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England have tightened their grip in the Manchester Test on the basis of Joe Root Recorded century. Indian bowlers have put the team in trouble. In the fourth Test match, there is still a full 2 -day game left. England have made a lead of 186 runs on India. On the fourth day, he will try to take the edge beyond 200. Captain Ben Stokes is currently present at the crease.
With the 38th Test century of Joe Root (150), England have strengthened their hold against India by scoring 544 runs for 7 wickets in the first innings in the fourth Test. India’s first innings was reduced to 358 runs, which now leads to 186 runs and has three wickets left. At the time of stumps, England captain Ben Stokes was playing for 77 runs while Liam Dawson is standing at the crease after scoring 21 runs.
Root shared 144 runs for the third wicket with Oli Pope (71) during his memorable innings and 142 runs with Ben Stokes. Root made several records with 14 fours during his 248 -ball brilliant innings. On reaching a personal score of 120, he came second in the list of batsmen who scored the most runs in Test cricket, beating former Australia captain Ricky Ponting (13378).
Playing his 157th Test, the 34 -year -old route overtook Indian veteran Rahul Dravid (13288) and former South Africa’s former great all -round Jack Kallis (13289) in terms of highest Test runs in the first session of the day. He is now behind only India’s great batsman Sachin Tendulkar (15921).
Root, who made the Nagpur Test debut against India in 2012, set another record against this country by scoring its 12th century. He surpassed Australia’s Steve Smith’s record of 11 Test centuries against India. This is the 38th century of Root’s Test career. He has come in fourth place with former Sri Lankan veteran Kumar Sangakkara in the list of centuries scoring centuries in the longest format of the game. There are further Tendulkar (51), Jack Kallis (45) and Ponting (41) in this list.
Root shared 144 for the third wicket with Oli Pope (71) during his memorable innings and 142 runs with Stokes. Stokes retired on a personal score of 66 runs but came to the crease for batting again after the sixth wicket fell as Chris Woakes (four).
The effect of fatigue on Indian bowlers was clearly visible. Bumrah (one wicket for 95) was bowling at around 130 while Anshul Kamboj also failed to impress. Mohammad Siraj (one wicket for 113) bowled with power but luck was not supported.
Given the uneven boom of the pitch, England will try to put pressure on India by making a big lead because on the fourth and fifth day of the match, it will become batting and difficult due to being under the ball. Root made a great shot around the field in his innings. In addition to hitting the ball towards the cover area against the fast bowlers, he played a pull shot with the shot ball easily against the shot ball, and the same was easily scored against the spinners on the sweep and reverse sweep.
His innings ended in the last session of the day by Ravindra Jadeja (two for 117), when his leg went out of the crease and Dhruv Juril scattered the time without losing time behind the wicket. After this, Bumrah followed the dangerous Jamie Smith (nine), while Siraj got the first success in the form of Vox.
The first session of the day was completely disappointing for the Indian bowlers, but Washington Sundar (two wickets for 57) gave India two successes with the wickets of Pope and Harry Brooke (three) at the beginning of the second season. India bowled with the spin bowlers of Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja at the beginning of the second season after lunch. Sundar broke the Pope’s 144 -run partnership for the third wicket with the route by catching the Pope at the hands of Lokesh Rahul.
Harry Brooke got out of the crease against Sundar and stumped in an attempt to play a big shot. Root finished his 38th century in the Test with fours by giving a glance against Anshul Kamboj (one wicket for 89 runs) and stole a run against the bowler before the tea rest and left behind Ponting’s Test career runs.
Bumrah bowled only one over with the new ball and then went out of the field, which increased India’s difficulties further. He returned to bowling before the rest of the tea, but the umpires told him that he can bowl only after spending as much time as he is out of the field.
Earlier in the initial session of the day, Root and Pope had brought the team score to 332 runs for two wickets without giving any chance to the Indian bowlers. The Indian bowlers failed to create any difficult challenge for the route and the Pope in the early session of the day. Leaving the second day’s evening session, the Indian bowling attack once again failed to break into England batting.
England batsmen had some trouble due to James Anderson being under a few balls, but Bumrah -led bowling unit did not harass the route and Pope much. England’s most experienced batsman Root flicked Bumrah at the beginning of the day and hit a brilliant four. He and the Pope had no problem in hitting Bumrah’s shot ball. Starting the day by 225 runs for two wickets, England batted vigilantly in the first hour and took the score to 266 runs.
Kamboj made an opportunity in his initial spell, but Dhruv Jurael, who was keeping close to the wicket, could not catch a difficult catch. The Pope was on 48 runs at the time. Root also got a life during this time when he remained far away from the bowling end while stealing runs off Siraj but Ravindra Jadeja’s throw came out of the wickets.
