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.
NDS
174/7
CDK
177/2
ODW
65/0
NDT
222/7
EDR
–
WDL
–
CDK
–
NDT
–
KSP
–
GUI
–
WIM
–
GUI
–
KSP
–
CPP
–
CPP
–
WIM
–
KSP
–
WIM
–
GCC
66/6
RUCC
162/1
Rugby CC beat Gaming CC by 96 runs
SLG
64/0
GCC
61/8
Sloggers won by 10 wickets
SLG
127/3
RUCC
129/2
Rugby CC won by 8 wickets
GCC
91/7
PIR
87/7
Gaming CC won by 4 runs
RUCC
137/4
PIR
100/4
Rugby CC beat Pirates by 37 runs
RUCC
–
SLG
–
NAJC
159/9
CCC
57/4
Nabajyoti Club beat City Cricket Club by 24 runs (D/L) method
BCC
49/6
NVR
48/2
Bud Cricket Club won by 4 wickets
GTC
–
NAJC
–
91YC
–
CCC
–
EST-W
82/10
GIB-W
116/4
Gibraltar Women beat Estonia Women by 34 runs
PCR
–
KRMPS
–
BCC
–
BNC
–
TCC
–
CEC-A
–
MEL
111/9
PHG
71/10
Melaka beat Pahang by 40 runs
SEL
97/0
KELN
93/10
Selangor beat Kelantan by 10 wickets
PENG
90/10
PUT
91/9
Putrajaya beat Penang by 1 wickets
PRK
127/0
SRAK
123/10
Perak beat Sarawak by 10 wickets
MAR
170/5
ROC
167/6
Marlins beat Rockets by 5 wickets
RAY
154/8
MAR
155/5
Marlins beat Rays by 5 wickets
PRS
140/7
MAR
144/2
Marlins won by 8 wickets
HTW
–
SHLW
–
MDW
–
BBW
–
PAJ
137/10
PMW
177/3
Pupkewitz Motors Wildcats won by 40 runs
NPB
148/8
EAE
201/5
Eavion Eagles beat NPL Bears by 53 runs
WI
135/8
PAK
133/9
West Indies won by 2 wickets
WI
–
PAK
–
ESN
142/10
SWT
157/6
Switzerland beat Estonia by 15 runs
ESN
194/9
SWT
235/6
Switzerland won by 41 runs
WIU19-W
37/2
USAU19-W
88/10
India seemed in control after the first hour of the day. But Mohammed Siraj’s misjudgement might have cost them some important runs. The pacer caught Harry 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 in 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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