4th Test | ENG vs IND HIGHLIGHTS: India and England shake hands for a draw, but only after both Jaddu and Washy reach their hundreds on the day.
Both Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar waited to complete their hundreds before shaking hands with England skipper Ben Stokes to settle for a draw in Manchester.
Stokes' handshake was swiftly rejected by the Indian duo, who seem intent on reaching their individual milestones, with Jadeja on the brink of a century and Sundar steadily closing in on his.
Jadeja and Sundar reached their fifties as well just before tea with Jadeja unleashing the sword in Manchester as well.
On Day 5, India currently stands at 287/4, still trailing England by 24 runs after Shubman Gill's stellar fourth century of the series was cut short before lunch
Virat Kohli too had scored 4 hundreds during the 2014/15 Australia tour and Gill has got his name among the elites of world cricket.
With Jadeja and Sundar at the crease, England look more and more into the game and will go hard at the batters post lunch.
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Gill is also just 77 runs away from Sunil Gavaskar's all-time highest runs scored by an Indian player in a Test series record
Gavaskar firmly believes that team decisions must be made by the captain, independent of external influence, including that of the head coach.
Kohli, who held the record with 655 runs against England in Tests, has now been overtaken by India's newly appointed skipper as he battles on England pacers to help India cut down England's lead.
Born in December 1990, more than a year after Sachin Tendulkar made his iconic Test debut in Karachi, England's Joe Root grew up doing what most cricket-loving kids of his generation did -- trying to copy the Little Master. More than three decades on, Root now finds himself second only to Tendulkar in the list of all-time Test run-getters as he reflected on the Indian maestro's legacy his own journey as a youngster inspired by the Indian icon. "He's one of the greats the game has seen, hasn't he? I mean, all the things that he managed to achieve with the pressures that he had to shoulder and burden were incredible, Root said during a conversation with Harsha Bhogle on Sony Liv. The Yorkshireman surpassed Ricky Ponting's tally of 13,378 runs on Friday, day three of the fourth Test against India, and now sits at 13,409 runs from 157 Tests -- behind only Tendulkar's towering 15,921. Root made his Test debut in the 2012 Nagpur Test, a series that marked the twilight of Tendulkar's ...
Kapil Dev encouraged Bumrah to play freely without being burdened by retirement thoughts, though he did acknowledge the physical strain Bumrah endures for the team.
4th Test | ENG vs IND HIGHLIGHTS - Stumps: KL Rahul and Shubman Gill set up a thrilling final day in Manchester as they remain unbeaten on Day 4 with the score at 174/2
Rahul and Gill have now also set the record for the highest partnership in Test cricket after a team lost its first two wickets without scoring.
England were looking a little desperate for wickets which costed them 2 reviews as well as Stokes' decision making was slightly tipped over in the favour for the bowlers.
India's top-six batters need to be more consistent for a potential entry of specialist bowler Kuldeep Yadav in the playing eleven, bowling coach Morne Morkel has reasoned. There has been enough hue and cry over the non-selection of left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep in the series thus far. Former players from India and England have vouched for his inclusion in the side considering he is a genuine match winner. However, India have preferred picking three all-rounders in the playing eleven to shore up their batting till number eight. The move has given them mixed results. Calling Kuldeep a world-class spinner, Morkel said India are trying to fit the wily operator into the side. He can now only play the last Test at The Oval from July 31. "So Kuldeep, we are trying to find a way for him, but it is just more that consistent runs from our top six that we want so that we can bring a guy like Kuldeep in," said Morkel in a rather long media interaction post stumps on day three of the fourth .
Speaking in a video on his verified X handle, Kaif expressed concern over Bumrah's physical condition, particularly after his underwhelming performance on Day 3 of the fourth Test against England.
This marks the first time in eleven years that India has conceded more than 600 runs in a Test innings. The last instance came back in 2014 against New Zealand in Wellington.
He is also the 6th player to record this feat in world cricket, a feat that shows his commitment and desire to lead his nation by example.