Axar Patel takes two as India reduce England to 74/3 at Lunch on Day 1 of 4th Test
England had chosen to bat after winning the toss, with Root hoping that they could put as many runs on the board before the ball would turn for the spinners.
England had chosen to bat after winning the toss, with Root hoping that they could put as many runs on the board before the ball would turn for the spinners.
Harbhajan, 40, said that the spinners in India are always taught to aim for the stumps and make adjustments to do so depending upon the amount of spin
Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Siraj will be hoping for a spot in the bowling line-up that is likely to be dominated by the spinners once again.
During the third Test in the ongoing series against England, Ravichandran Ashwin reached the milestone of 400 wickets in the longest format.
Rohit Sharma's escalation in the rankings was courtesy of his first innings score 66 and unbeaten 25 in a low-scoring third Test between India and England.
India needed to score only 49 runs for a win and openers Rohit Sharma (25 not out) and Shubman Gill (15 not out) scored those runs in 7.4 overs.
Off-spinners R. Ashwin bagged four and Washington Sundar one on the second day of the five-day match, which could well finish on Thursday itself.
Rohit was unbeaten on 57 off 82 balls and India vice-captain Rahane was on one. India are still 13 runs short of matching England's total.
Axar Patel ended the innings with 6/38 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, following his 5/60 in the second innings of the second Test in Chennai.
Sharma received a commemorative plate from President Kovind and a special cap from Shah before the start of the third Test against England.
