England lead the five-match Test series 2-1.
England began Day 4 of the fifth Test needing 324 runs with nine wickets in hand. Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna struck gold in the first hour, with crucial wickets of Ben Duckett and captain Ollie Pope. However, since then, it was all England. Joe Root and Harry Brook came together to stitch a wonderful partnership for the hosts. They took the game away from the visitors. If England go on to win this Test, the partnership between Root and Brook will be a major point of discussion for Shubman Gill & Co.
ODW
148/10
PD
66/10
WDL
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SDS
129/5
NDT
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EDR
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NDS
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ODW
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GUI
146/7
CPP
150/3
CFS Pinnacle Pro won by 7 wickets
LCC
123/4
CPP
119/5
London County Cricket beat CFS Pinnacle Pro by 6 wickets
GUI
123/6
KSP
124/3
Kreative Sports XI beat Guildford by 7 wickets
KSP
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LCC
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GUI
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LCC
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WIM
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LCC
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KSP
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LCC
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WIM
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CPP
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CPP
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KSP
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WIM
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KSP
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YOR
83/4
BB
137/10
LAN
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NOR
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Match abandoned
GLAM
105/4
HAM
324/6
DURH
310/7
SUSS
86/4
NOT
283/9
ESS
35/0
GLO
341/8
DER
76/2
SURR
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LEI
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MID
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SOM
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BCC
87/5
GUG
89/10
Bud Cricket Club beat Guwahati Giants by 17 runs (DLS method)
NVR
49/4
NAJC
50/0
Nabajyoti Club beat Navarang Club by 10 wickets
GTC
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GUG
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BCC
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CCC
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RTZ
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TCC
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GUJCC
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NCMI
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KUMS
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CEC-A
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PCR
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BNC
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JOR
234/3
MEL
119/9
Johor beat Melaka by 115 runs
KELN
169/10
PHG
173/7
Pahang beat Kelantan by 4 runs
KLPR
97/10
PENG
104/8
Penang beat Kuala Lumpur by 7 runs
PUT
100/10
SRAK
256/6
Sarawak beat Putrajaya by 156 runs
SEL
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MEL
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JOR
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PHG
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PRK
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PENG
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KLPR
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PUT
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MWW
34/10
HTW
38/1
Hubli Tigers Women beat Mysore Warriors Women by 9 wickets
SHLW
78/6
BBW
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Match abandoned due to rain
HTW
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MDW
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SHLW
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MWW
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IRE-W
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PAK-W
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LOS
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OVI
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MAO
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SOB
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LSW-W
172/4
OIW-W
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MOW-W
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SBW-W
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India seemed in control after the first hour of the day. But Siraj’s misjudgement might have cost them some important runs. The pacer caught Brook down on the boundary, but stepped on the rope to give England’s white-ball skipper a lifeline. Brook looked in tremendous touch before the dropped chance, and has taken his game to another level after the incident.
However, one of the most talked-upon topics on the fourth day was the holding back of spinners from Shubman Gill. Washington Sundar bowled just a couple of overs in the second session on Day 4. To add to that, only two overs of spin were bowled in the first 52 overs of the fourth innings. This did not sit well with some of the fans, who were not afraid of voicing their opinions on social media. Some of these fans took to their X (formerly Twitter) handles to express their disagreement towards the spinners being held back.
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One of the reasons for Gill to hold back his spinners might be the nature of the pitch. There seems to be no help for the spinners on the wicket as the pacers have done almost all the hard work in the match. But the fans felt that with runs coming easily for England, Gill could have used a ploy in trusting his spinners a bit more to break the all-important partnership between Brook and Root.
Here are some of the fan reactions after the Indian skipper’s lack of trust in spin bowling after Siraj and Prasidh scalped a couple of wickets in the first session.
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