06/03Result
5th Test, England tour of India at Dharamsala, Mar 7-9 2024
India won by an inns & 64 runs
Player of the Match
Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep YadavIndia
06/03Result
5th Test, England tour of India at Dharamsala, Mar 7-9 2024
India won by an inns & 64 runs
Player of the Match
Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep YadavIndia

2.46pm A lovely moment. Kuldeep and Siraj want Ashwin to lead the side off the field because this is his 100th Test and he has taken four. Ashwin tells Kuldeep no it has to be him because he has bowled the best. He has bowled beautifully. And he has taken five. Kuldeep finally and reluctantly agrees to lead them off the field, and raises the ball. Kuldeep has deserved it. He has bowled superbly on day one. all 10 have fallen to spin.

And as we have been telling you, this is where Kuldeep made his Test debut and was key to India winning their hardest-fought series at home in 12 years. And today he has taken a five-for and also become the fastest Indian to that mark. Only one spinner in the world, Johnny Briggs, is quicker to 50 Test wickets than Kuldeep.

I know people have been saying this is a flat pitch but I don't agree. There has been a false shot every four balls. The new ball swung and seamed, and the old ball has shown signs of quick turn. Having said all that, England will still be disappointed at not surviving even 60 overs.

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57.4
W
Ashwin to Anderson, OUT, now tries the big sweep, and can't clear midwicket. Ashwin walks away with four in his 100th Test. Sometimes you get them wickets without working very hard for them

JM Anderson c Padikkal b Ashwin 0 (2m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

57.3
0
Ashwin to Anderson, no run, nearly does him in there. Anderson shapes up to sweep, he is done in in the air, and then recovers to defend
57.2
0
Ashwin to Anderson, no run, big appeal first up. Not given, and Rohit has reviewed it. Ashwin was very excited with where the ball was headed but he wasn't sure if there was bat on it. Rohit said if bat is the only factor, I am reviewing it because I don't think he hit it. Turns out Anderson edged it onto his back pad. Umpire Joel Wilson wins again

In comes James Anderson

57.1
W
Ashwin to Foakes, OUT, the overspin has bowled him. Foakes has got himself outside the line of off on the sweep, but the ball hits the pad and then arm and then spins on to the wicket. There's nothing he can do from that position on a knee

BT Foakes b Ashwin 24 (51m 42b 3x4 0x6) SR: 57.14

END OF OVER:
57 | 12 Runs | ENG: 218/8

  • Shoaib Bashir11 (22b)
  • Ben Foakes24 (41b)
  • Jasprit Bumrah13-2-51-0
  • Ravichandran Ashwin11-1-51-2
56.6
0
Bumrah to Shoaib Bashir, no run, yorker, perhaps a low full toss, but whatever it is it has been kept out
56.5
0
Bumrah to Shoaib Bashir, no run, and now he has slipped down leg with a full ball. Jurel makes a diving save to his left

Gully moves to third slip now

56.4
4
Bumrah to Shoaib Bashir, FOUR, nicely played. Specialist batters will be happy with that. He has late-cut this between two slips and gully. Has kept it down too
56.4
2nb
Bumrah to Foakes, (no ball) 1 run, oh he has pushed it past cover. Gets the single on the fourth ball. Two balls to survive for Bashir. Okay make it three balls to survive because Bumrah has overstepped again
56.3
4
Bumrah to Foakes, FOUR, pulled away, not in total control of it, but clears wide mid-on. Ashwin gives chase, dives, but can't keep it in
56.2
0
Bumrah to Foakes, no run, shaping in, top of off, defended back to him
56.1
1
Bumrah to Shoaib Bashir, 1 run, on a length, shaping in, nicely clipped away off the pads. And now Foakes turns down the second because he wants to shield Bashir from Bumrah
56.1
1nb
Bumrah to Shoaib Bashir, 1 no ball, length ball, outside off, left alone. That's a no-ball

Kuldeep Yadav is the second-quickest spinner in terms of balls bowled to 50 Test wickets. Johnny Briggs got there quicker. And India have gone to Bumrah

END OF OVER:
56 | 12 Runs | ENG: 206/8

  • Ben Foakes19 (38b)
  • Shoaib Bashir6 (17b)
  • Ravichandran Ashwin11-1-51-2
  • Ravindra Jadeja10-2-17-1
55.6
4
Ashwin to Foakes, FOUR, Ashwin bowls another carrom ball, but goes too short, and Foakes has pulled it between mid-on and midwicket for four

All men on the single now. There is a boundary there if Foakes wants to take the risk. Rohit asking for another carrom ball

55.5
2
Ashwin to Foakes, 2 runs, another carrom ball, too short, hit hard past square leg, and now he takes two on the fifth ball of the over

Field comes up. Pattern has been broken

55.4
0
Ashwin to Foakes, no run, carrom ball. Foakes got out to it last Test. Picks it, defends it back
55.3
1
Ashwin to Shoaib Bashir, 1 run, cover is left open, and Bashir pushes this there for a single

Catching men coming in

55.2
1
Ashwin to Foakes, 1 run, and now an aggressive sweep from the stumps and to a full ball. Lucky to get bat on it. And now he is not turning down the single
55.1
4
Ashwin to Foakes, FOUR, okay so he breaks the pattern. Perhaps he has been spoken to. Foakes down the wicket, drives him hard, beats deep midwicket to his left, gets a four

2.30pm Ashwin to continue

2.25pm Thanks Alan. Welcome back. What a session India have had: six wickets for hardly anything. Ben Foakes again working on a single every fourth ball, which does nothing as we saw in Ranchi too.

A great stat from Sampath Bandarupalli meanwhile

Fewest balls to 50 Test wickets for India Kuldeep Yadav 1871
Axar Patel 2205
Jasprit Bumrah 2465
Karsan Ghavri 2529-2534
R Ashwin 2597

END OF OVER:
55 | 1 Run | ENG: 194/8

  • Shoaib Bashir5 (16b)
  • Ben Foakes8 (33b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja10-2-17-1
  • Ravichandran Ashwin10-1-39-2

2.15pm: The early morning rumbles turned into an avalanche. England had ridden their luck during the first session but lost six wickets between lunch and tea to hand the initiative back to India. Kuldeep Yadav bowled superbly to claim his fourth Test five-for, and all eight England batters have fallen to spin. Cobbling 200 on first innings certainly won't have been the plan, but it looks like England will be bowling pretty soon. Sid will be back for the evening session in 10

54.6
0
Jadeja to Shoaib Bashir, no run, straighter, stays as low as he can and blocks to the on side - and that will be tea
54.5
0
Jadeja to Shoaib Bashir, no run, zipped down outside off, Bashir prods and misses

Slip and gully

54.4
1
Jadeja to Foakes, 1 run, tossed up on the stumps and worked away through midwicket
54.3
0
Jadeja to Foakes, no run, similar line, the bat scissors down and a thick edge runs through point. Foakes doesn't run, keen to shield Bashir from Jadeja where possible
54.2
0
Jadeja to Foakes, no run, length ball, 93kph on middle stump, pushed back down the track

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England 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2BM DuckettZ Crawley
2nd19Z CrawleyOJ Pope
3rd15JE RootOJ Pope
4th56JM BairstowJE Root
5th11JE RootBA Stokes
6th10JE RootBT Foakes
7th28JE RootTW Hartley
8th0JE RootMA Wood
9th48JE RootShoaib Bashir
10th6JM AndersonJE Root