Sports news: Second day’s play begins, England crosses 300 runs for seven wickets
Sports news: Second day's play begins, England crosses 300 runs for seven wickets
The fourth match of the five-match Test series between India and England is going on in Ranchi. The Indian team is currently leading 2-1 in the series. After winning the toss and batting first, England scored 302 runs after losing seven wickets in their first innings. Today the team is playing ahead of him. Joe Root scored a century and is back in form. At the same time, Ollie Robinson is also supporting him well.
The second day’s play has started. Joe Root and Ollie Robinson are at the crease. Team India would like to wrap up England’s innings as soon as possible.
Till lunch, in the first session, England had scored 112 runs after losing five wickets. After this, in the second session i.e. till tea time, Joe Root and Ben Fox did not allow any wicket to fall. Together they added 86 runs in that session. Siraj made the comeback of Team India after the third session i.e. tea time. He broke the 113-run partnership of Root and Fox. Fox missed the half-century. He was caught out on the ball of Siraj after scoring 47 runs. At the same time, Tom Hartley was clean bowled by Siraj after scoring 13 runs. Root scored the 31st century of his Test career. He, along with Ollie Robinson, has handled the England innings. So far, Akash has taken the maximum three wickets from India. At the same time, Siraj got two wickets. Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin got one wicket each. In the third session, England scored 104 runs after losing two wickets in 29 overs.