India defeat England by an innings and 25 runs in the 4th Test to qualify for the final of WTC

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[MP2011]

Perhaps result of this series will be decided today. So big day for both teams.

[Devadwal]

India want to add 50 more runs if they can add then England will be tremendous under pressure

[dravidthewall]

Good chance for England to all-out India for 100 runs lead and than put up 250 runs .4th day turning track depend 150 runs.Go 2-2 in series. End india chances of WTC final.

[dravidthewall]

Smash for six sundar. 100 runs lead

[dravidthewall]

and four . Bless leaking runs

[Napa]

What an effortless six by Sundar!!!

[dravidthewall]

50 runs partnership between sundar and axar

[MP2011]

Pathetic over rate from England yet again. Will Root finally get sanctioned for it?

[dravidthewall]

4..4... Axar

[MP2011]

Axar finally showing the batting potential he possesses.

[dravidthewall]

Will be tough call to drop axar when jadeja fits.

[MP2011]

Sundar has such a great defense against spin, dare I say far better than Rahane's ever was.

It pains me to say that as Mumbai bats are historically so good against spin mostly due to the maidans they get to play their formative years on.

[Devadwal]

Pitch is still good for batting .can England score 300+ in 2nd innings ?

[MP2011]

Six from Axar.

[dravidthewall]

smash for six axar

[Devadwal]

Axar ,Sundar , Jadeja & Ashwin what a spin bowling all-rounders for india

[Napa]

Not given by Indian umpire but Sundar was plumb out to Stokes there... if there is something like “bat before wicket”...

[dravidthewall]

sundar is in 80s

[Napa]

Stokes and Anderson look a bit worn out already, and there is still one more Indian innings to go. England really needed a third pacer in this game.

[Devadwal]

Cab Sundar play as a batsman alone in this team ? I would say definitely

[dravidthewall]

muralitharan root in

[dravidthewall]

Good team selection from kohli . Selected washington sundar instead of agraval or pandya and that pays off

[Devadwal]

First hour belongs to Sundar & Axar. England looks mentally shot team at this time .body language down already

[Raja111]

Sundar is miles better than rahane.
He should play as a top order batsman in England

[Devadwal]

I'm first one here who said Sundar should play in Australia when ash- Jadeja injured .

[Devadwal]

ODI like field placement by Root .just pathetic

[AMSS]

Ashwin, Jadeja, Sundar, and Axar. Who gets in when India play away? I suppose Sundar can be accommodated as a pure bat although I'd like to see a lot more of him before he assumes that role. I'd play Jadeja and Sundar, and get Ashwin in where possible.

Rohit, Gill, Pujara, Kohli, Sundar, Pant, Jadeja, Hardik/Ashwin, Shami, Siraj/Ishant, Bumrah

[MP2011]

Sundar in 90s.

[dravidthewall]

Sundar 91

[Mamoon]

Washington will play almost a 100 Tests for India as a first choice player, but he will have to wait for his time because Ashwin and Jadeja will be first-choice for another 3-4 years.

Ashwin himself had to wait until 25 to become a Test regular.

Washington is only 21 with a wonderful career ahead of him. He is the true heir to Ashwin/Jadeja.

[jiduguravindra]

Washington will play almost a 100 Tests for India as a first choice player, but he will have to wait for his time because Ashwin and Jadeja will be first-choice for another 3-4 years.

Ashwin himself had to wait until 25 to become a Test regular.

Washington is only 21 with a wonderful career ahead of him. He is the true heir to Ashwin/Jadeja.

He isn't front bowler as of now. In 2-3 yrs by the time ashwin retire he has to improve his bowling. As of now he servers perfectly as fifth bowler in asian conditions. With jadeja, ashwin and sundar as three spinners and with the batting ability they have it is impossible for any touring team to win a series in india.

[MP2011]

100 partnership up between these 2.

[Buffet]

Pant demoralized the English attack too much and these two are making a mockery of the Eng bowling attack here. Eng is missing bowlers here.

[MP2011]

Only way England could have taken a wicket.

[Nikhil_cric]

Axar out. England getting lucky.

[Devadwal]

In test cricket run out is not acceptable .

[MP2011]

Will Sundar score his maiden test ton today?

[MP2011]

Ishant gone first ball.

[Devadwal]

Shame that Sundar denied century as his partners out at other hand

[MP2011]

Looks like Sundar will be stranded once again.

[Devadwal]

Idiots

[MP2011]

Siraj bowled.

[Devadwal]

Feels for sundar who batted very well .

[Buffet]

Poor luck for Sundar here, but well played.

[dravidthewall]

Waste of last two wickets

[Dingolfy]

Idiots

What do you expect from tail-enders?

[RainStopsPlay]

Siraj, Bumrah and Ishant should be banned from playing cricket. Idiots can't hold a bat for 3 balls. UGH!

[CrIc_Mystique]

gee whiz Sundar Veera Tamilyan....what a tragedy....Ishant and siraj - useless twits....
Washi isa proper top order batsman....a good find for India, will be playing lotsfo rus...

[Devadwal]

Indian tailenders can't even survive for a over . pathetic

[JattMaula]

Our tail is embarrassing. Thank heavens our spinners can bat.

[MP2011]

Ishant used to be so reliable with bat, his batting has really gone downhill.

[Devadwal]

85* in the first Test.
96* in the fourth Test.

Washington Sundar missed out two hundreds in the series as both times he run-out of partners at the other end.

[Last Monetarist]

India 365 all out (first innings)
Washington Sundar 96*
Stokes 4/89

India lead by 160

[PassionForPak]

Poor guy missed his first hundred by 4 runs. He must be feeling underwhelmed. That's why pant way is better for getting 100. You get out on 100 or 101 not 96*.��

[Mesozoic]

Looks like it got easier to bat on.

England are still in with a slight chance here.

[Robert]

Just woke up.

Very surprised by Sundar. I thought India was alll tail lenders after Pant. India seem to be what England were a couple of years ago - weak batting with one star, and a bunch of capable lower order batters. A shame that he didn’t get his century.

Anyway England picked the wrong attack - again - and paid the price - again. Good to see Stokes’ massive effort rewarded with four wickets.

Only pride to play for now. Let’s see if England have learned anything.

Ouch, Siraj has been clobbered by Sibley! Great effort to stop that drive. India’s fielding is so much better than it used to be.

[PassionForPak]

Looks like it got easier to bat on.

England are still in with a slight chance here.

We'll know once Spinners start from both end

[jnaveen1980]

Just woke up.

Very surprised by Sundar. I thought India was alll tail lenders after Pant. India seem to be what England were a couple of years ago - weak batting with one star, and a bunch of capable lower order batters. A shame that he didn’t get his century.

Anyway England picked the wrong attack - again - and paid the price - again. Good to see Stokes’ massive effort rewarded with four wickets.

Only pride to play for now. Let’s see if England have learned anything.

Ouch, Siraj has been clobbered by Sibley! Great effort to stop that drive. India’s fielding is so much better than it used to be.

Sundar's batting was the reason INdia won the Gabba Test. In the first test against England also he made 85.

[OMB]

Chances are bleak for England now.
Need to get 350 plus runs (so difficult in a 2nd innings) just to set a challenge.
All eyes on Stokes and Root. Unlikely heroes could be Bairstow or Lawrence.

[Romali_rotti]

I feel Eng will be 6 down by the end of the day.

[James]

The remainder of this third day presents an immense psychological examination for England’s batsmen.

We have seen yesterday evening and this morning that the pitch has flattened out and improved for batting since the first day and the second morning. Not that batting is entirely easy — the occasional ball is still misbehaving — but if you get in and play sensibly, wherever you are placed in the batting order you can score big runs.

This is a mental game now for England. They can actually still come back in the Test match and set India a challenging final innings target; but conversely, if England mess things up then they could also lose by an innings.

We will see what happens. By the way, major props either way to Ben Stokes (again) for an outstanding, gargantuan bowling effort. He is a very special cricketer.

[Mesozoic]

Still gutted at Sundar missing out on a hundred yet again.

[Robert]

Chances are bleak for England now.
Need to get 350 plus runs (so difficult in a 2nd innings) just to set a challenge.
All eyes on Stokes and Root. Unlikely heroes could be Bairstow or Lawrence.

Crawley has a test match 267 against a team with Yasir in it.

Paradoxically this can be seen as a pressure-off situation for England. India are almost certain to win so just stay calm, stay in your zone and have fun.

[Justcrazy]

India likely to win by innings here

[Robert]

Still gutted at Sundar missing out on a hundred yet again.

His time will come. Might have to move a place up in the order.

[Justcrazy]

Four Legbyes ... England will take whatever comes their way

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Ashwin draws the first blood

[Robert]

Crawley has a test match 267 against a team with Yasir in it.

Wish Yasir was bowling today.

Crawley out playing for turn that wasn’t there again, not learning.

[Romali_rotti]

Yep, 1 down, 5 to go before the end of the day..

[Robert]

What
Is
The
Point
Of
Bairstow?

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Ashwin making England batsmen dance here

[Romali_rotti]

2 Down now, 4 to go before the end of the day..

[Justcrazy]

Ashwin is best spinner ever from Indian subcontinent

[Romali_rotti]

Wow root gets away with a PLUMB LBW

Actually umpires call it would have been hitting top of middle stump..

[jnaveen1980]

That looked stone dead.

[JattMaula]

We should count how many number of umpire's call went each teams way after series is over.

[Robert]

Sibley is like a flea on a hot plate. Why doesn’t he stand still?

[Justcrazy]

Ashwin is bowling well here, very tough bowler in these conditions

[MP2011]

Sibley gone, unlucky way to get out though.