IND-ENG 4th Test from today: India has a chance to win the series…
IND-ENG Fourth Test from today: India has a chance to win the series, Jaiswal close to thousand runs.
The fourth match of the 5 test match series between India and England will be played from today i.e. Thursday. The match will take place at JSCA Stadium, Ranchi from 9:30 am.
India is leading 2-1 in the series after winning the Rajkot Test. The team has a chance to win the series. If India wins, the team will win its third consecutive series at home against England for the first time. Before this, the team had never won 3 consecutive home series against England.
If Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scores 139 runs in the first innings of the match, then he will equal Vinod Kambli’s Indian record of scoring 1000 runs in the fewest innings. At the same time, the one who scores thousand runs in matches will also become India’s fastest and second fastest player in the world.
Jasprit Bumrah has been given rest for this test. Mukesh Kumar can play in his place. Akash Deep also has a chance to debut.
England is ahead in head to head. So far, 134 matches have been played between the two teams, out of which India has won 33 and England has won 51. However, in the 67 matches played between the two teams in India, India won 24, lost 15 and drew 28.
India won 2 consecutive matches in the series, but Bumrah was not there in Ranchi.
India has made a great comeback after losing the first match of the series in Hyderabad. After winning a close match in Visakhapatnam, the team won by 106 runs in a one-sided match in Rajkot.
However, top wicket taker of the series Jasprit Bumrah will not be there in this test. In his place, Mukesh Kumar may get a chance, who will handle the pace attack along with Mohammad Siraj. In the absence of Virat Kohli, the young batsmen will have a chance to live up to the expectations of the middle order.
Yashasvi Jaiswal is the top run scorer from India. At the same time, after Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja is the top wicket taker of the team.
Playing eleven of both the teams
The England team has announced the playing eleven. Captain Ben Stokes included fast bowler Ollie Robinson in the playing-11 in place of Mark Wood. While Shoaib Bashir has joined in place of leg spinner Rehan Ahmed.
England – Ben Stokes (captain), Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes (wicketkeeper), Tom Hartley, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson and Shoaib Bashir.
India has not announced playing. Either Mukesh or Akash Deep may get a chance in place of Bumrah. Team India can also go with four specialist spinners. In such a situation, Akshar will get a chance to play.
India (probable)- Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Mukesh Kumar / Akash Deep / Akshar.
These records can be made in the match
Many records are at stake in Ranchi Test. We will know the main records among these…
Anderson closes to 700 wickets – James Anderson is just four wickets away from 700 Test wickets. Only Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and Shane Warne (708) have taken more than 700 wickets.
Jaiswal 139 runs away from thousand runs – Yashasvi has scored 861 runs in 13 innings of 7 matches. If he scores 139 runs in the first innings of the next match, he will equal Vinod Kambli’s Indian record of scoring 1000 runs in the fewest innings. At the same time, the one who scores thousand runs in matches will also become India’s fastest and second fastest player in the world. In India, this record is in the name of Cheteshwar Pujara and in the world, this record is in the name of Don Bradman.
Jadeja 13 wickets away from 300 wickets – Ravindra Jadeja, who completed 3000 Test runs in the last match, is also close to 300 Test wickets. He needs 13 more wickets to become the seventh Indian to reach there.
Bairstow is close to 6 thousand and Rohit is close to 4 thousand runs – Bairstow is 94 runs away from 6000 Test runs and Rohit Sharma is 23 runs away from 4000.
