside. 

Both Jadeja and Ashwin are going through their overs very quickly here. Root and Foakes have been very patient post Lunch. 

Ashwin has been bowling slightly quicker. Wonder what the strategy is there. 

Ashwin drifting too much on the pads. Foakes has no problem to hit on the leg side and find singles. Two singles from the over. 

Jadeja has been consistent. Hasn’t offered much to batters. Root happy to push forward and defend. 

England has been milking runs off Ashwin so far this session. Ashwin’s deliveries ending on the middle and leg stump has given England batters a bit of time to play. 

Jadeja bowling quicker through the air - all in the 90s. Maybe expecting the bounce on the pitch to do a bit of help. 

Ashwin. Root and Foakes finding singles every over. Looks like they have decided to give running a priority than boundaries. 

Jadeja doing a Jadeja here. Keeping attack on the stumps. Asking the batters to play on the front foot. 

R Ashwin from the other end. He has kept coming around the wicket to right handers, keeping LBW in play. Two singles and a double in that over. 

Jadeja continues with his over that ended with Ben Stokes’ wicket on the first ball. Ball has been turning. Two runs from the over. 

India has sent half the England side into the hut. It was Akash Deep who lapped up the top order with some serious seam bowling before the dependable spin duo of Ashwin and Jadeja got the next two wickets.

Jadeja for his ninth over. GONE! Stokes has to walk back. A bit unlucky as the ball stays low. He misses his flick and gets caught plumb in front.

Ben Stokes lbw b Jadeja 3 (6)

That’s will be Lunch on Day 1.

Ashiwn to Stokes, a single through fine leg off the first delivery. That’s the only run from the over.

Jadeja wraps Root on the pad and Rohit goes up for a review. But there is an inside edge and India loses another review. Just one run from the over.

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IND vs ENG, 4th Test: Ashwin becomes first Indian bowler to pick 100 wickets against England

Ravichandran Ashwin became the first Indian bowler to pick 100 wickets against England during India’s fourth Test at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi on Friday.

Ashwin to Bairstow, FOUR! Too short from Ashwin and Bairstow rocks back to put it through point. Bairstow misses a sweep and India goes up for a review. GONE! The pitch of the delivery was the only question and the ball tracker shows its in line. Ashwin has his man.

Jonny Bairstow lbw b Ashwin 38 (35)

Ben Stokes in the middle now. Gets off the mark with simple tap through covers.

Jadeja to Bairstow. Sharp turn for Jadeja which beats the batter’s outside edge. Bairstow pushes to long off for a single. Now Root is beaten! Just outside off and as Root pushes to his front foot to defend, the ball shoots wide after pitching. FOUR! Placed to perfection by Root through the point region.

Ravichandran Ashwin into the attack now. SIX! Bairstow slog sweeps to collect the first maximum of the innings. 11 runs from the over. England gets to 100 too.

Jadeja for his sixth over. FOUR! A late cut from Root to pocket a boundary through third man. Six runs from the over.

Siraj continues. Sloppy work from Rohit at mid off. He misses a straight forward drive and allows two runs to Bairstow. FOUR! Bairstow slaps a length delivery right back over the bowler’s head. FOUR to end the over. Too full from Siraj and Bairstow laps it up with a cover drive through covers.

A maiden over from Jadeja. The first delivery of the over pitches on off-stump line and turns sharply and misses the off stump.

Siraj replaces Akash. FOUR! Root waits for this back-of-a-length delivery and places it late to pick a boundary.

Jadeja to Bairstow. Gets his drive through covers off the middle and picks two. Bairstow attempts a sweep off the final ball which is angling down leg but only gets it off his pad. Three runs in the over.

Akash Deep for his seventh over. Bairstow pulls the second delivery behind square for two runs. He opens the bat face on the fifth delivery to guide the ball to third man for a single.

Jadeja again. Root drives and picks a single off the first delivery. The ball keeps low as Bairstow misses his cut, but he’s able to get off the mark on the next delivery with a square drive. Root glances the final delivery for the third single of the over.

Akash Deep continues. Length ball and Crawley smacks it away towards midwicket for four. It’s a no ball as well. GONEE! Crawley’s off stump has been breached yet again! Similar delivery, seamed back into him, through the gate. Terrific opening spell by the debutant. 

Jonny Bairstow at the crease now. 

Jadeja continues. Tight over. Three runs from the over. 

Akash Deep continues from the other end. OUT! Duckett is gone and Akash finally gets his maiden Test wicket. Kept challenging the outside edge and finally one takes the edge straight to the keeper. 

Ollie Pope in at number three. And India has reviewed a LBW against him on the second ball. Three reds and gone! Akash Deep strikes twice in the over. It was a surprising review given Pope had walked down a bit when the ball hit him. 

Joe Root at four. A loud appeal on the first ball, umpire isn’t interested again but India takes a review after a long discussion. Impact outside and India lose a review. This has been a terrific over by the debutant. 

Ravindra Jadeja into the attack early in the innings. Typical Jadeja: wicket to wicket attack. Duckett goes for a sweep and a very loud appeal but umpire isn’t interested. India discuss and take a review. Impact and wickets umpire’s call which means Duckett survives. Drives through the covers for four to end the over. 

Duckett hasn’t faced a lot of deliveries so far. He’s still sedate. Akash Deep continues to challenge his outside edge. Two runs from the over. 

Most of the bowls have seamed into the right hander. Driving length, Crawley shows the face of the bat and hits the ball down the ground for four. On the pads and flicks it towards the leg side for another boundary. He is finding his rhythm now. And another one! Same delivery and this time hit towards square leg. SIX! Wow. Hit over long on. That was on a length, not a half-volley! 19 runs from the over. 

Impressive speed. Crawley is looking to find ways to score boundaries, getting lured by a deliveries well outside off. Seamed away from Crawley, gets a thick outside edge goes past the slip cordon for four. 

An appeal for LBW on the first ball against Crawley. On the next ball, hits the ball straight down the ground for four! Length ball by Siraj, and likely the first ball he timed perfectly this morning. 

Uneven bounce. Akash Deep has started pretty well here. Taking the ball into the right hander and away from the left. GONE!! But wait, it’s a no ball. Crawley’s off stump went cartwheeling. Tough for Akash. A terrific ball, came into the right hander, right through his defence. 

Two singles on the first three balls to start the Siraj over. Looks like a pitch where it won’t be easy to time the ball early in the innings. Three runs from the over. Tricky pitch. 

Akash Deep, the debutant, from the other end. Right arm fast starts off around the wicket to left hander Ben Duckett. Starts off with targeting the stumps on the first two ball on length. Down the leg and a terrific take from Dhruv Jurel, diving to his right. First runs on the board with a single. Challenges the outside edge on the off stump. 

Mohammed Siraj to open the bowling for India. Starts off with a down the leg delivery. Gets his line and length right on the next ball. Ball swings away from right hander Zak Crawley from the driving length. Surprises Crawley on the third ball with a short ball that jumps off the surface and hits the gloves. Early signs of the pitch playing tricks w.r.t bounce. A maiden to start. 

The players are out in the middle. 

England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Ben Foakes, Tom Hartley, Ollie Robinson, Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson.

India Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, R. Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj.

CHANGES

England - IN: Ollie Robinson, Shoaib Bashir | OUT: Mark Wood, Rehan Ahmed

India - IN: Akash Deep | OUT: Jasprit Bumrah

It looks like a dry river bed with a lot of cracks, the ball could turn from certain areas and it could happen very early in the match. There will be slow and low turn, some shots could be tough, but this is not a rank turner.

England wins the toss and opts to bat.

Ben Stokes: We will bat first. The first one hour will give us an idea about how the pitch will play, but it was always going to be a bat-first track. I’m happy with the way we’ve operated through the series and looking forward to more of the same.

Rohit Sharma: We would have batted first. Looks a bit dry and has cracks. The last two games were good for us and we’ll have to play the same way. Proud of a lot of young guys in the squad, they’ve taken responsibility and have taken the challenge head-on. One change with Akash Deep making his debut.

India captain Rohit Sharma is on his way to the centre. Despite the cracks on the pitch, the winner of the coin flip should still opt to bat first.

Our correspondent Pranay Rajiv pings that Akash Deep is being handed the cap in the team huddle. The 313th cap for the Indian men’s cricket team.

Yashasvi Jaiswal has been a thorn for England in the first three Tests. Just seven Test matches old, Jaiswal has taken the English bowlers on at will and with aplomb. The 21-year-old is just 139 runs away from completing 1000 runs in Test cricket. If he gets those in the first innings, he will be the joint-fastest Indian alongside Vinod Kambli.

James Anderson sits just four wickets away from becoming the first pacer to clinch 700 Test wickets. Though the early signs hint at a spin-friendly surface, count out Anderson from getting to the feat at your own peril.

The pacer averages 13.65 over the three Tests so far, picking 17 wickets in six innings. He was Rohit Sharma’s go-to option when looking for a wicket. Will resting Jasprit Bumrah cost India in Ranchi? More so, who will take his place in the XI - Mukesh Kumar or Axar Patel?

Matches played: 67

India wins: 24

Drawn: 28

England: 15

The England batter has struggled for form in the first three Test matches, scoring just 102 runs in six innings. But coach Brendon McCullum put faith in him before the start of the fourth match in Ranchi. He was included in the playing eleven too. About time Bairstow repays the faith and gets among the runs.

Matches played: 134

India wins: 33

Drawn: 50

England wins: 51

Latest result: India won by 434 runs (Rajkot)

WICKET-KEEPER

Dhruv Jurel, Ben Foakes

BATTERS

Yashasvi Jaiswal (c), Ben Duckett, Shubman Gill, Sarfaraz Khan

ALL-ROUNDERS

R. Ashwin (vc), Ravindra Jadeja

BOWLERS

James Anderson, Tom Hartley, Kuldeep Yadav

Team Composition: IND 7:4 ENG Credits Left: 17.5

Rohit Sharma (c), Yashavi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Tom Hartley, James Anderson, Ollie Robinson, Shoaib Bashir.

The third Test between India and England in Ranchi will be telecast live on the Sports18 network from 9:30 AM IST. The match can also be live streamed on the JioCinema app and website.