India vs England, 4th Test - Ranchi

In reply to shivnotout
Not close at all. India won dis with the 307 in di first innings. The Pommie collapse was di icing on di cake.

And India continue their record home winning streak, which now extends to 17 series played in India without a defeat.

England lose the series despite facing an India team without Kohli, Shami and Rahul. Indian strength in depth is very impressive, with some fine performances from their younger players who came into the side during the series. Jaiswal, exceptional with 655 runs at an average of 93, including scores of 80, 209, 214* and 73. He made a valuable contribution in every test match and heading into the fifth and final test match, has almost twice as many runs as the next batsman on either side. Next in the run aggregate is Shubman Gill, with 342 runs at an average of 48. For England, Zak Crawley leads with 328 runs at 41.

Of the bowlers, Tom Hartley has 20 wickets (avg 33), with Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja each taking 17 wickets at 13 and 25 apiece respectively.

India vs England, 4th Test

ENG 353 & 145
IND 307 & 192/5

India won by 5 wktS

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Dhruv Jurel

No Kohli for the entire series, no KL Rahul for three Tests, no Jadeja for a Test, no Ashwin for half-a-Test, no Bumrah for the 4th Test - India were deprived of some serious talent and were up against the 'Bazballers' of England, but it's Rohit Sharma's men who've had the last laugh.

In reply to Narper

Good review here

In reply to Chrissy

The series loss doesn't matter all that much, what is important is the style of test cricket that produces a fascinating game, like the test matches in Australia and all the matches England have played under this Bazball era. This is a young English side and their approach under Bazball is refreshing.

India tried dull cricket, but you can see how hard they were forced pushed by the opposition to play positive cricket in their home turf and in the end, cricket won. In Safraz, their keeper and Jai and a couple other youngsters, they have the talent to adopt a better approach going forward.

The crowd was scanty- witness day 5 in WI v Australia in comparison.

I would like to see India play more positive test cricket, they have all the resources and then some, plus a pool of player larger than the population of some of our islands.

In reply to Emir
Agree