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India vs England, Highlights, 4th Test, Day 1: England 53/3 at stumps, trail India by 138 runs at the Oval
IND vs ENG 4th Test Highlights: After Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Rory Burns cheaply and Haseeb Hameed for a duck, Umesh Yadav picked up the big wicket of Joe Root. Follow live score and updates of IND vs ENG 4th Test Day 1.
India vs England Highlights, 4th Test, Day 1: England ended the day on 53/3, behind India by 138 runs. Rory Burns and Haseeb Hammed couldn't stick around for long, with Jasprit Bumrah dismissing both England openers in the same over. Joe Root and Dawid Malan added 46 runs before Umesh Yadav picked up the big wicket of the England captain. Earlier, India were all out for 191 with Chris Woakes taking four wickets and Ollie Robinson grabbing three. Shardul Thakur produced a blazing half-century off just 31 balls and added a 50-plus partnership with Umesh for India's eighth wicket. Ajinkya Rahane endured another low score, getting dismissed for 47 as India were placed precariously at 122/6 at tea. England picked up the big wicket of Virat Kohli after the India captain scored a half-century off 85 balls - his 27th of Test career - and a second consecutive fifty of the series. India were 54/3 at the lunch interval, before England struck early in the second session, with Woakes picking up his second wicket and sending back Ravindra Jadeja. India's openers did well to score 28 runs in the first seven over, but pacers Woakes, Ollie Robinson and James Anderson combined to pick up three quick wickets....Read More
Stumps on Day 1: England trail India by 138 runs
Nightwatchman Craig Overton survives the final over. England finish the day on 53/3, behind India by 138 runs. India make sure they ended the day winning one session. India's bowlers have ensured that the game is once again wide open, especially with Umesh getting the in-form Root. He has scored 35 percent of England's runs in the series. Surely, India should try and restrict England for as low a score as possible. There wasn't much on the pitch but Bumrah and Umesh's wickets have throw the game open. Tomorrow promises to be another exciting day, so join us once again for what promises to be an enthralling Day 2 of this Oval Test. Until then, CIAO!
OUT! Umesh with a big wicket
BOWLED HIM! Huge wicket for India as Umesh Yadav cleans up Joe Root. Beautiful ball from the Indian quick, gets Root forward and generates enough swing after pitching to clip the top off off-stump. The England skipper is on his way back. No fourth century for him... not for the time being.
Fifty up for England
FIFTY up for England with Malan and Root taking the innings forward after openers' early departure. India offering too many loose deliveries on their legs, which the batsmen are easily capitalizing on. Just need to pull things back a little bit.
Root, Malan look to rebuild
From 6/2, Joe Root and Dawid Malan have taken the score to 34. The England captain has helped himself to three fours, and as has Malan. The partnership is 28 off 41 balls with India handing the ball to Shardul Thakur to replace Bumrah.
FOUR: Malan drives away from the body
First four for Dawid Malan, as the ball takes the outer half off the bat and races through the vacant gully region for a boundary.
Root off the mark with a four
The England captain turns to his go-to shot - the dab through slips to third man - to get off the mark with a four.
WICKET! Bumrah on fire
OUT! Bumrah strikes twice in the same over as England lose Hameed for a duck. England 6/2. Make that wicket No. 99. Short ball outside off and it deserved to be put away. Hameed leaps in the air and tries to slash it. Unfortunately, all he manages is an edged and Pant takes a sharp catch diving to his right. Second duck of the series for Hameed.
WICKET! England lose Burns
OUT! India deal first blow to England as Burns plays on. Bumrah with the first wicket. England 5/1. Burns' torrid time continue as he chips a good length ball into this stumps. Absolutely no reaction from Bumrah although his teammates erupt in joy. Also, this is Bumrah's 98th Test wicket.
Good start by India new-ball bowlers
Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah have started off well. The former got the ball to shape into the left-hander Burns regularly while Bumrah bowled a maiden to Haseeb Hameed from the to other end. India need early wickets.
All over, India bowled out for 191
Three wickets in three balls halts India's first innings at 191. Shardul Thakur was out LBW, followed by Jasprit Bumrah getting run out and Umesh Yadav out caught in the slips off successive balls. Chris Woakes finished with four wickets, while Ollie Robinson continues his fine form picking up three. India would have been delighted with 200 on the score but 191 isn't bad either, given they were staring at the end of the tunnel at 127/7. They were revived by an unexpected 63-run partnership for the eighth wicket.
The cameo ends, England get their review right
OUT! Thakur's cameo comes to an end as England strike with their review. It looked out but the umpire thought otherwise. England take the DRS and it's three reds. A fine innings from Shardul Thakur comes to an end and he's played a terrific knock for his team. India 190/8
Thakur is unstoppable
As Ravi Shastri would say... "runs coming thick and fast for the Indians", and it's all thanks to Shardul Thakur, who continue to deal in boundaries. Smokes one through the covers for his seventh four.
FIFTY for Shardul Thakur
31 balls... that's all it's taken Shardul Thakur to bring up his second Test fifty for India. What a time for it to come. He's muscled the ball throughout his innings, hitting six fours and three sixes. Virat Kohli applauds, as does the section of the Indian crowd at The Oval. India 14 short of getting to 200.
Woakes to Thakur: SIX, FOUR
WHOA! What a strike, what clean hitting. Slower ball from Woakes but Shardul Thakur gives it the full swing and into the crowd the ball lands. Ends the over with a four, which flies off Thakur's blade. From 127/7, India have reached 172/7 and nearing the 200-run mark.
Thakur takes Woakes for two fours in the over
Shardul Thakur is not hanging back. A brilliant short arm pull shot and a clip off his pads gets him two more boundaries to take India past the 150-mark.
Overton to Thakur: SIX
BANG! Right out of the middle. Almost a no-look six from Thakur. A good length ball from Overton but Shardul went big, over the infield. For a moment, it seemed as if the timing wasn't there, but Thakur was convinced it was six the moment he connected. He moves to 22.
Shardul Thakur gets in the act
Two exquisite shots for fours from Shardul Thakur. The first of them was was pitched back on a length, which he whipped for four on the leg side. The next would make any top order batsman proud, as Thakur produced a brutal straight drive for a boundary. Picks up three runs off the next ball. We've seen what he can do, and India would be hoping Thakur provides a repeat of his Gabba heroics.
OUT! More misery for India
WICKET! Pant goes, Woakes picks up his third. India 127/7. Tries to clear the ground again, but this time the ball hits the toe of his bat and lands down Moeen Ali's throat at long off. Nothing working for Pant in this series as India stare down the barrel.
Pant gets third session rolling with a four
Second ball of the session and Pant plays a cracking shot for four. Plays the way he knows best. Dances a little down the ground, gives himself room and slashes it through covers. Watch out for his approach.
Can the lower order rally?
That would be big question heading into the final session of the day. At 122/6, another possibility of getting bowled out under 150 looms large for India, but remember... Shardul Thakur... not too long ago played an innings that strengthened India's position at the Gabba Test against Australia. And Rishabh Pant... well, his batting needs no introduction. India in desperate need of some good rearguard effort.
Tea on Day 1
India 122/6 at Tea on Day 1 against England at The Oval. So that's another session England have dominated. With Kohli and Rahane batting, it seems like India were onto a better performance in the second session, but England dismissing India's captain and vice-captain undid all the hard work put in by the two batsmen.
OUT! India six down for 117
WICKET! First wicket for Craig Overton as Ajinkya Rahane is on his way back. Outside edge carries to Moeen Ali at third slip. Looked a bit dicey, the catch, but the third umpire was pretty clear that it was clean. India six wickets down, Overton too among wickets.
What can Pant, Rahane conjure?
Rishabh Pant is the new man in, and the last of India's recognised batsmen. Five balls into his innings, Pant goes down the wicket and tries to send the ball to Manchester, but misses it. Is is the right approach given the kind of situation India are in?
GONE! England get the big fish Kohli
OUT! Caught behind. Robinson gets Kohli for 50. India 105/5. That's all she wrote. A fine innings from Kohli comes to an end. Gets almost squared up by that back of a length delivery. The ball takes the outside edge and into the gloves of Bairstow. Big, big wicket for England.
FIFTY for Virat Kohli. Played, skipper
With wickets falling at one end, Virat Kohli has stood tall with a fabulous half-century, one of his cleanest ones in recent memory. But he realises that the job is only half done. At 105/4, India still aren't in the best of positions and the captain will be key from here onward if they are to get to a respectable first-innings total.
