Lady luck didn't favor the world champion team India. Team India was favorite of winning the fourth test match after beating England in the 3rd Test convincingly by a margin of 203 runs. 4th Test match of the series b/w India and England started on Thursday 30 th August 2018 at Southampton.
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England won the toss and opted to bat first in a pitch which is favoing the bowlers. Indian bowlers took good advantage of early swing.
Bumrah got first success when he trapped Jenning in 3rd over of the match. Jenning departed without score and England were 1 down at the total of 1.
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Ishant Sharma got rid of Joe Root at the score of 15. Root scored 4 runs. Early swing and seam bowling helped Indian bowlers and England batsman struggled to manage the good bowling by Indian bowlers. Bairstow became the second victim of Bumrah at the score of 28. Bairstow managed only 6 runs. Perfect start for India. Enland batsmen were facing the heat of some of the great swing bowling. They have no answer of quality seam bowling by Indian bowler. Cook resistance ended at the score of 36. At lunch England were 56 for the loss of 4 wickets. First session of the match belonged to India.
Mohammad Shami opened his account by sending Buttler back to the pavilion. Buttler contribute 21 runs in a total of 69. Second victim of Mohammad Shammi was Ben Stokes who managed to score 23. England were 86 for six. Curran & Moein Ali controlled the further collapse with the brilliance of Curran & Ali England managed to score a decent score of 246. Ali made 40 runs and curran was the top scorer for England. He scored 78 runs. For India Bumrah took 3 wickets, Ashwin, Shami & Sharma took 2 wickets each.
India made a decent reply, England got the first success at the score of 37 when Broad dismissed K L Rahul. Dhawan was the second victimof Broad. He made 23 runs. Kholi joined the already set Pujara in the middle. India ships were cruising. Curran applied break in Indian Ship by dismissing Kholi at the score of 142 runs. After the departure of Kholi, except Pujara no Indian batsmen stand long in the crease. India team bundled out at the score of 273 runs.
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Pujara made a brilliant 132 runs not out. For England Moein Ali took 5 wickets and Stuart Broad captured 3 wickets.
England started the second innings with 27 runs deficit. At score of 24 runs England lost Alistiar Cook who scored 12 runs. England sent Moein Ali to score some quick runs but the experience didn't work for England. England lost second wicket at the score of 33. Joe Root joined Jenning in the middle. Both added 59 runs partnership. Jenning scored well made 36 runs. Shammi cleaned Bairstow by giving him the present of golden duck. Root ran himself run out at the score of 122. Half of England team went to the pavilion with a lead of only 95 runs. England middle order showed good response by scoring some inevitable runs.England innings ended at the score of 271.Stokes made 30, Buttler and Curran made 69 & 46 runs respectively.Match was evenly poised at this stage. India needs only 244 runs to square the series. Condition was pretty tough for batting due to pitch variation and uneven bounce. England bowler took advantage of the conditions and dismissed the top 3 batsment cheaply. India were 3 down at the score of 23 runs.
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Kholi and Rahane controlled the situation by providing a partnership of 100 runs. At one stage India was cruising but Moein Ali shattered the hope of India by taking quick wickets of Kholi & Rahane. Kholi & Rahane made 58 & 51 runs respectively. After the loss of Kholi & Rahane no Indian batsmen showed any resistance and all team bowled out at the score of 184 runs. England won by 60 runs. With this win England clinched the series with 3-1 and there is still one match to spare.
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Moein Ali showed again heroics with the ball. He took four wickets. His match winning performance of taking nine wickets in the match and 49 runs with the bat rewarded him as a well deserved Man of the match.
The only good news for Indian Supporter that after the loss of series India will still retain the top position. This is my first post on sports. Hopefully you will like my first post.
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