Recent Match Report – India vs England, England tour of India, 4th Test

India 307 (Jurel 90, Jaiswal 73, Bashir 5-119) and 40 for 0 (Rohit 24*, Jaiswal 16*) need 152 runs to bat England 353 and 145 (Crawley 60, Ashwin 5-51, Kuldeep 4-22)

R Ashwin's five-wicket haul and Kuldeep Yadav's four helped India achieve an achievable target of victory in the third Test and the series.

On a day when two youngsters, each playing their second Test, confirmed their arrival by exerting considerable influence on the match, it was the vastly experienced Ashwin who lit up India's efforts to take control, with Kuldeep stepping in for an economical 4 for 22. from his 15 overs to help contain England's advantage at 191.

Ashwin followed two wickets in as many balls with that of first innings centurion Joe Root as England slipped to 65 for 3, then sealed their 35th Test five-over late in the day to bowl England out for 145 in their second innings and give India the lead. The openers chipped away at the deficit in the last 20 minutes before the close. Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal negotiated this period safely, reducing their task to 152 runs.

This came after 23-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel made his maiden Test fifty, falling just 10 runs short of a ton to become India's top run-scorer as he pushed his team to 307, closing the gap from the first innings. at 46 after starting the day, 134 runs adrift with three wickets in hand. Shoaib Bashir, the 20-year-old England bowler who toiled through 32 overs – 31 of them on the trot – for his four wickets on the second day, became the second youngest England bowler to take a five-for in men's Tests behind Rehan. Ahmed, whom he replaced for this match.

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