Day 4 started with English skipper Ben Stokes scripting historical past and ended with India placing up a strong battle to reduce the deficit. With England scoring 669, their fifth-highest whole in Take a look at historical past, the guests appeared in a strong place. India started their second innings by shedding two wickets with out a run on the board. However fifties from Shubman Gill and KL Rahul stabilized the innings, serving to the guests attain 174/2 by stumps, nonetheless trailing by 137 runs.
The morning was filled with spectacular moments from Stokes. Resuming on 77, the England skipper not solely accomplished a much-awaited century, his first in 35 innings, but in addition joined an elite checklist of all-rounders with over 7000 runs and 200 Take a look at wickets, alongside Garry Sobers and Jacques Kallis.
England’s innings, which was stretched for 157 overs, put the Indian bowlers and fielders on the again foot. With simply quarter-hour earlier than lunch, Chris Woakes dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal for a duck with a peach that took the sting. On the subsequent supply, Sai Sudharsan went for a half-hearted shot at a large supply and was caught at slip.
Following which, Shubman Gill and KL Rahul stitched collectively a superb stand. Gill reached his fifty in 77 deliveries and ended the day unbeaten on 78 off 167 balls. In the meantime, Rahul reached his half-century off 141 balls. Collectively, the duo stitched an unbroken 174-run stand, India’s nineteenth fifty-plus partnership of the sequence. Their efforts have given India a faint likelihood of saving the match. Notably, Rahul turns into the second Asian opener to combination 500-plus runs in a Take a look at sequence in England, after Sunil Gavaskar (542 in 1979). He’s additionally the second visiting opener to do this within the nation within the twenty first century after Graeme Smith (714 runs in 2003). The guests ended the day on 174/2, trailing by 137 runs.
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