Day 5: Trying to par the score of 231 was looking difficult for the England looking at the playing condition on the final day of the India vs England 4th test. Where the England ended the game of day 4 by losing 6 wickets for 182, Joss Buttler and Jonny Bairstow comes to crease on Day 5 of the game. They were looking to steady the game and play sensibly but that didn’t happen actually.
R Ashwin’s spin was looking unreadable for the English Batsmen and they keep on losing the wickets and Jonny Bairstow becomes the first victim of Ashwin and lost his wicket pretty early. He scored 51 and then the fall of wickets seems like a sequence and that could be the reason that England only maintained to score 195 and lost all of its wickets and India sniffs a Series-clinching victory.
Virat Kohli becomes the Man of the Match for his extraordinary contribution with his bat. The fifth and last test between India and England will be will start from December 16 in Chennai and it will be a test for England’s confidence ahead of the ODI series.
Here is a brief scorecard of England in Second Innings of India vs England 4th Test:
Alastair Cook (c) lbw b R Jadeja 18(28)
Keaton Jennings lbw b Bhuvneshwar 0(1)
Joe Root lbw b Jayant Yadav 77(112)
Moeen Ali c Vijay b R Jadeja 0(3)
Jonny Bairstow (wk) lbw b Ashwin 51(107)
Ben Stokes c Vijay b Ashwin 18(30)
Jake Ball c Parthiv Patel b Ashwin 2(18)
Jos Buttler not out 6(17)
Chris Woakes b Ashwin 0(6)
Adil Rashid c Rahul b Ashwin 2(7)
James Anderson c Umesh b Ashwin 2(6)
Here are bowling Stats from Indian bowling side in the second innings:
Bowler Overs Runs Wickets
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4 11 1
Umesh Yadav 3 10 0
Ravindra Jadeja 22 63 2
Ravichandran Ashwin 20.3 55 6
Jayant Yadav 6 39 1
What Virat Kohli said at the presentations ceremony after the victory?
After an impressive win in India vs England 4th Test, Virat Kohli was chosen as the Player of the Match and he gives the credits to the whole and appreciated the spinners, Jayant Yadav and Murali Vijay’s knocks. He also told his strategy ahead of the fifth and said that he is happy that he perfectly executed the same.