ENG vs IND: England toils as Jadeja, Sundar anchor India's innings

Jadeja and Sundar reached their fifties as well just before tea with Jadeja unleashing the sword in Manchester as well.

The post lunch session saw Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar dig in and defy the England bowlers to hand India a 11-run lead by putting up an unbeaten 100-run partnership, taking India to 322/4 at tea.

 

Starting the session, both all-rounders had been given clear instructions and didn't take any risk whatsoever after losing skipper Gill just before lunch. England's lead kept reducing to bits as both batters toiled hard and kept rotating the strike among them. 

 

Stokes too tried to return to his spell despite his shoulder struggles, but his lethal bouncers couldn't find the inspiration this time to take one of the batters out on the day.  Fifties from Jadeja and Washy hand India the lead

 

As India grew closer and closer to a lead, England's impatience kept growing as the game approached tea. The two batters eventually removed the deficit, with Sundar hitting a six and a boundary that was followed by a loud cheer by the Indian crowd. Both of them reached their fifties as well just before tea with Jadeja unleashing the sword in Manchester as well. Jadeja also became only the 2nd player in Test history to score 5 fifty plus scores while batting at no.6 or lower.

 

In the end, both batters managed to see out the entire session, giving their team a 'W' with one final push left in the tie. 

 

India losing KL and Gill before lunch

 

Earlier, Day 5 of the 4th Test between England and India began with promise for the visitors but ended the opening session with them under pressure at 223/4 at lunch, after losing both set batters, KL Rahul and Shubman Gill. Resuming with a 174-run stand, India looked steady in their bid to draw the match. However, skipper Ben Stokes struck early, dismissing KL Rahul LBW in the 71st over with a low-bouncing delivery. Rahul, who fell short of a century, received a warm ovation but would be disappointed to not carry on.

 

Washington Sundar joined Shubman Gill, who despite a finger injury from a rising Stokes delivery, continued to show determination. Gill went on to score his 9th Test century and fourth of the series, equalling the record for most hundreds in a Test series by a captain alongside Don Bradman and Virat Kohli.

 

But just before lunch, Jofra Archer delivered a major blow by getting Gill caught behind. Ravindra Jadeja survived a dropped catch in the slips soon after, as India’s hopes of saving the Test now rest on Jadeja and Sundar. 

India 2nd Inning
322-4 (118 ov) CRR:2.73
Batter				R		B			4s		6s		SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal		c J Root b C Woakes		0		4			0		0		0
KL Rahul		lbw b B Stokes		90		230			8		0		39.13
Sai Sudharsan		c H Brook b C Woakes		0		1			0		0		0
Shubman Gill (C)		c JL Smith b J Archer		103		238			12		0		43.28
Washington Sundar		Not out		57		139			3		1		41.01
Ravindra Jadeja		Not out		53		102			5		0		51.96
Extras		19 (b 10, Ib 1, w 2, nb 6, p 0)
Total		322 (4 wkts, 118 Ov)
Yet to Bat		Rishabh Pant,Shardul Thakur,Anshul Kamboj,Jasprit Bumrah,Mohammed Siraj
Fall of Wickets
0-1(Yashasvi Jaiswal 0.4),0-2(Sai Sudharsan 0.5),188-3(KL Rahul 70.2),222-4(Shubman Gill 87.4)
Bowler	O		M		R		W			NB		WD		ECO
Chris Woakes	19		4		57		2			1		0		3
Jofra Archer	20		3		74		1			0		0		3.7
Brydon Carse	17		3		44		0			4		1		2.59
Liam Dawson	39		10		70		0			0		0		1.79
Joe Root	12		2		33		0			0		0		2.75
Ben Stokes	11		2		33		1			1		1		3