Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh): With the series in the bag, the Indian cricket team is eyeing a win in the fifth and final Test to make it memorable for ace India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who is playing his 100th match, against England as the two teams lock horns at HPCA Stadium here on Thursday.
England, on the other hand, are trailing 3-1 and must be eyeing their 'bazball'-style redemption. However, their main motto will be to rise above in the World Test Championship (WTC) points table after finding themselves at number eight just above Sri Lanka. England's prolific wicket-keeper batter Jonny Bairstow is also featuring in the 100th Test of his career, becoming the 17th Englishmen to achieve this landmark.
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- Over 30 (135/1)
A slogsweep from Gill in the final over of the day. Hartley bowled a floaty delivery outside off and the right-handed batter smacked it into the audiences for a maximum. - Over 29 (127/1)
Only a single run from Shoaib Bashir's over and both the batters are now looking comfortable at the crease. - Over 28 (126/1)
Two runs from the over bowled by Tom Hartley. - Over 27 (124/1)
Gill and Rohit both are steadying the innings now after the fall of the early wicket in the innings. - Over 25 (122/1)
Shubman Gill plays a slog sweep to clear the fence and hits a six over deep midwicket - Over 23 (111/1)
It was short pitch delivery on the leg stump. Shubman Gill goes on the backfoot and helps it on its way with a paddle-flick past the keeper to his left for a boundary. Six runs came from the over including a boundary. - Over 22 (105/1)
Just a single came from the over that from the bat of Rohit Sharma, who defends the first five balls and keeps the strike. - Over 21 (104/1)
Fifty up for Yashasvi Jaiswal, who cut the short pitch delivery behind square on the off-side, beating the fielder at sweeper cover to his right for a boundary. He then sits on one knee and plays slog sweep shot along the ground through mid-wicket for a boundary. He goes for another big hit, but this time loses his wicket. Bashir had the last laugh as he removes Jaiswal for well made 57. - Over 20 (94/0)
Shouts of catch it but it went well over the fielder at mid-on. Rohit came dancing down the track and but fails to middle it, but gets the sufficient bat to sail it over Anderson, who gives the leaping effort to stop the ball. Just a boundary came from the over. - Over 19 (90/0)
Jaiswal comes shimmies down the wicket, and reaches closer to the delivery and drills the full ball straight past the non-striker. Shoaib Bashir goes too full and Jaiswal uses his wrists to flick all along the ground through mid-wicket. 700 runs in the series for Yashasvi Jaiswal now. - Over 18 (80/0)
Tom Hartley again bowls a one run over. - Over 17 (79/0)
Bashir continues from the other end. He scores five singles in the over. Indian batters are not looking in any sort of trouble right now. England will have to do something unusual to pick a wicket here as the turf looks like heaven for the batters. - Over 16 (74/0)
Another good over from Tom Hartley, just two singles came from the over.
Highest batting averages at the time of reaching 1000 Test runs (India)
83.33 - Vinod Kambli
71.43 - Cheteshwar Pujara
71.43 - Yashasvi Jaiswal
62.5 - Sunil Gavaskar
55.56 - Mayank Agarwal
Youngest India batters to reach 1000 Test runs
19y, 217d - Sachin Tendulkar
21y, 27d - Kapil Dev
21y, 197d - Ravi Shastri
22y 70d - Yashasvi Jaiswal
22y, 293d - Dilip Vengsarkar
Least days taken from debut to complete 1000 Test runs
166 - Michael Hussey
185 - Aiden Markram
207 - Adam Voges
227 - Andrew Strauss
239 - Yashasvi Jaiswal
244 - Herbert Sutcliffe
The Indian record previously belonged to Rahul Dravid (299 days).
Fewest matches to 1000 Test runs
7 - Don Bradman
9 - Everton Weekes
9 - Herbert Sutcliffe
9 - George Headley
9 - Yashasvi Jaiswal
The Indian record was previously held by Sunil Gavaskar and Cheteshwar Pujara (11 matches each).
Fastest Indian to 1000 Test runs (by innings)
14 - Vinod Kambli
16 - Yashasvi Jaiswal
18 - Cheteshwar Pujara
19 - Mayank Agarwal
21 - Sunil Gavaskar - Over 15 (72/0)
It's boundary! Yashasvi Jaiswal becomes the quickest Indian to claim 1000 runs in terms of matches in Test cricket. He stays low, fetches the full delivery on off and nails the slog sweep on the leg-side. And then both the batters stole a single to end the over. - Over 14 (66/0)
Rohit has been trying from the last few overs, but failed to connect it properly. Bashir bowled the short pitch delivery and Rohit pulls it effortlessly for a six over cow corner and then cuts the next ball towards point for a couple. - Over 13 (57/0)
Tom Hartley bowls another tidy over as the left-arm spinner concedes only a single in the over. - Over 12 (56/0)
Jaiswal shimmies down the pitch and pushes it towards long-on for a single. Rohit then presses the front foot forward and tries to loft it over mid-wicket, but misses it completely. England appeals for the caught behind, but the umpire thinks otherwise. England players discuss the review and take it, but it goes against them. Rohit then leans into the shot and flicks it so easily over mid-wicket with no one out there in the deep for four. Five runs came from it.
India batters with most Test sixes against a team
26* - Yashasvi Jaiswal vs England (9 innings)
25 - Sachin Tendulkar vs Australia (74 innings)
22 - Rohit Sharma vs South Africa (20 innings)
21 - Kapil Dev vs England (39 innings)
21 - Rishabh Pant vs England (21 innings)
Most runs in a Test series for India vs England
681* - Yashasvi Jaiswal (Home, 2024)
655 - Virat Kohli (Home, 2016)
602 - Rahul Dravid (Away, 2002)
593 - Virat Kohli (Away, 2018)
586 - Vijay Manjrekar (Home, 1961/62)
542 - Sunil Gavaskar (Away, 1979) - Over 11 (52/0)
After conceding three sixes in the first over, right-arm off spinner Shoaib Bashir bowled a maiden over to Rohit Sharma. There were two half-hearted appeals against the India's skipper, but the umpire said not out. - Over 10 (47/0)
Rohit, Jaiswal stole three singles easily against Tom Hartley, who was bowling his second over. - Over 9 (44/0)
Jaiswal shows no mercy to off-spinner Shoaib Bashir, who replaces James Anderson in the attack. He hit him for three sixes in an over, first of which came towards long off, then he smashed it over long on and finally hit it towards the sight screen. A total of 18 runs came from the over. - Over 8 (26/0)
First bowling change from the England skipper. Tom Hartley replaced Mark Wood in the attack. Jaiswal defends the first five deliveries and then takes a single by pushing it towards long-on. - Over 7 (25/0)
Jaiswal takes a single straightaway and gives the strike to Rohit. Anderson and a keeper appeal for caught behind on the fourth ball and the umpire gives it an out after thinking for a long time. Rohit takes a review straightaway as he knew that the ball brushed to his pad not bat, and the third umpire confirms the same. - Over 6 (24/0)
Rohit Sharma can challenge with Sachin Tendulkar with this shot. He just presses his front towards the non striker's stumps and shows the full face of the bat, playing a beautiful straight drive against Mark Wood and runs a couple. Just six runs came from the over. - Over 5 (18/0)
Anderson bowls another good over for England as couple of runs come from it. - Over 4 (16/0)
Rohit Sharma is having different plans as he uses the pace of Mark Wood to hit six and a boundary. A compulsive puller they say, and it has gone wrong many times in his career but he has accumulated more runs on the same shot. Mark Wood tried the short delivery around the left ear, but Rohit was easily able to get inside the line and help it away fine over fine leg and then Rohit had so much time for a backfoot punch past backward point for four more. - Over 3 (6/0)
Anderson bowls a maiden over against Jaiswal, who has no issues in defending all the deliveries. - Over 2 (6/0)
Mark Wood will be bowling from the other end. Jaiswal takes a single on the second delivery and then Rohit Sharma plays the backfoot punch to get the boundary. Five runs came from the over. - Over 1 (1/0)
Rohit Sharma and Yashavi Jaiswal are opening the innings for India. Jaiswal takes the strike and Anderson will be opening the attack for England. Jaiswal plays down two deliveries before taking a single. Rohit then edges the two consecutive deliveries before defending one with some authority. Just a single came from the over.
END OF ENGLAND INNINGS
- Over 58 (218/10)
Ashwin gets a wicket of Ben Foakes as he gets played on while playing a sweep shot after the ball hits his pad and then gets deflected by his gloves in the process. India thought that they had got Anderson, who came out to bat at number 11, appealing for LBW, but the umpire was not out. India reviewed it and there was a clear inside edge of the bat. Anderson then tries to play the sweep shot and hits straight into the hands of Devdutt Padikkal, who took his first catch of the Test career as Ashwin picked his fourth wicket in the 100th Test. - Over 57 (218/8)
Bumrah will be bowling from the other end and oversteps on the first ball. Then concede a single on the second delivery to Bashir. Foakes hits another boundary as Ashwin couldn't stop the ball before the boundary rope. Foakes then takes a single and Bashir guides the ball towards third-man and the ball goes through the gap of second slip and gully. Bumrah then again bowls the no-ball before finishing the over with two dot balls. - Over 56 (206/8)
Foakes comes down the ground and whacks it towards mid-wicket for a boundary and then plays a risky sweep shot for a single. Bashir also takes the single on the very first ball taking almost past the 200-run mark. Foakes then smashed Ashwin for a couple and a boundary on the last delivery. - Over 55 (194/8)
England are in trouble due to Kuldeep's five-wicket haul and the batters have responsibility to stage recovery. - Over 53 (190/8)
A disciplined over from Ravindra Jadeja as he conceded only one run from six deliveries. - Over 52 (189/8)
Both the batters are now trying to script a counterattack. Shoaib Bashir tried to play a sweep but top-edged the ball instead. The delivery raced to the boundary towards deep mid-wicket. - Over 51 (184/8)
Only one run from the over bowled by Ravindra Jadeja as both the batters need to steady the innings from hereon. - Over 49.4 (183/8)
Ashwin strikes once again as Mark Wood nicks one from the off-spinner. He is caught in the slips by skipper Rohit Sharma and the visitors are in trouble now. - Over 49.2 (183/7)
R Ashwin bowled a tossed-up delivery to Tom Hartley and he tried to slog sweep it over deep mid-wicket. However, he is caught deep by debutant Devdutt Padikkal and England are in trouble now. - Over 47 (181/6)
Two runs from Jadeja's over as both Ben Foakes and Tom Hartley took a single each from the over. - Over 45.3 (175/6)
Kuldeep Yadav bowled a good length delivery which spun back into Ben Stokes. The batter was beaten and the delivery hit his pads. The umpire adjudged him LBW. England took a DRS but three reds and a five-wicket haul for Kuldeep Yadav. England have now lost half of their side. - Over 45 (175/5)
Jadeja traps Joe Root in front of the middle stumps and appeals for a wicket and umpire Paul Rifle has no hesitation to give it out. Root reviews it after skipper Stokes asks him to review it. The review just confirmed whether it was all three reds or not, and it was. He takes the long walk back to the pavilion. Jadeja gets his first of the innings and bowls a maiden as well. England are in deep trouble, but not for the first time in the series. All eyes will be on skipper Stokes now, who hasn't had a perfect series with the bat so far. - Over 44 (175/4)
Jadeja first bowled a decent over but conceded a boundary on the fourth delivery. Then Kuldeep Yadav removed Jonny Bairstow as keeper Dhruv Jurel took a brilliant catch behind the wickets. Number four for Kuldeep Yadav. What a game he's having. He knew Bairstow was coming hard and wanted to take the ball away from his reach. Bairstow made 29 off 18 balls with two fours and as many sixes. - Over 43 (163/3)
Kuldeep continues to bowl from the other end and Bairstow hammers him for a six as he hits him towards the sight of the screen. He then Hit the ball powerfully towards the square leg and ran three. Root then stole a single and gave a strike to Baistow again, who hit the ball towards the bowler powerfully, but Kuldeep couldn't hold on to it as the ball came out of his hand. - Over 42 (152/3)
Nine runs have come from the last three overs. Both the batters are struggling against India's spinners as the odd ball is staying low. The only good thing they have done is that they have been trying to play both spinners on the backfoot. - Over 38 (143/3)
Kuldeep Yadav turned the game on his head as he picked up his third wicket of the innings after bowling a classical left-arm China-man delivery to Zak Crawley. It will remind you of his delivery against Babar Azam in the 2019 ICC ODI World Cup. Crawley came down the pitch but misjudged the speed of the ball and didn't bring him down till the time the ball landed on the pitch which turned sharply from the seventh stump line and hit the leg stump. He made 79 off 108 balls. But then Bairstow who came out to bat in his 100th Test, scored a boundary on his 3rd ball of the year. - Over 36 (135/2)
Joe Root looked to play Kuldeep on backfoot, after struggling to middle the ball on the front foot. Crawley edges the first ball, accumulates a couple and then takes a single on the second, giving a strike to Root, who plays down the remaining balls of the over before hitting the final delivery of the over to a boundary on a sweep shot. - Over 35 (128/2)
Back-to-back maiden for India. Root is finding it hard to tackle the Bumrah's this spell. - Over 34 (128/2)
Kuldeep has bowled a maiden over against Crawley, second of the match so far. - Over 33 (129/2)
Appeal for the caught behind and the umpire says not out again. Rohit asks Sarfaraz sarcastically whether he has edged or not. However, wicket-keeper Dhruv Jurel was confident of the edge but didn't review it in the end. The replay shows that the ball was hit on the pads. Crawley has scored a boundary earlier in the over. - Over 32 (124/2)
Kuldeep runs in and bowls six good-length balls. Just two singles came from the over. - Over 31 (119/2)
After bowling a long seven-over first spell, Bumrah eyes for reverse swing with a 30-over old ball. He is looking as lethal as the new ball and hardly giving any room for the right-hander to score some runs. Root somehow manages to put one into the gap and take a single. Bumrah then just gets bowl one outside leg stump, Jurel hardly gets the ball on the ball with a full stretched dive and saves a couple of runs for the team as England gets two runs of bye. - Over 30 (119/2)
Kuldeep Yadav continues from the other day. Crawley steals a couple on the first ball and then Crawley defends four deliveries before putting it in the gap to accumulate four more runs. Six runs came from the over. - Over 27 (102/2)
India missed a big opportunity as Ollie Pope edged a delivery from Bumrah. The edge deflected from the pads of the batter and Sarfaraz Khan at short leg collected the catch. However, the umpire judged it to be not out, rejecting a confident appeal. Sarfaraz was confident that the batter had nicked it but Dhruv Jurel opined otherwise. Considering the gloveman's call, Rohit decided not to challenge the umpire's decision but the replays showed that the batter had nicked it. - Over 25.3 (IND 100/2)
India got what they wanted as Ollie Pope missed the wrong one (googly) bowled by Kuldeep Yadav and stumper Jurel did the rest with ease. Kuldeep gets his second of the day. He has been brilliant with the ball this series and has picked two crucial wickets for the hosts as the session, which was dominated by England is now being shared with the wicket of England's vice-captain Ollie Pope. - Over 25 (IND 99/1)
Skipper Rohit Sharma has a long discussion with Ashwin about the field setting after the first ball. Ashwin has also changed his angle as he comes around the wicket. Ollie Pope takes a single by going on the backfoot and guiding it towards the fine leg. Crawley then shimmies down the pitch and hammers it away for a six over mid-off and then rotates the strike, playing sensible cricket. - Over 24 (IND 92/1)
Crawley brings up his half-century in style, driving the ball down the ground to get a boundary. He then takes a single and gets off the strike. Two singles and a boundary came from the over. - Over 23 (IND 86/1)
Expensive over for India and Ashwin, 11 runs came from it. Crawley and Pope first took the singles and Pope punched it towards a deep mid-wicket gap, Padikkal and Siraj did well in pairs to save one run for the team. Crawley then gets under the ball beautifully and lofts it over covers for a boundary. - Over 22 (IND 75/1)
Appeal for LBW against Crawley, who is inching closer to his half-century, but the umpire calls it as not out. Kuldeep asks his captain to take the review, Dhruv Jurel isn't much convinced, but Rohit goes for it and the ball the trajectory shows that the ball is missing the wickets. Kuldeep can't believe it, Rohit also smiles in disbelief as India loses their review. Kuldeep continues to force the batter to play on the front foot as he is getting some help from the pitch, but then Crawley takes the long stride out and drives it towards cover for a boundary. - Over 21 (IND 70/1)
Ashwin comes around the wicket for both right-handers, opening all three options to get a wicket. Crawley and Pope came down the track and reached the pitch of the ball and then played it towards deep mid-wicket and long off for singles. Three runs came from the over. - Over 20 (IND 67/1)
Ashwin also bowls a decent over as the energy levels go up after that brilliant running catch from Gill. Suddenly the ball has started turning and gripping for Ashwin here. Just two singles came from the over. Kuldeep then bowls five dot balls before conceding a single to Ollie Pope, who came out to bat at number three. - Over 18 (IND 64/1)
Kuldeep replaces Siraj in the attack, but no Jadeja as of yet. He bowls it slightly fuller and outside off, Crawley plays it towards point, Ashwin fumbles and doesn't get the hand on to it and the ball just keeps going towards the fence for a four. He then comes forward and pushes it towards the straight boundary, Jadeja runs back it but the ball wins the race and then takes an easy single to rotate strike. Duckett tries to make big over even bigger as he comes down the pitches and tries to loft it over cover for a six, but fails to middle and Gill does not just reach closer to the ball but takes the well backwards running catch to get rid of the southpaw batter. India gets their first wicket. - Over 17 (IND 55/0)
Ashwin forces the left-hander to come forward instead of going on the back foot. Duckett gives the respect to the first four deliveries and then takes a single. Crawley shimmies down the pitch, eyeing to whack it over deep mid-wicket but Ashwin outsmarts him by bowling it shorter, he somehow manages to get a bat onto it and takes a single. Just two singles came from the over. - Over 16 (IND 53/0)
Siraj continues to bowl from the other end. He will be bowling his eighth over now and still clicks the 135+KMPH speed. Another good over from the right-arm pacer as he concedes only two singles in the over. - Over 15 (IND 51/0)
Ashwin comes into the attack now, replaces Jasprit Bumrah and Duckett brings the sweeps shot out right away. He plays the paddle scoop to take the boundary and to complete their fifth 50-stand for the first wicket in the series. No real help for the spinner so far. - Over 14 (IND 47/0)
Siraj continues from the other end and bowls the first maiden over of the match. Crawley does well to defend the first five deliveries before going for a pull shot, which hits him on the shoulders. - Over 13 (IND 47/0)
Bumrah continues to bowl, this is the seventh consecutive over of this spell. He pitches it on a good length, and Duckett leans forward to play this one, ball takes the outside and runs away through the gap of a gully and third slip for a boundary. Just a boundary came from the over. - Over 12 (IND 43/0)
Crawley and Duckett take singles each before Crawley hits a boundary on the fourth ball of the over. He presses the front foot forward and leans on the ball to drive it towards the boundary. Siraj then makes a solid comeback with a ripper. He bowls his newly developed scrambled seam delivery, angling in, but Crawley misses the ball completely and hits his back pad. Siraj and India appeal for LBW, but the umpire thinks otherwise. Wicket-keeper Jurel convinces Rohit Sharma to go upstairs and he does review the umpire's decision. The ball trajectory shows its umpire call. And Crawley survives. India must be feeling unlucky for not getting a wicket despite bowling some exceptional bowls to which English batters didn't have any answers. - Over 11 (IND 37/0)
Bumrah again beats the bat of Ben Duckett. Duckett plays the angle, but Bumrah gets the outswing and finds it difficult to cover the movement. Lucky for Duckett he missed this away-going ball. Just two singles came from the over. - Over 10 (IND 35/0)
Exceptional effort from both the Indian pacers with the new ball. They have asked a lot of questions but haven't been lucky enough. The ball is seaming and swinging and bowling according to the fields. Siraj bowls the slightly fuller length delivery to Crawley and pitches it on the fourth stump. Crawley just shows the full face of the bat and the ball races away to the boundary for four. And then gets beaten on a short pitch delivery outside off stump as Crawley goes for the cut, but misses it because of lack of bounce. - Over 9 (IND 30/0)
Duckett accumulates a couple of runs before Siraj bowls a scramble seam delivery, going away from the off stump for the left-hander. Duckett misjudged the line and tried the pull shot. Suggests to his partner that is bounced a tad extra. Bumrah then gives the feeling of hell to a right-hander Crawley after conceding a boundary on the first ball of the over, with a plethora of beautiful deliveries, showcasing his prowess with the ball. Crawley finds himself lucky as it just nearly misses the bat. Then gets the leading edge twice in three balls but flies straight in the no-man's land and takes a couple on both occasions. - Over 7 (IND 20/0)
Short of a length delivery just outside off stump, Crawley plays inside the line this time and survives. Crawley gets a ball that any batter wouldn't mind getting out to. Short of a good length delivery angling in, but holds the line of the ball sharply after pitching that it puts the batter in the wrong spot for the flick shot across the line. Missed the bat completely, only to fly over the middle stump. And then edged but past the gully region for four. Padikkal tries to hang on to it, but it is far away from him. Crawley looks to drive, gets the thick edge of the and races away to the boundary for four more. - Over 6 (IND 16/0)
That first real poor delivery from Indian bowlers. Siraj bowls it well outside off-stump and Duckett slaps it towards the covers boundary for four. Siraj then comes back to his plan, bowling an inswinging delivery to the southpaw batter and his instincts take him to push it towards square leg, but it lands in front of the square-leg fielder, who was positioned for the same shot. Just a boundary came from the over. - Over 5 (IND 12/0)
Bumrah continues to bowl from the round the wicket for a left-hander as he is dishing the horror stuff for the southpaw, not giving a room at all. The first delivery just went past the edge of the bat, and could have been a wicket if Duckett had pushed the bat just an inch towards the ball. Bumrah then bowls the fourth ball on his pads, and Duckett flicks it with ease for three runs as Ashwin does well to stop the ball before touching the boundary cushions. - Over 4 (IND 9/0)
Siraj eyeing to bowl an inswinger and hit it on pads as the swing is on offer here. But Duckett did well to defend four consecutive deliveries before taking a single and rotating a strike. Siraj then bowls a ripper to finish the over as Crawley has no answer to that delivery. He was lucky to not edge that one. Just a single came from this over as well. - Over 3 (IND 8/0)
Left-hander Ben Duckett gets the strike for the first time in this Test and Bumrah comes round the wicket to him straightaway. He bowls a beauty to Duckett on the second delivery which just missed the edge of the bat. A good over from Bumrah again, just a single from the over. - Over 2 (IND 7/0)
Mohammed Siraj comes into the attack from the other end. Siraj also didn't get the bounce. However, the swing is available and he is bowling on the perfect line and length for it. Crawley presses his front foot forward and drives the ball through cover for the first boundary of the Test. - Over 1 (IND 3/0)
Zak Crawley and southpaw Ben Duckett are opening the innings for England while refreshed Jasprit Bumrah will be bowling the first over of the Test match. Bumrah found the line and length from the very first ball but didn't bounce as much as expected. After five outswing deliveries, Bumrah bowled an inswinger, looking for a gap between bat and pad, but the ball slid down on the legs and Crawley flicked it towards square leg for a three. - BCCI update
BCCI has revealed that Rajat Patidar has suffered a left ankle injury after being hit during a practice session on Wednesday. He pulled up sore on the morning of the game and was not available for selection for the fifth Test. - Playing XI
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(captain), Shubman Gill, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravindra Jadeja, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel(wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Ben Stokes(captain), Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes(wicket-keeper), Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir, Mark Wood, James Anderson - Toss
England skipper Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bat. England have made just one change to their playing from the last Test as Mark Wood replaced Ollie Robinson for this Test. India, on other hand, have made two changes as Devdutt Paddikal replaces Rajat Patidar and Jasprit Bumrah replaces Akash Deep, who made his debut in Ranchi Test. - 8.50 am
We can see that Ravichandran Ashwin is presenting the number 314th Test cap to Karnataka southpaw batter Devdutt Paddikal.
