Indian captain Rohit Sharma performs a shot during the third day of the fourth Test match between India and England on the JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi, on February 25, 2024.
| Photo Credit: Okay. R. Deepak
India skipper Rohit Sharma accomplished his 4000 Test runs during the second innings of the fourth Test against England at JSCA International Stadium Complex on Sunday as he got here out to bat during the 192-run chase.
In the primary innings, Rohit couldn’t rating a lot and was dismissed for simply two whereas within the second innings, he’s unbeaten at 24*.
Rohit has not been capable of capitalise on the begins that he has received within the sequence thus far. In the 4 matches thus far he has scored 266 runs at a mean of 38 and at a strike fee of 65.35 with one century (131 in Rajkot).
In 58 Tests, Rohit has scored 4,003 runs at a mean of 44.97, with the perfect rating of 212. He has smashed 11 centuries and 16 fifties in 100 innings.
Coming to the match, India ended their day at 40/0, with skipper Rohit Sharma (24*) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (16*) unbeaten with 152 runs extra to win the five-match sequence.
In their second innings, England was bundled out for simply 145 runs, with Zak Crawley (60 in 91 balls, with seven fours) and Jonny Bairstow (30 in 42 balls, with three fours) providing some battle. Spinners took all of the 10 wickets for India, with Ravichandran Ashwin (5/51) and Kuldeep Yadav (4/22) main the bowlers. England led by 191 runs and set India a goal of 192 runs to take the sequence win by 3-1.
Earlier, India was bundled out for 307 of their first innings in reply to England’s first innings complete of 353. Despite Yashasvi Jaiswal (73 in 117 balls, with eight fours and a six) firing as soon as once more, India was left struggling at 219/7. It was wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel (90 in 149 balls, with six fours and 4 sixes) who joined forces with Kuldeep (28 in 131 balls) to sew a 76 run stand for the eighth wicket and India managed to attain above 300 runs. Spinner Shoaib Bashir troubled Indian batters and took a five-wicket haul (5/119). Tom Hartley (3/68) and James Anderson (2/48) have been additionally nice with the ball.
England selected to bat first and put up 353 runs of their first innings, pushed by a comeback century by their premier batter Joe Root (122* in 274 balls, 10 fours), a half-century from Ollie Robinson (58 in 96 balls, with 9 fours and a six) and Ben Foakes (47 in 126 balls, with 4 boundaries and a six). Ravindra Jadeja (4/67) and Akash Deep (3/83) have been the highest bowlers for India.