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Ind vs Eng, 4th Test: Pant's heroics puts hosts on top after torrid start

Reverse sweeping James Anderson to pick a boundary on the second day of a Test match perfectly summed up Rishabh Pant's belligerent knock at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday.The swashbuckling wicket-keeper batsman single-handedly put India in command on the second day of the fourth Test against England with his third century in Test cricket. Having started cautiously, Pant took the English bowlers to the cleaners in the final session to take the game away from the visitors and put the hosts in the driver's seat.At stumps, India's score read 294/7 with Washington Sundar (60) and Axar Patel (11) at the crease -- leading the visitors by 89 runs in the first innings. India scored 141 runs in 32 overs in the final session of the second day.With wickets tumbling around him, Pant took 82 balls to reach his first fifty runs. But the next 50 came off just 33 balls as he decided to send the English bowlers on a leather hunt. The second new ball turned to be a blessing in disguise for the ...

Pant showed great courage, probably his 'finest' knock, says Rohit

India opener Rohit Sharma on Friday labelled Rishabh Pant's 101-run knock as the finest he has seen from the wicketkeeper-batsman so far in the longest format of the game.Reverse sweeping James Anderson to pick a boundary on the second day of a Test match perfectly summed up Pant's belligerent knock at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday. The swashbuckling wicket-keeper batsman single-handedly put India in command on the second day of the fourth Test against England with his third century in Test cricket."In my opinion, it was probably his (Pant) finest knock. It came under pressure as well, we were not in a good position when he came out to bat. We saw few sides of Rishabh Pant's knock today. He was cautious at the beginning and then he actually flourished like we know Rishabh can. He put the team into a good position, when we came inside during the tea break, the message to both Rishabh and Washington Sundar was that we need to get to England's score and then try to press from ...

Ind vs Eng: It's 'pretty daunting' the way Pant scores, says Jeetan Patel

As Pant brought his team back in the game with his enthralling century, England's spin bowling coach Jeetan Patel said it is "pretty daunting" to see the way the India wicket-keeper batsman scores

IND vs ENG 4th Test Day 2 highlights: IND 294-7 at stumps, leads by 89 runs

Pant cracked a 118-ball 101 studded with 13 hits to the fence and two sixes to anchor India's innings after a 144-ball 49 by opener Rohit Sharma. Check India vs England 4th Test match scorecard here

Ind vs Eng: Hosts 'completely' out skilled visitors, admits Vaughan

While Michael Vaughan had criticised the pitch in the pink-ball game, the former England skipper admitted that India outplayed the visitors on the opening day of the fourth and final Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday.Spinners Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin spun a web over visitors as England was bundled out for 205 in the first innings. Vaughan praised the hosts and slammed a very "average" batting by England in the first innings on day one of the final Test."India today with the ball showed why they are so good in these conditions ... Pitch did very little for 60 overs and they completely out-skilled & out-thought England ... !! High class ... England with the Bat were very very average," Vaughan tweeted.In reply to England's 205, Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara showed great application as India ended the opening day of the fourth and final Test in the driver's seat despite losing opener Shubman Gill in the third session.After a disappointing show with the ...

Ind vs Eng: Rohit Sharma finally gets 'consistent' run after seven years

Rohit Sharma has been considered one of the stalwarts of Indian batting, but quite surprisingly this is only the second time in his 13-year international career that he has played six Tests in a row

Doesn't want importance to foreign players criticising pitches: Gavaskar

Gavaskar does not want importance to be given to foreign players, who are criticizing the Indian pitches, and said they will keep doing it till the time they are getting publicity out of it

Ind vs Eng: Pitch for 4th Test better binding, likely to hold for longer

Thanks to a bit of grass, the pitch for the fourth and final Test is likely to hold up for a bit longer than the surfaces did in the preceding two Tests which had led to a lot of debate

Ind vs Eng: Rahul Dravid told me to focus on line and length, says Siraj

India pacer Mohammed Siraj, who took two important wickets on the opening day of the fourth Test, has credited former skipper Rahul Dravid for helping the fast bowler

These are the hardest conditions I've faced as a batsman, says Stokes

As the England batters continue to struggle to find form in their ongoing series, England all-rounder Ben Stokes on Thursday said that these are the "hardest conditions" he has faced as a batsman

Jofra Archer missed fourth Test due to right elbow issue, says ECB

England fast bowler Jofra Archer was not included in the playing XI for the fourth Test against India due to an injury in his right elbow, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said

IND vs ENG 4th Test Day 1 highlights: IND 24-1 at stumps, trail by 181 runs

Gill could not even open his account, losing his wicket to James Anderson in the third ball of the innings. Check India vs England highlights and scorecards here

Ben Stokes was swearing at me, Kohli handled that well: Siraj

India pacer Mohammad Siraj on Thursday said England all-rounder Ben Stokes swore at him on the opening day of the fourth and final Test

India vs England: Bess certainly up for selection, says Root

Joe Root has hinted that spinner Dom Bess might feature in the playing XI for the fourth and final Test against India which gets underway on Thursday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad

Ishant was right, winning WTC would be like winning the World Cup: Rahane

India's Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane on Tuesday echoed pacer Ishant Sharma's emotions and said winning the World Test Championship (WTC) would be similar to winning the World Cup

No injury issues, Jasprit Bumrah gets rest ahead of big season

India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah, whose request to sit out the fourth and final Test against England was accepted by the BCCI, faces no injury issues

Pitch for the 4th Test will be similar to last two Tests: Ajinkya Rahane

India's Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane said there is no need to take criticism of the spin-friendly pitches in the country 'seriously' as not a word is spoken about the 'damp' tracks elsewhere

IND vs ENG: Zak Crawley expects pitch for 4th Test to behave like the 3rd

Young England opener Zak Crawley echoed Rahane's sentiments on the Motera strip which he believes will be 'similar' in nature but red ball will make it 'slightly easier' for the batsmen

India vs England: Brad Hogg bats for Ashwin's return to India ODI squad

Former Australia all-rounder Brad Hogg has called for R Ashwin's inclusion in India's ODI squad, saying the senior off-spinner is a wicket-taker who also adds depth to batting

Not many can bowl straight balls on spinners' track like Axar: Parsana

Dhiraj Parsana, former India left-arm spinner and the long-time curator at the Motera stadium, remembers a young Axar Patel as someone who had a beautiful high-arm action