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England have won the toss and have opted to bat

- James Anderson is two away from 700 Test wickets

- At 37 years, 172 days, R Ashwin will be the oldest Indian cricketer to play his 100th Test

- Yashasvi Jaiswal is 29 away from completing 1000 Test runs. If he gets there in this Test, he'll be the second fastest Indian in terms of innings taken after Vinod Kambli (14 inns) and the fastest Indian in terms of matches played (9).

England (Playing XI):

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Ben Stokes(c), Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes(w), Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir, Mark Wood, James Anderson

India (Playing XI):

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravindra Jadeja, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah

ENG 8/0 (3)


Day 1: 1st Session

Siraj to Duckett, FOUR, first real thrash ball and Duckett thrashes for four through cover.


Eng 16-0

wicket

Kuldeep Yadav to Duckett, out Caught by Shubman Gill!! Excellent catch from Gill and Kuldeep Yadav draws first blood for India.

Score after 18 overs

ENG 64-1

Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Pope, out Stumped!! Kuldeep has two and India has a wicket right at the stroke of lunch.

ENG 100/2 (25.3)


Day 1: Lunch Break

I fell asleep after Pope came down the wicket minutes before lunch. I’m was then 100/1
It is now 198/8 at tea
Kuldeep Yadav Mashing dem up

In reply to Chrissy


Kuldeep 5-72 at tea

In reply to Chrissy

Highlights of the session:

- Crawley out caught on 61, India decide against the review
- Jadeja drops a tough catch off Crawley (7
- Kuldeep cleans him up six balls later
- 3rd time in the series Crawley gets out in the 70s
- Bashir dropped by Jurel on 0
- Kuldeep goes past 50 Test wickets


ENG 206/8 (56)

Day 1: 3rd Session

In reply to shivnotout

Foakes b Ashwin for 24

England 218-9

Anderson out to Ashwin for a duck.

England 218 all out.

Three-day Test?

In reply to mikesiva

Ashwin to Foakes, out Bowled!! Oh this is a missed sweep, but it's rolled back slowly onto the stumps. 24



ENG 218/9 (57.1)

218/9

In reply to Chrissy

England 218 all out

Kuldeep 5-72
Ashwin 4-51
Jadeja 1-17

218/10
From 175/3
Ashwin 4
Yadav 5

In reply to Chrissy

all gawn


Ashwin to Anderson, out Caught by Padikkal!! James Anderson ends this misery innings by throwing his wicket away. duck

ENG 218 (57.4)

Day 1: Innings Break

In reply to shivnotout

Damn umpire _ I saw di edge in real time - not out
25/0

53* fi Jaiswal
100/0

and out - stumped gawn fi 57
104/1

50* fi Rohit
116/1

Day 1: Stumps

ENG 218
Zak Crawley 79[108
Ashwin 11.4 1 51 4
Kuldeep Yadav 15 1 72 5

IND 135/1 (30) CRR: 4.5

India trail by 83 runs

Shubman Gill 26(39)
Rohit Sharma 52(83)

Yashasvi Jaiswal st Foakes b Shoaib Bashir 57(5

So much for Bazbal, it doesnt really work

In reply to jacksparrow

It doesn't work when you dont put enough runs on the board and the opposition is also playing Bazball


IND 135/1 (30) CRR: 4.5

In reply to Narper

IND 279/2 (62.1)


Day 2: 2nd Session - India lead by 61 runs

In reply to shivnotout

India 376-3 at tea

Rohit 103
Gill 110
Jaiswal 57
Sarfaraz 56*
Padikkal 44*

Everyone contributed....

Dis done

4-1 India

In reply to mikesiva

Are we witnessing a changing of the guards for India? Youngsters who’ve been kept in the shadow for such a long time are stepping up to the plate as prima donnas take a break.

In reply to Chrissy

Seems that way, but with this brand of English players, you never know. For the love of the game, I hope the next 3 days or 2 days throws up something exciting.

Bazball has done wonders for England and it seems some of the young and exciting Indian batters also have that approach- it bodes well for Test Cricket.

In reply to Narper

I just feel the "bazball " approach is a bit reckless, ala West Indians at times, whereas the opposition, in this series, are capitalizing on scoring opportunities and, taking singles to rotate the strike I might add.

ENG 218

IND 473/8 (120)


Day 2: Stumps - India lead by 255 runs





Rohit Sharma (c) b Stokes 103

Shubman Gill b James Anderson 110

In reply to jacksparrow

India 477 all out

Rohit 103
Gill 110
Jaiswal 57
Padikkal 65
Sarfaraz 56

Bashir 5-173

There's a distinct difference between the way the two sides batted. I was watching Sarfaraz bat, and he played himself in, and got used to the pitch, before playing his shots. The bazball calypso collapso approach is to hit the ball hard from the very beginning, and there are no consequences if you get out to a poor shot while doing so. Bazball was doomed to fail in India.

Gavaskar and Kartik correctly pointing out that to be successful at Test level, you need a good defensive technique, and that of the current England batsmen, only Root seems to have that. You only have to look at the England Test batting averages to see that's the case. Most of them average in the 30s, including the overhyped Stokes and Bairstow.

In reply to mikesiva

out Caught by Bumrah!! Root waltzes down the track and mistimes the loft to find the stand-in skipper at long-on. End of England story. India complete a comprehensive win. They seal it by an innings and 64 runs.


IND 477
ENG 218 & 195

India won by an innings and 64 runs

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Kuldeep Yadav

First up, I raise my bat at reaching 50...

Hopefully, I will be around for many, many more...

The series ends in the beautiful Dharamshala setting, with India once again proving far too strong for the visitors. The approach chosen by the English in recent years has brought success and much interest. Yet here, faced with a quality outfit it fell short repeatedly. Despite the missing stars of Pant, Shami, Kohli and others, India proved again that they are at the top of the test tree along with the Australians, who are currently battling with the Kiwis in another interesting test match.

The final result of 4-1 looks one-sided. Well, it was, regardless of any thoughts and comments by English cricket fans, players or coaches. They were thoroughly outplayed in all facets of the game.

The leading run scorers were as follows:

Y.Jaiswal 712 runs at an avg of 89, including a pair of double centuries. After just 9 tests, he has already passed 1000 runs. Deserved Player of the Series.

S.Gill 452 runs at am avg of 56, including two centuries and a ninety-odd.

Z.Crawley 407 runs at an avg of 40. Four 50s yet failed to reach 80. Still, among the few brighter spots for the tourists.

With the ball, the following players led the way...

R.Ashwin took 26 wkts at an avg of 24. Exceptional performance once again.

T.Hartley took 22 wkts at an avg of 36.

J.Bumrah took 19 wkts at an avg of 16.

K.Yadav also took 19 wkts (avg 20)

Note, James Anderson reached 700 test wickets, only the third bowler to do so.

In reply to mikesiva

Could not have put it better. You can score quickly, and some batsmen are better than other at this, however you cannot force it, inevitably the ball wins.
Mc Callum was naturally aggresive but to get everyone to bat like him is reckless. I wonder what he would have done with an Alistair Cook.
By the way, Jimmy is a boss but he should retire now. England need a little more at that #11