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India vs England Chennai Test day 4 Highlights
India need 381 to win, Ishant's 300th wicket was the gain of the day
India, chasing 420 runs in the second innings of the first Test against England at Chennai on Monday, are at 39 at the loss of Rohit Sharma's wicket at stumps. Shubman Gill (14) and Cheteswar Pujara (12) have remained unbeaten. England skipper Joe Root having taken the new ball, had started with Jofra Archer and the spinner Jack Leach on one end and Leach broke through India's second innings, bowling Rohit Sharma out for 12 only. Now India needs 381 runs to win the test match with a day left on Tuesday.
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The legends like Shane Warne and Kevin Pietersen were with the opinion that England must have made the declaration in the second innings. But the visitors did not need it. R. Ashwin had once again ripped through English batsmen, setting an excellent bowling figure of 17.3-2-61-6. England innings ended in 178 with Jo Root, the hero of the first innings with a magnificent double, was the top scorer also in the second innings with 40 off 32 deliveries before being LBW to Jasprit Bumrah. Shahbaz Nadeem the newcomer who came in replacing Kuldeep Yadav in the playing XI, has also picked up 2 wickets giving away 66 runs 15 overs. England were trying to revive their innings after Joe Root's departure through Olli Pope (28), Jos Buttler (24) and Dom Bess (25). But their middle-order looked helpless against Ashwin's accurate bowling and variation in line and length.
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India Vs England Chennai Test Day 4 also saw Ishant Sharma's achievement. Ishant bowled 7 overs and managed one wicket at the cost of 24 runs to become the third Indian bowler after Anil Kumble (619), Kapil Dev (434), Harbhajan Singh (417) R. Ashwin (386) and Zaheer Khan (311) to have bagged 300 wickets. Ishant have played 98 matches to accomplish this achievement. The 32-year old bowler who was out of the action for almost four years, reached 300-wicket milestone, Dan Lawrence on Monday.
India Vs England Chennai Test Day 4 also created a little bit of dispute as Indian cricketers looked unhappy to have noticed England batsmen trying to run down the pitch causing little spots ahead of fourth innings. Rohit Sharma looked unhappy after watching Root trying to pock the pitch with his bat after being out.
