Joe Root defied an unpredictable pitch to make a timely return to form as a risk-free unbeaten century stabilised England on a seesaw opening day of the fourth Test against India in Ranchi.
On a cracked surface offering significant early assistance for India’s bowlers, Ben Stokes’ dismissal to a Ravindra Jadeja grubber left England on 112 for five at lunch after debutant Akash Deep’s three-wicket haul.
Then Shoaib Bashir took top billing on his recall with a career-best four for 84 as England seized control of the fourth Test against India in Ranchi.
After England were all out for 353 on the second morning, as Joe Root finished unbeaten on 122, Bashir was entrusted at one end following a short burst from the seamers and the decision paid rich dividends.
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India vs England LIVE: Updates from Ranchi
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India go into the fourth Test with a 2-1 series lead
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England started their first innings with a lead of 46
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OUT! Duckett out for 15! c Khan b Ashwin – England 19-1
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OUT! Pope out for 0! lbw Ashwin – England 19-2
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OUT! Root out for 11! lbw Ashwin – England 65-3
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OUT! Crawley out for 60! b Yadav – England 110-4
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OUT! Stokes out for 4! b Yadav – 120-5
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OUT! Bairstow out for 30! c Patidar b Jadeja – England 120-6
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OUT! Hartley out for 7! ct Khan b Yadav – England 133-7
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OUT! Robinson out for 0! lbw Yadav – England 133-8
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OUT! Foakes out for 17! – England 145-9
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Anderson out for 0! – England all out for 145
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India set chase of 192 to win
India vs England
10:54
5.1
Tom Hartley to Rohit Sharma. Stock ball full toss, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Crawley.
India vs England
10:53
4.6
Joe Root to Yashasvi Jaiswal. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, Gloved to short leg for no runs, fielded by Foakes.
India vs England
10:53
4.5
Joe Root to Rohit Sharma. Off break full toss, down leg side on the front foot slog sweeping, in the air under control to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Anderson.
India vs England
10:52
4.4
Joe Root to Yashasvi Jaiswal. Off break length ball, off stump on the back foot working, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Robinson.
India vs England
10:52
4.3
Joe Root to Rohit Sharma. Off break length ball, outside off stump down the track driving, to deep extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Robinson.
India vs England
10:51
4.1
Joe Root to Yashasvi Jaiswal. Off break half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Duckett.
India vs England
10:50
3.6
FOUR! Tom Hartley to Rohit Sharma. Stock ball full toss, outside off stump down the track flick, well timed in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs.
India vs England
10:50
3.5
Tom Hartley to Rohit Sharma. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Pope.
India vs England
10:49
3.3
FOUR! Tom Hartley to Rohit Sharma. Stock ball full toss, middle stump on the front foot flick, well timed past deep mid wicket for 4 runs.
India vs England
10:48
3.2
APPEAL! Tom Hartley to Rohit Sharma. Stock length ball, off stump on the back foot working, hit pad to silly point for no runs, fielded by Root, appeal made for L.B.W.
India vs England
10:47
3.1
Tom Hartley to Yashasvi Jaiswal. Stock ball half volley, off stump on the front foot driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Anderson.
India vs England
10:46
2.6
Joe Root to Yashasvi Jaiswal. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Duckett.
India vs England
10:46
2.4
Joe Root to Rohit Sharma. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Hartley.
India vs England
10:45
2.3
Joe Root to Rohit Sharma. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, to mid wicket for no runs, run save by Stokes.
India vs England
10:44
2.1
Joe Root to Yashasvi Jaiswal. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Duckett.
India vs England
10:43
1.6
Tom Hartley to Rohit Sharma. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs.
India vs England
10:42
1.5
FOUR! Tom Hartley to Rohit Sharma. Stock ball half volley, middle stump on the front foot flick, well timed past long on for 4 runs.
India vs England
10:42
1.4
FOUR! Tom Hartley to Rohit Sharma. Stock ball half volley, to leg on the front foot flick, well timed past deep mid wicket for 4 runs.
India vs England
10:41
1.3
Tom Hartley to Rohit Sharma. Stock ball half volley, middle stump on the front foot flick, to mid on for no runs, fielded by Anderson.
India vs England
10:41
1.2
Tom Hartley to Rohit Sharma. Stock ball half volley, to leg on the front foot working, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Pope.
India vs England
10:40
1.1
Tom Hartley to Yashasvi Jaiswal. Stock ball half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Bairstow.
India vs England
10:39
0.6
Joe Root to Rohit Sharma. Off break full toss, down leg side on the front foot flick, to deep square leg for 2 runs, fielded by Robinson.
India vs England
10:38
0.4
Joe Root to Rohit Sharma. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
10:38
0.3
Joe Root to Yashasvi Jaiswal. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Duckett.
India vs England
10:37
0.2
Joe Root to Rohit Sharma. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot glancing, to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Anderson.
India vs England
10:37
0.1
NEW BALL. Joe Root to Rohit Sharma. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs.
India vs England
10:28
53.5
OUT! Caught. Ravichandran Ashwin to James Anderson. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, Gloved, caught by Jurel.
India vs England
10:26
53.4
Ravichandran Ashwin to James Anderson. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
10:26
53.3
Ravichandran Ashwin to James Anderson. Carrom length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to point for no runs, fielded by Jurel.
India vs England
10:23
53.2
OUT! Caught & Bowled. Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes. Carrom ball half volley, middle stump on the front foot working, leading edge in the air uncontrolled to silly mid off, caught by Ashwin.
India vs England
10:23
53.1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Gill.
India vs England
10:22
52.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Shoaib Bashir. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, to leg on the back foot defending, to backward square leg for no runs, fielded by Jadeja.
India vs England
10:20
52.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, down leg side on the back foot working, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Siraj.
India vs England
10:20
52.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to long off for no runs, fielded by Khan.
India vs England
10:19
52.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to long off for no runs, fielded by Khan.
India vs England
10:19
52.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, inside edge to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Patidar.
India vs England
10:18
52.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, middle stump on the back foot pushing, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Gill.
India vs England
10:17
51.6
Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes. Off break length ball, outside off stump down the track working, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Jadeja.
India vs England
10:16
51.5
APPEAL! Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, bottom edge to short third man for no runs, fielded by Sharma, appeal made for L.B.W.
India vs England
10:12
51.4
Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, Gloved to short fine leg for no runs, fielded by Sharma.
India vs England
10:11
51.3
Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Gill.
India vs England
10:10
51.1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
10:09
50.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Shoaib Bashir. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, middle stump on the back foot working, hit pad for no runs, fielded by Jurel.
India vs England
10:08
50.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump down the track working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Siraj.
India vs England
10:08
50.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs.
India vs England
10:07
50.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Jurel.
India vs England
10:06
50.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Jurel.
India vs England
10:02
49.6
Ravichandran Ashwin to Shoaib Bashir. Carrom length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
10:01
49.5
Ravichandran Ashwin to Shoaib Bashir. Off break half volley, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to cover for no runs, fielded by Patidar.
India vs England
10:00
49.3
Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
10:00
49.2
Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to point for no runs, fielded by Jurel.
India vs England
09:58
48.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Shoaib Bashir. Left-Arm Leg Spin half volley, to leg on the front foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs.
India vs England
09:58
48.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Shoaib Bashir. Googly length ball, to leg on the back foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs.
India vs England
09:57
48.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin half volley, off stump down the track flick, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Gill.
India vs England
09:56
48.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Patidar.
India vs England
09:56
48.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs.
India vs England
09:55
47.6
Ravichandran Ashwin to Shoaib Bashir. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Jurel.
India vs England
09:54
47.5
Ravichandran Ashwin to Shoaib Bashir. Off break half volley, outside off stump down the track defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Patidar.
India vs England
09:53
47.3
Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, hit pad to short leg for no runs, fielded by Patidar.
India vs England
09:53
47.1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes. Off break half volley, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to extra cover for no runs, fielded by Jaiswal.
India vs England
09:51
46.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Shoaib Bashir. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, shy attempt by Patidar, fielded by Khan.
India vs England
09:51
46.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Shoaib Bashir. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Patidar.
India vs England
09:49
46.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin half volley, outside off stump down the track driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Khan.
India vs England
09:49
46.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, inside edge to short leg for no runs, mis-fielded by Patidar, fielded by Jurel.
India vs England
09:48
46.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, missed for no runs, fielded by Jurel.
India vs England
09:48
46.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Jaiswal.
India vs England
09:47
45.6
Ravindra Jadeja to Shoaib Bashir. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs.
India vs England
09:47
45.4
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot working, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Ashwin.
India vs England
09:46
45.3
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Quicker length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to point for no runs, fielded by Khan.
India vs England
09:46
45.1
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, in the air uncontrolled to silly mid off for no runs.
India vs England
09:45
44.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Shoaib Bashir. Googly half volley, off stump on the front foot defending, thick edge to backward point for no runs, fielded by Ashwin.
India vs England
09:44
44.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Shoaib Bashir. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, thick edge to third man for no runs, fielded by Ashwin.
India vs England
09:44
44.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, to leg down the track working, to mid on for 1 run, fielded by Gill.
India vs England
09:43
44.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep backward point for no runs, fielded by Ashwin.
India vs England
09:42
44.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Patidar.
India vs England
09:41
43.6
Ravindra Jadeja to Shoaib Bashir. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Jaiswal.
India vs England
09:40
43.5
Ravindra Jadeja to Shoaib Bashir. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
09:40
43.4
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot pushing, to mid off for 1 run, fielded by Gill.
India vs England
09:40
43.3
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, inside edge to silly point for no runs, fielded by Patidar.
India vs England
09:39
43.2
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to point for no runs, fielded by Patidar.
India vs England
09:38
42.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Shoaib Bashir. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, off stump on the back foot defending, hit pad to gully for no runs, fielded by Sharma.
India vs England
09:37
42.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, middle stump on the back foot working, to mid wicket for 1 run, shy attempt by Gill.
India vs England
09:37
42.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Ben Foakes. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, off stump down the track working, to mid on for no runs, mis-fielded by Yadav, fielded by Gill.
India vs England
09:36
42.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Shoaib Bashir. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, off stump on the back foot working, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Gill.
India vs England
09:36
42.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Shoaib Bashir. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, missed for no runs, fielded by Jurel.
India vs England
09:35
41.6
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Stock length ball, middle stump on the back foot working, to square leg for no runs, fielded by Yadav.
India vs England
09:34
41.5
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Quicker length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to cover for no runs, fielded by Patidar.
India vs England
09:32
41.4
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to mid off for no runs, run save by Gill.
India vs England
09:32
41.3
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, thick edge to backward point for no runs, fielded by Khan.
India vs England
09:31
41.2
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, thick edge to backward point for no runs, fielded by Ashwin.
India vs England
09:31
41.1
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, hit pad to silly point for no runs, fielded by Patidar.
India vs England
09:29
40.6
OUT! L.B.W. Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Robinson. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, hit pad.
India vs England
09:28
40.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Robinson. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Jurel.
India vs England
09:27
40.4
APPEAL! Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Robinson. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, Gloved to short fine leg for no runs, fielded by Jadeja, appeal made for L.B.W.
India vs England
09:24
40.3
OUT! Caught. Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Hartley. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on, caught by Khan.
India vs England
09:23
40.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Hartley. Googly length ball, middle stump backing away driving, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Gill.
India vs England
09:22
39.6
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Arm length ball, off stump on the back foot working, hit pad to silly point for no runs, fielded by Patidar.
India vs England
09:22
39.5
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Jurel.
India vs England
09:21
39.4
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Khan.
India vs England
09:21
39.3
Ravindra Jadeja to Ben Foakes. Stock length ball, off stump on the back foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Patidar.
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