India-England fourth Test From Today, Team India To Draw 2 – 2 In The Series, Doubts On Ashwin’s Fitness.
- Kohli has a chance to make a record, he is 6 runs away from becoming the 10thIndian to score 6000 runs in Test.
- In this series, Kohli scored 200 runs twice, including two innings.
Southampton: The fourth Test between India and England will be played at Rose Bowl Stadium here on Thursday. This will be the third test in this stadium. Team India has returned by winning the third Test after losing both the Tests in the five-match series. Now the team wants to win this match and match 2-2 in the series. India will have to win this test or at least draw to stay in the series. Team India will lose third consecutive series on losing this Test match. Earlier, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy had to face defeat in 2011 and 2014. On the other hand, Ravichandran Ashwin is skeptical of fitness. In the third test, he was hurt.
Indian Captain Virat Kohli has a chance to make two records. As soon as he makes 6 runs, he will become the 10th Indian to score 6000 runs in Tests. At the same time, after making 162, he will make his record of scoring the most runs in a series in England. Right now this record is with Rahul Dravid. He scored 602 runs in four tests in the 2002 tour of England.
Kohli can overtake Root and Smith: Kohli is currently counted among the four best batsmen of the world. Australia’s Steve Smith, England’s Joe Root, New Zealand’s Ken Williamson are the other three batsmen in this list. If Kohli manages to score 206 runs in this Test, then he will go ahead of Smith and Joe Root.
Anderson can be the highest wicket-taker fast bowler: England fast bowler James Anderson can become the fastest bowler to take the most wickets in Test cricket. To make this record, he is 7 wickets away. In this case, Glenn McGrath (563 wickets) of Australia is ahead of him.
India will not want to make any changes in the team: Kohli will not want to make any changes in the team. They can land on the field with the victorious XI of the last match. However, team management is skeptical about Ravichandran Ashwin’s fitness. Whether he will play or not, it will be decided before the toss. Team India has called Prithvi Shaw and Hanuma Vihari instead of Murali Vijay and Kuldeep Yadav. But they are less likely to be included in the final eleven.
Ollie Pope out of England team, Moeen Ali inside: England’s Captain Joe Root has announced the team for the Southampton Test. He made two changes while replacing all-rounder Moeen Ali and Sam Curran instead of middle-order batsman Ollie Pope and Chris Woakes to the team. Jos Buttler replaces Johnny Bairstow as wicketkeeper in this match. During the last test, Bairstow was hurt in the hand, because of which he was out of the field for many hours.
Teams:
India (Probable): Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jaspreet Bumrah, Dinesh Karthik, Hanuma Vihari, Umesh Yadav, Prithvi Shaw, Karun Nair, Shardul Thakur.
England: Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Joe Root (Captain), Johnny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.