India vs England 2nd Test Day 4 LIVE: ENG 109/2, Axar traps Rehan LBW, breaks 2nd wicket stand
India vs England 2nd Test Day 4 LIVE: ENG 109/2, Axar traps Rehan LBW, breaks 2nd wicket stand
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10:13 (IST)
India vs England LIVE
After 24 overs, England 109/2 (Zak Crawley 45, Ollie Pope 8)
Crawley collects a brace at the start of Bumrah’s 10th over, guiding England past 100 and bringing the equation down to less than 300 in the process. FOUR! Crawley moves to 45 with a lovely on-drive through the gap between midwicket and mid on off Bumrah’s bowling. FOUR! Out comes the reverse sweep from Pope as he places the ball wide of the man at short third man.
10:10 (IST)
India vs England LIVE
After 22 overs, England 99/2 (Zak Crawley 39, Ollie Pope 4)
Bumrah attempts to fire an inswinging yorker at Crawley, but ends up firing it far down leg at 144 clicks, beating both the batter as well as the diving keeper and running away for four byes. FOUR! Beautifully driven down the ground by Crawley off a full delivery from Bumrah outside off. FOUR! Rehan collects a streaky boundary with a thick outside edge that flies wide of slip and goes all the way to the third man fence for a four. Axar finally gets rid of the nightwatchman four balls later, trapping him leg-before with one that skids through and hits him on the pad in front of off. FOUR! Ollie Pope, England’s hero in Hyderabad, walks in next and sends out a warning to the hosts by collecting a boundary right away.
10:06 (IST)
India vs England LIVE
OUT! Axar breaks the second-wicket partnership that was starting to touch the fifty-run mark, trapping Rehan Ahmed LBW! Axar had induced an outside edge earlier in the over that fell just wide of the slip fielder, and followed it with a couple of deliveries that stayed a touch low and held its line. Rehan shuffles to his right in the penultimate delivery looking to heave it towards the leg side, but ends up missing the ball completely, getting hit on the pad right in front of the sticks. The ball skid through holding its line and that is what might have caught Rehan by surprise. He did his job as nightwatchman though. ENG 95/2
Rehan LBW Axar 23(31)
09:56 (IST)
India vs England LIVE
After 20 overs, England 83/1 (Zak Crawley 35, Rehan Ahmed 19)
Just one off Axar’s over, with Crawley collecting a single in the second delivery after pushing the ball down the ground to move to 35.
09:54 (IST)
India vs England LIVE
After 19 overs, England 82/1 (Zak Crawley 34, Rehan Ahmed 19)
It’s Bumrah vs Rehan for the first time today. Rehan gets an outside nick in the first delivery, with Iyer doing well at gully to stop the ball from running away for a boundary. Rehan had been taking his chances against spin, but decides to see this one off, resulting in another maiden for Bumrah.
09:49 (IST)
India vs England LIVE
After 18 overs, England 82/1 (Zak Crawley 34, Rehan Ahmed 19)
FOUR! FOUR! And now Rehan smacks Axar for back-to-back boundaries to increase the pressure on the home team! Dances down the track and steers the ball through the gap between midwicket and mid on at the start of the over before driving the very next delivery through extra cover. Takes a single in the third ball to get off strike.
09:47 (IST)
India vs England LIVE
After 17 overs, England 73/1 (Zak Crawley 34, Rehan Ahmed 10)
FOUR! First boundary of the fourth day, with Crawley going for an aerial drive through the gap between extra cover and mid off off a full delivery from Bumrah. Four off Bumrah’s second over of the day.
09:40 (IST)
India vs England LIVE
Rehan Ahmed almost caught at mid-on. Tries to go after Axar Patel and the miscue doesn't go far enough to be taken by the fielder. Two runs from the over.
09:38 (IST)
India vs England Day 4 LIVE
Jasprit Bumrah with a maiden over to start the fourth day's play in the second Test. Zak Crawley seeing off one delivery that stayed low and others that nipped back in. Shubman Gill hasn't taken the field and Sarfaraz Khan is in his place. Rajat Patidar occupying the first slip position that Gill normally stands in.
09:21 (IST)
Is Joe Root fit to bat?
Joe Root spent most of day three off the field nursing a damaged finger. He had sustained a blow on his right little finger while trying to take a catch. The incident happened early in the day and the England batter stayed off the field for the rest of the day.
James Anderson on Root's finger injury: "His finger is not great," said Anderson. "He took a blow in training this morning and again on the field. It's just making sure that is as good as it can be for when he bats. Hopefully tomorrow he'll turn up at the ground and be OK to hold a bat.
"He was just making sure he could do everything he could to help us out in the second innings, just making sure it's as good as possible for tomorrow. There's a chance we will need him with the bat so it's making sure he can hold a bat.
"I don't think there's concerns. It's making sure he's as good as he can be. There's no point risking it for an external blow, no point risking it further out in the middle, so it's making sure he's good enough to bat."
09:12 (IST)
India vs England 2nd Test Day 4
First session is going to be pivotal in what could be the last day in this contest. There has been moisture on the surface in the first sessions - something Gill also spoke of. India need wickets in this session. England need to come out of it unscathed.
09:10 (IST)
James Anderson on England's approach
"The chat last night from the coach was that if they get 600, we were going to go for it," said Anderson.
"It makes it very clear to everyone that we will try to do it tomorrow. I know there are 180 overs left in the game, but we will try to do it in 60 or 70."
09:10 (IST)
Record targets
The highest fourth-innings target successfully chased against India is England's 378 at Edgbaston in 2022, and the most successful in India was when the hosts got 387 against England in 2008.
09:00 (IST)
Shubman Gill on the second Test
"Definitely pleased but I left a few out there. We could have done with a few more runs."
"I think it's 70-30 at the moment. Morning session will be key. We've seen there is moisture in the morning, and help for fast bowlers and spinners."
08:36 (IST)
India vs England 2nd Test LIVE
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the India-England Test series. It is Day 4 in the second Test and the situation is evenly poised. England need 332 runs to win in Visakhapatnam and take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. India need nine wickets to level the series at 1-1. All to play for!
India vs England 2nd Test LIVE: Shubman Gill returned to form with a 104 run knock as India handed England a 399 run record target in the second Test on Sunday.
England, who lead the five-match series 1-0, will resume the fourth day’s play from 67/1 after opener Ben Duckett fell for 28 in Visakhapatnam.
Left-hander Duckett put on an attacking 50-run partnership with Zak Crawley, batting on 29, before R Ashwin got him out for his 497th Test wicket.
Nightwatchman Rehan Ahmed, on nine, joined Crawley with England needing another 332 for victory.
The highest fourth-innings target successfully chased against India is 378 runs, which England got to in 2022, and the most successful in India was when the hosts got 387 against England in 2008.
For England, Tom Hartley and Ahmed combined to bowl India out for 255 after Gill’s 104 on a day of bowling and fielding brilliance.
