IND vs ENG 4th Test Day 4 Highlights:- India emerged victorious in the fourth Test against England, securing a five-wicket win and extending their remarkable streak of 17 consecutive series victories at home. The match took place in Ranchi on Monday, and with this triumph, India now holds an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the five-match series. The final game is scheduled to be held in Dharamsala on March 7.
Notably, this defeat marks the first series loss for England since Brendon McCullum assumed the role of head coach. India began their day at 40 without any loss and encountered some tense moments before successfully chasing down the target of 192 runs during the afternoon session.
The unbeaten partnership of 72 runs between Shubman Gill (52 not out off 124 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (39 not out off 77) proved instrumental in India’s victory, as they recovered from a collapse in the middle order. Earlier in the morning session, Rohit Sharma (55 off 81) played a crucial innings, contributing a fifty and forming an 84-run partnership with his opening counterpart Yashasvi Jaiswal (37).
Brief scores
England: 353 and 145
India: 307 and 192/5 in 61 overs (Rohit Sharma 55, Shubman Gill 52 not out, Dhruv Jurel 39 not out, Yashasvi Jaiswal 37; Shoaib Bashir 3/79).
Rohit Sharma said after the win IND vs ENG:-
“It’s been a very hard-fought series. To come at the right side of it at the end of 4 Tests, I’m feeling very proud of the boys – I’m happy at having achieved what we wanted to do, a very composed and very spirited set of guys. It clearly tells me that they want to be here, all the hard grind, in local and domestic cricket. It’s a big challenge to play Test cricket, but the response has been quite encouraging. The only work for Rahul bhai and me is to get the things done. They’re very clear at what they want to do, Jurel, in his second play, showed a lot of composure and has the shots as well. His 90 in the first innings brought us close to England’s total and he showed a lot of calmness and maturity in the 2nd innings. It’s always not pleasing to miss key players, but there’s nothing we can’t do as a group. It wasn’t easy for these guys to come and fill their shoes, there was a lot of pressure from outside, not inside, a lot of things were written and spoken about, but performances like this will motivate them to do better in the future. We turn up to every Test match thinking we will win, we’re not going to dwell into the past, we’re 3-1 ahead with a Test to go. A lot of the guys haven’t been used to playing a 5-Test series, but we’ll go there to do the same job and try to win the last Test as well,” Rohit said.
Virat Kohli reacts to India’s series win:-
YES!!! 🇮🇳
Phenomenal series win by our young team. Showed grit, determination and resilience.@BCCI— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) February 26, 2024
Shubman Gill said after the match IND vs ENG:-
Gill said, “We were put under pressure by them, but we got a good start by our openers, losing couple of wickets put pressure. But Jurel came out and took the pressure off. You have to see the situation and play accordingly – they were bowling well and protecting the boundaries, also not giving maidens and keep picking the singles (was the mindset). I just told him (Jurel) you batted beautifully in the first innings and to have the same mindset, try to use the feet to negate the off-spinner. The way he came down and played was beautiful. The first innings the ball was not turning much and hence I didn’t use my feet, but second innings I decided to take the LBW out of the equation by using my feet. It means the world to us, coming here and having to play the series with not much batting experience, having lost KL after the first Test.. but Rohit Bhai backed us and gave us the confidence to go out and play with freedom.” Gill said.
Dinesh Karthik reacts to India’s win:-
Performances from seniors to juniors, this match had it all!
Glad to see India seal another series. I had an amazing time and enjoyed every moment in the comm box, hope you did too!
It’s time to get back in action! 🏏#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/I2Dtuf1LP0— DK (@DineshKarthik) February 26, 2024
Michael Vaughan reacts to India’s win:-
5 world class players missing .. Losing the Toss .. deficit in the 1st innings .. Full credit to India .. that’s a very impressive test victory .. alot of new young indian players are arriving and will be around for a long time .. #INDvENG
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 26, 2024
How Gill got to his half-century!-
After solid resistance with the bat, Shubman Gill clears the ropes twice and brings up his FIFTY! 😎#TeamIndia only 2 runs away from a win in Ranchi!
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— BCCI (@BCCI) February 26, 2024
What Ben Stokes said after the toss:-
Stokes said, “I think it was a great Test match. If you see the scoreboard, it’ll say India won by 5 wickets, but it doesn’t give credit to the way things unfolded. I can only be proud of my team, we’ve had some inexperienced spinners (Bashir and Hartley), but I’m proud of their efforts. Part of my captaincy is allowing the young guys to revel and the freedom to play in some difficult conditions in India. I am a massive Test cricket fan, the number of youngsters coming along in both teams set things up nicely for the future. If you look at yesterday, anything was possible, it was incredibly difficult against the spinners, we knew the pitch wouldn’t get any better, as we saw today. I don’t think the criticism of Joe Root has been fair, the sheer amount of cricket he’s played, he’s incredible. So is Bashir, taking 8 wickets after having hardly played a lot of cricket is superb. You want to win series, you want to play and win cricket matches. The only thing I can say is we left nothing on the field, we’ve fought hard and I’m happy with that.”