India vs England LIVE Day 5 4th Test at Old Trafford LIVE SCORE Sv updates: Herculean resistance from Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar. The pair has so far added 382/4 for India in 137 overs, the visitors leading England by 71 runs and the Test heading towards a draw.
Jadeja’s unbeaten 89 off 173 balls steadied India’s innings as he joined the great Sir Garfield Sobers in some style. At the other, end, Washington Sundar is cool as you like on 76*, and it is a calm against the odds reminiscent of KL Rahul and Shubman Gill in the first innings.
The 4th Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy has witnessed some remarkable fight from India. India had rolled over for a 311-run deficit, and they responded in kind. Capt Shubman Gill hit a century thereby becoming the first Indian to register four Test centuries in a Test series in England. Gill formed a solid partnership with Rahul, combining for a 417-ball foundation for India’s lead.
Cummins did not come back to bowl in the first innings for obvious reasons while India’s ads to the total since the resumption have also frustrated the English bowlers who have had nothing go their way despite trying all they can. The English bowlers Jofra Archer, Liam Dawson and Joe Root didn’t let the disciplined hard-hitting Indian batting come through.
Jadeja and Sundar had succeeded in keeping their partnership intact despite the regular rotation of England’s bowlers. England captain Ben Stokes, on whom aching shoulder and hamstring injuries had taken their toll, attempted to smash his way out of trouble by peppering the batsmen with short balls. But the Indian batsmen were not rattled and Sundar hit a six and a four to complete his fifty.
Moments later, Jadeja reached his own half-century with a stylish boundary as India moved into the lead. Jadeja and his knock are more than this Test—the performance makes him equivalent to cricketing nobility, matching the all-round performance of Sir Garfield Sobers as the best ever in the history of Test.
India’s innings is currently 382/4, and the way they are going about things, they might bat a little further on, particularly with a draw the most likely outcome. 2.10pm: INDIA 229-3 (77 overs) England, after establishing a 2-1 series lead, will be looking ahead to the final Test, but Day 5 at Old Trafford has so far been a story of Indian dominance and resolve.
Brief Scores:
- England 669 (Joe Root 150, Ben Stokes 141; Jadeja 4-143)
- India 358 & 382/4 (Jadeja 89, Sundar 76 – Woakes 2-57)**
- India lead by 71 runs
