Leaders Online Desk: In the fifth match of the Test series against England, the Indian team has taken a strong hold on the strength of strong batting. England won the toss and elected to bat at the start of the match. However, England's batting found itself in the Indian spinners' nets and England's innings was bundled out for 218 runs. The players of the Indian team who came out to chase this challenge have done a rare feat. Let's know about… (IND vs ENG Test)
Batting first in the last match of the Test series, he reached 218 all out. Chasing this challenge, India's leading batsmen Rohit and Shubman scored centuries while Yashasvi, Sarfraz and Devdutt scored a rare feat. In which five players from the team's top order have scored two centuries and three fifties. With the strength of this innings, India has made a strong grip on the match. In this, Rohit scored 103 and Shubman scored 110 runs. Yashasvi (57), Sarfraz (56) and Dev Dutt (65) also scored half-centuries. (IND vs ENG Test)
What happened in the match so far?
India 376 for 3 at T-break
India scored 376 runs in return for the loss of three wickets in the first innings till tea ceremony on the second day. Devdutt Padikkal and Sarfraz Khan put on a 97-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Sarfraz scored his third half-century in Test career. At the same time, Padikkal batted well in his Test debut innings. England scored 218 runs in the first innings. India got two shocks today. Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 103 runs while Shubman Gill was dismissed for 110 runs. The duo shared a partnership of 171 runs for the second wicket. (IND vs ENG Test)
India 264 for 1 by lunch
Chasing England's challenge, India scored 264 for the loss of one wicket by lunch on the next day. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill shared a partnership of 160 runs for the second wicket. The only blow to India came in the form of success on Thursday. He returned to the pavilion with 57 runs.
India scored 129 runs at a run rate of 4.30 without losing a single wicket in today's 30-over game of the first session. This time, Rohit scored his 12th century in his Test career and Shubman Gill scored his fourth century. This was Rohit's second century in this series. Earlier, he scored 131 runs in the first innings of the third Test at Rajkot. Shubman's first century in this series. Shubman completes his century with a four.
Rohit-Shubman's explosive century
While chasing the challenge given by England, Rohit Sharma has scored his 12th century in Test career. Shubman Gill also scored his century on the very next ball. This is his fourth Test century. His father stood up and congratulated him on his century. Rohit scored a century in 154 balls and Shubman scored a century in 136 balls. (IND vs ENG Test)
Shubman missed his century three times in this series. However, he completed his century today. At the same time, Rohit has scored another century in this series. He scored 131 runs in the first innings of the Rajkot Test. India has scored 262 runs for one wicket. Currently Shubman is at the crease with 100 runs and Rohit after 101 runs. Both have shared a partnership of 158 runs.
England's batting
After winning the toss and batting first, England got off to a good start. Ben Duckett and Jack Crowley put on a 64-run partnership for the first wicket. Kuldeep broke this partnership. He had Duckett caught by Shubman Gilkar. Duckett scored 27 runs in his innings. Crowley then completed his 14th Test half-century and fifth against India. Before lunch, Kuldeep delivered another shock to the English side by getting Olly Pope off wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurrell. Pope managed to score 11 runs. (IND vs ENG 5th Test)
Indian bowlers bowled 25.3 overs in the first session. In this, England scored 100 runs by losing 2 wickets. After this, in the second session, England scored 94 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 29.3 overs. At one point, England's score was 137 for two in the 38th over. After the fall of Crowley's wicket, England's innings collapsed. At 137 for two, the team was reduced to 218 in the 58th over.
Crowley scored 79 runs off 108 balls with the help of 11 fours and 1 six. Joe Root was dismissed for 26 runs, while Jonny Bairstow, who played his 100th Test, was dismissed for 29 runs. Kuldeep didn't even allow captain Ben Stokes to open the account. With England on 175 runs, the team lost the wickets of Bairstow, Root and Stokes. Ashwin sent Hartley (6) and Wood (0) to the pavilion in the 50th over of the innings. After this, Anderson (0) was sent to the pavilion and England's innings ended on 218 runs. Bashir remained unbeaten with 11 runs. In bowling, Kuldeep Yadav took five wickets for India. At the same time, Ravichandran Ashwin took four wickets in his 100th Test match. Apart from this, Ravindra Jadeja got one wicket. That means all 10 wickets of England were taken by spinners.
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