IND vs ENG Day 4 at Stumps: England on top after Rahane, Pujara’s wickets, India’s lead past 150; IND 181/6- England are back in the game after the wickets of Pujara, Rahane and Jadeja. Now the onus lies on Rishabh Pant to take India’s lead past 200 on Day 5. Earlier, India fought back with Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara adding a 100+ partnership for the 4th wicket. That propelled India to take the 150+ runs lead after Tea. Rahane, in particular, went on to smash a fifty off 125 deliveries. Meanwhile, Pujara showed immense resilience as he scored 45 runs off 206 deliveries. Follow IND vs ENG LIVE Updates on InsideSport.co and LIVE streaming on SONY LIV
Pujara along with Rahane saw out the first six rather easily and it was the English bowlers who were put under a bit of pressure by the duo. Both batsmen did not relent by the body blows and short pitch delivery, as they kept on chipping away at the runs, and in the end, it was ensured that India took the honours in the second session.
India were on the backfoot at Lunch after losing three big wickets early. Within the 1st hour, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma departed with the score reading just 27 with Mark Wood claiming both. Virat Kohli despite a steady start was sent back by Sam Curran, leaving India reeling at 56/3. India now lead by just 29 runs and need Pujara and Rahane to play big knocks.
IND vs ENG Day 4 at Stumps:
IND vs ENG LIVE Score 2nd Test Day 4: 3rd session, 6th hour: Pujara and Rahane aim to stretch India’s lead
- Play stopped due to bad light – India lead by 154 runs
- R Jadeja perishes quickly, bowled out by Moeen Ali. The match is turning on its head for England.
- Rahane departs for 61. Moeen Ali gets his wicket for record 8th time. Momentum shifts in the favour of England.
- Onus on Rishabh Pant to help India get to at least 200 lead
- Cheteshwar Pujara 45 (206) dismissed, England have the last laugh
- 100 partnership comes up between Rahane and Pujara.
- DRINKS BREAK- Can it change England’s fortunes with the ball. Stay tuned for live updates.
- Joe Root brings himself into the attack in the 72nd over
- Ajinkya Rahane finally returns to form at Lord’s, ends his fifty jinx after 10 inns
- 10 runs off the 65th over bowled by Moeen Ali. Rahane and Pujara finally getting things get going.
- England lose their second review as the ball and bat had a clear difference between Rahane and Anderson in the 61st over.
- Rahane gets a lifeline, dropped at point by Jonny Bairstow for 31 in the 60th over off Moeen Ali.
- Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara are looking well set for their half-centuries. Can they guide India to a respective total? Follow us to find out
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KL Rahul | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 | |
| Rohit Sharma | 21 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 58.33 | |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | 45 | 206 | 4 | 0 | 21.84 | |
| Virat Kohli (C) | 20 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 64.52 | |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 61 | 146 | 5 | 0 | 41.78 | |
| Rishabh Pant (WK) | 14 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 48.28 | |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| Ishant Sharma | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Extra | 8 (b 2, w 0, nb 1, lb 5) | |||||
| Total | 181/6 (82) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | ||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 18 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 1.28 |
| Ollie Robinson | 10 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Mark Wood | 14 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 2.86 |
| Sam Curran | 15 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 2.00 |
| Moeen Ali | 20 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 2.60 |
| Joe Root | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1.80 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| KL Rahul | 1-18 | 9.2 |
| Rohit Sharma | 2-27 | 11.6 |
| Virat Kohli | 3-55 | 23.1 |
| CA Pujara | 4-155 | 72.4 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 5-167 | 75.6 |
| RA Jadeja | 6-175 | 79.1 |
- Pujara & Rahane bring up 50-run stand off 176 deliveries, a much-needed partnership for India.
- Pujara and Rahane bring up 100 for India. The duo is closing on in their 50-run stand.
- Pujara hits the first boundary after 117 deliveries.
- Moeen Ali is extracting little spin from the wicket. But Pujara and Rahane remain steady.
- Pujara is batting at a strike rate of below 12. From 96 balls, he has scored 11 while Rahane has scored 12 off 43 at a strike rate of 26.67. India need quick runs to set a big target. Otherwise, it is set to end up in a defeat.
IND vs ENG LIVE Score 2nd Test Day 4: 2nd session, 3rd Hour: Rahane & Pujara under pressure to deliver; IND 75/3, lead by 48.
- Rahane smashes a 4 off Robinson. His first after 33 balls.
- Rahane in 2021: 1, 5, 15, 49, 27, 7, 10, 67, 0, 1, 24, 37, 4, 22
- Rahane in 2021: Match: 9, Inn: 15, Runs: 273, Avg: 19.50, 50/100: 1/0. Even though he is India’s top-scorer in WTC-1, his recent poor forms is a big concern.
- Pujara in 2021: Match 9, Innings: 16, Runs: 395, Avg: 28.21, Strike rate: 31.10, 50/100: 4/0. He is struggling and needs a big knock.
- Pujara and Rahane are off to a slow start. While that was expected to put up a big target, India need to score quickly. Perhaps, sending Rishabh up the order in place of Rahane would have been better?
- Pujara and Rahane will have to be their best to anchor India. Both are struggling with their forms.
IND vs ENG LIVE Score 2nd Test Day 4: 1st session, 2nd Hour: India lose Virat Kohli just before lunch; IND 56/3, lead by 29.
- Day 4 Lunch: India struggling after losing three big wickets early.
- Kohli’s last 49 international innings has no centuries: 42, 20, 0, 44, 13, 7, 66, 56, 80*, 1, 77*, 73*, 0, 0, 27, 0, 62, 11, 72, 74, 4, 85, 40, 9, 63, 89, 21, 3, 14, 2, 19, 9, 15, 51, 11, 38, 11, 45, 89, 78, 16, 26, 30*, 85, 0, 4, 70*, 19, 94*
- WICKET! Virat Kohli departs. Sam Curran gives England the big wicket, takes Virat Kohli out to put India on the backfoot.
- Kohli is charged up and hammers Robinson for a 4.
- Pujara finally gets off the mark after 35 deliveries. Indian fans at Lord’s give applaud his 1st run.
- Kohli hammers Anderson for a 4 and Sibley. Kohli is looking in good touch but he will need to continue for long.
- Kohli hammers Wood for a 4 with a classic extra-cover drive.
- This is the second time Rohit Sharma has thrown his wicket away trying to pull a delivery. In the Trent Bridge Test, he did the same in the 1st innings on 36 and Sam Curran got the wicket.
IND vs ENG LIVE Score 2nd Test Day 4: 1st session, 1st Hour: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma depart early; IND 27/2, scores level.
- WICKET! Harakiri from Rohit Sharma. He wanted to charge Mark Wood again but mistimed and Moeen Ali with an easy catch.
- Rohit pulls Mark Wood for a 6, 1st off the innings to level the scores.
- WICKET! KL Rahul departs after nicking a Mark Wood delivery. India didn’t want that but he has to go.
- DRS! Joe Root takes a review off an LBW for KL Rahul. Anderson is excited but the ball is outside the leg stump.
- Change in bowling for England. Mark Wood comes early. Rohit Sharma hammers him with a four.
- After a couple of maiden overs, Rohit Sharma gets going, hammers Robinson for a 4.
- James Anderson begins for England. Rahul and Rohit have got two singles off 1st two balls.
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@15:05 PM: Bad news, it’s drizzling at Lord’s. Start could be delayed.
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IND vs ENG LIVE Score: Joe Root’s 180 guides England to 27 runs lead, big test coming for Indian batsmen on Day 4, follow LIVE Updates
Stumps England 391 (Root 180*, Bairstow 57, Siraj 4-94, Ishant 3-69) lead India 364 (Rahul 129, Anderson 5-62) by 27 runs
IND vs ENG LIVE Score: Earlier in the day, sublime & faultless Joe Root completed his 7th test century against India and then easily stretched passed it 150. This was Root’s 22nd century overall.
IND vs ENG LIVE Score, 2nd Test Day 3:
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rory Burns | 49 | 136 | 7 | 0 | 36.03 | |
| Dom Sibley | 11 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Haseeb Hameed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Joe Root (C) | 180 | 321 | 18 | 0 | 56.07 | |
| Jonny Bairstow | 57 | 107 | 7 | 0 | 53.27 | |
| Jos Buttler (WK) | 23 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 54.76 | |
| Moeen Ali | 27 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| Sam Curran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Ollie Robinson | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 27.27 | |
| Mark Wood | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 21.74 | |
| James Anderson | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 33 (b 5, w 5, nb 17, lb 6) | |||||
| Total | 391/10 (128) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | ||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ishant Sharma | 24 | 4 | 69 | 3 | 2.88 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 26 | 6 | 79 | 0 | 3.04 |
| Mohammed Shami | 26 | 3 | 95 | 2 | 3.65 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 30 | 7 | 94 | 4 | 3.13 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 22 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 1.95 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Dom Sibley | 1-23 | 14.2 |
| H Hameed | 2-23 | 14.3 |
| Rory Burns | 3-108 | 41.2 |
| JM Bairstow | 4-229 | 78.4 |
| Jos Buttler | 5-283 | 90.6 |
| MM Ali | 6-341 | 110.5 |
| SM Curran | 7-341 | 110.6 |
| Ollie Robinson | 8-357 | 116.6 |
| Mark Wood | 9-370 | 124.3 |
| James Anderson | 10-391 | 127.6 |
- WICKET! England bowled out off the last delivery. Mohd Shami bowls out Anderson.
- FOUR, FOUR!!! Joe Root entertains, smashes back to back boundaries
- WICKET! Huge mixup, Mark Wood sacrifice his wicket
- England take lead against India, Can they stretch their lead to at least 50 runs? Follow us to find out
- Joe Root survives off Siraj. Umpire’s call for lbw, India’s review retained.
- WICKET! Siraj gets the better of Ollie Robinson. England’s review showed the ball kissing the leg stump
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- WICKET! Ishant Sharma on a roll, gets two in two. Sam Curran out for DUCK
- WICKET! Ishant Sharma gets rid of Moeen Ali (27), Kohli completes the catch.
- Root brings up his 150 runs. Can India stop him from another double century?
- Joe Root and Moeen Ali have brought a fifty partnership. India needs to wrap up England innings as early as possible.
- England batsmen have resumed the innings. They will look to end the day with a lead of at least 20-25 odd runs. Can India fight back? Follow us for live updates
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SESSION 2 – 4th hour: Ishant Sharma cleans up Buttler; ENG 314/5, trail by 50 runs
- England are only 50 runs away from equalling India in their first innings score after Tea break. They will look to get a decent lead against the visitors in the third and final session.
- 300 for England. Joe Root and Moeen Ali bring up 300-run mark and are now just 64 runs behind India.
- WICKET! Ishant Sharma finally gets a wicket. He cleans up Jos Buttler’s stumps to get a crucial wicket for India.
- Another 50-run stand for England. Joe Root and Jos Buttler bring up a 50-run stand off just 69 balls.
- Bumrah, Ishant, Jadeja and Shami all have had bad days on Day 3. None has managed to find a wicket. It’s Siraj who has got the wicket but hasn’t been at his best either. India have struggled to do well with the new ball.
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SESSION 2 – 3rd hour, Joe Root smashes 22nd Test 100; ENG 267/4, trail by 97
- WICKET! Ishant Sharma bowls out Jos Buttler. But can India take advantage?
- Joe Root brings up 9,000 Test runs. He is on a roll to achieve milestones.
- Joe Root smashes 22nd Test century. It’s his 11th as a captain, 7th against India. He equals Boycott, Cowdrey and Hammond. He is now behind Kevin Pietersen (23) and Cook (33).
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- Joe Root moves to 99.
- 2nd New Ball Taken! Can India use the shine to get unsettled Buttler out?
- WICKET! India finally have got the wicket they have been looking for. Bairstow tried to hammer a short-ish deliver from Siraj and edged it for Kohli to catch. The partnership ends at 121.
- Jonny Bairstow takes charge after 50, smashes Siraj for a 4 with a pull. India struggling.
- Joe Root is batting on 90, eyes 22nd Test century. It would be his 7th century against India.
- India need wickets and Virat Kohli banks on Ravindra Jadeja.
- Day 3 Lunch: It’s been a frustrating two hours for India. Root and Bairstow have dominated and India haven’t found an answer yet.
- Bairstow & Root have had 6-century stands since 2016. Only Kohli and Rahane have 7 in 37 innings.
- Bairstow smashes 50 after 19 innings. The duo also brings up a 100-runs stand.
- Root-Bairstow brings up 200 for England. India struggling for wickets.
- The Root-Bairstow partnership now stands at 89.
- Jonny Bairstow moves to 40s. The last time he scored a 50 was back 19 innings ago at Lord’s against Australia in 2019.
- The partnership now stands at 76. India need to find a wicket.
- Jadeja continues to trouble Bairstow. Could Ashwin have done a little better?
- Joe Root moves to 60s. In his 21 Test centuries, England have never lost a match. In fact, England have won 16 of them with the other five ending in draws.
- Bumrah does well against Bairstow and has troubled the England batter but hasn’t managed a wicket.
IND vs ENG LIVE Score Day 3: SESSION 1 – 1st hour, Root another completes 50
- And it’s drinks break
- Bairstow edges one to the third slip, falls short
- Root plays a premeditated pedal sweep for a boundary, Jajdeja comes back with a beauty, Root survives
- Bumrah bowls a maiden over against Joe Root
- Surprisingly! Jadeja is troubling Root and Bairstow at Lord’s
- Sloppy fielding by India gives away overthrow and miss fielding runs
- Jadeja replace Siraj, India wants to test Bairstow against left-arm spinner
- Bumrah back in attack replacing Shami starts off with four down the leg side
- England complete 150, captain Root leading the charge
- Bairstow hit Shami for two boundaries in an over
- FIFTY! Joe Root slams his third half-century on the trot. He continues to make a difference for England. India need his wicket as soon as possible.
- Mohammed Siraj begins from the other end but so far, neither has been able to trouble the English batters.
- Mohammed Shami resumes India’s bowling attack. Jonny Bairstow resumes for England
Day 3 pitch report: The wicket hasn’t changed much apart from few patches and that will see the ball keep low like it was the case on Day 3. There are also a fair bit of grass on the surface and would see seamers with more help.
@3 PM: Virat Kohli & Co begin warm-up.
Hello everyone, and welcome to Day 3 of what is a beautifully poised Test match. India currently have a lead of 245.
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IND vs ENG LIVE Score – Why Joe Root’s wicket is so important for India?
Joe Root unbeaten 48 and Roy Burns gutsy 49-knock helped England to claw their way back against India on the second day of the 2nd Test here at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Friday. At stumps, England’s score read 119/3 as they trail by 245 runs with Joe Root(48*) and Jonny Bairstow(6*) currently unbeaten at the crease after 45 overs.
Check why Root’s wicket will be key to the outcome of INDIA vs ENGLAND Test – One needs to see the below stats to understand the importance of Root’s wicket for both teams.
IND vs ENG: Does India need DRS coaching? Virat Kohli burns two reviews after Siraj’s appeals
Root in recent times has been a tough nut to crack against India. He not only average better when he plays against India in comparison to his career average – but also score big daddy hundred’s
In England, his performance vs India further improves and that is what makes his wicket so important for the Indian bowlers today & may end up deciding the outcome of the Lords test.
JOE ROOT’s RECORD vs INDIA
- Overall – Matches 107 / Runs 8935 / Av 49.36 / 100’s – 21
- vs India – Matches 22 / Runs 2010 / Av 57.42 / 100’s – 6
- vs India in Eng – Matches 12 / Runs 1058 / Av 66.12 / 100’s – 4
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IND vs ENG LIVE Score – Day 3: Will Joe Root guide England to big total or will Indian bowlers get rid of him soon? Follow LIVE updates For more sports news, IND vs ENG LIVE updates, follow us at insidesport.co