IND vs ENG Ranchi Test: Akash Deep took 3 wickets

IND vs ENG Ranchi Test: Akash Deep took 3 wickets

One success each for Ashwin-Jadeja

The fourth match of the 5 Test series between India and England is being played in Ranchi. England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and chose to bat first at the JSCA International Stadium on Thursday. Fast bowler Akash Deep made his debut from India.

At present the play of the second session of the first day is going on. England scored 151 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. Joe Root and Ben Fox are at the crease. Akash Deep has taken 3 wickets. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin got one wicket each.

Jadeja close to 300 test wickets

Ravindra Jadeja's 288 wickets have been completed.

Ravindra Jadeja has taken one wicket in the first innings. He is close to taking 300 wickets in his Test career. He currently has 288 wickets in 71 tests. He has also completed 200 wickets in India.

Ashwin one wicket away from 350 wickets in India

Ravichandran Ashwin is just one wicket away from completing 350 Test wickets in India. He has taken 502 Test wickets, of which 349 were in India. Ashwin took 153 wickets abroad.

Ashwin completes 100 wickets against England

Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 502 wickets in his Test career.

Ravichandran Ashwin LBWed Jonny Bairstow in the first session. With this his 100 wickets against England were completed. He has also completed one thousand test runs against England. He is the first Indian player to take 100 wickets along with 1000 runs against England. Ashwin has also taken 100 wickets against Australia.

England lost 5 wickets in the first session

The first session ended with the wicket of Ben Stokes.

England won the toss and chose to bat first in Ranchi. The openers quickly added 47 runs. Ben Duckett became the victim of Akash Deep after scoring 11 runs. From here Akash also sent Ollie Pope and Jack Crowley to the pavilion. The team lost 3 wickets for 57 runs.

Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root then took control of England by making a partnership of 52 runs and took the score beyond 100 runs. Ashwin made Bairstow LBW 15 minutes before the end of the session. After that Jadeja LBWed Stokes and the first session was over. The team scored 112 runs after batting 24.1 overs.

Akash Deep sent the top order to the pavilion

In the debut test, fast bowler Akashdeep sent England's top order to the pavilion. He had Ben Duckett caught behind, Ollie Pope LBW and Jack Crawley bowled. Duckett scored 11 and Crawley scored 42 runs. Pope could not even open an account.

Jack Crawley was bowled by Akash Deep.

Jack Crowley became the victim of Akash Deep after scoring 42 runs on 42 balls. Akash bowled him for the second time in the innings. Earlier in the fourth over, when Akash bowled Crawley, the ball turned out to be a no-ball.

For the second time, Akash bowled Crowley in the 12th over. The ball hit a good length and swung and hit the stumps. England lost 3 wickets at the score of 57 runs.

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