{"id":32520,"date":"2021-02-08T11:01:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T12:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=32520"},"modified":"2021-02-08T12:03:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T12:03:00","slug":"india-lose-sharma-in-chase-for-420-against-england-in-chennai-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=32520","title":{"rendered":"India lose Sharma in chase for 420 against England in Chennai Test"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chennai: India lost Rohit Sharma in their chase for 420 after Ravichandran Ashwin took six wickets to dismiss England for 178 on day four of the opening Test on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The hosts reached 39 for one at stumps after spinner Jack Leach bowled Sharma for 12 on a deteriorating Chennai pitch.<\/p>\n

Shubman Gill, on 15, and Cheteshwar Pujara, on 12, were batting at the close with India needing another 381 runs to win the first of the four Tests.<\/p>\n

On a dominant day for spinners, Ashwin claimed his 28th five-wicket haul in England’s second innings.<\/p>\n

The off-spinner sent back Rory Burns with the first ball of the innings and struck crucial blows, including taking Ben Stokes for seven.<\/p>\n

Skipper Joe Root top-scored with 40 off 32 deliveries. He hit 218 in the first innings of his 100th Test.<\/p>\n

Root hit seven boundaries before being trapped lbw by paceman Jasprit Bumrah. Ollie Pope (28) and Dom Bess (25) also helped England build a big lead.<\/p>\n

Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem took two wickets and got wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler stumped for 24. Dan Lawrence (18) was Ishant Sharma’s 300th Test wicket.<\/p>\n

India were bowled out for 337 in their first innings in the morning session, 42 runs short of avoiding the follow on despite Washington Sundar’s unbeaten 85.<\/p>\n

England, who scored 578 in their first innings, decided against making the home side bat again.<\/p>\n

Leach and paceman James Anderson took two wickets each in the morning session to pack off India after the hosts started the day 257-6.<\/p>\n

Sundar, who made his debut in the fourth Test of India’s historic win in Australia last month, put on 80 runs with overnight partner Ashwin, who made 31.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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