Ind vs Eng 4th Test Day 1: Sudarshan-Jayaswal’s half-century, captain Gill flop, Pant’s serious injury; India in trouble on the very first day
IND vs Eng 4th Manchester Test Day 1 Highlights: The fourth Test is being played between India and England in Manchester. The first day of the match started on Wednesday, 23 July, was quite mixed for India. Team India got a good start, but the day could not end in that manner. While Sai Sudarshan and Yashasvi Jaiswal played half -century innings, Rishabh Pant was seriously injured.
By the end of the first day, the team captained by Shubman Gill has scored 264 runs on the board for the loss of 4 wickets. Ravind Jadeja (19*) and Shardul Thakur (19*) are present at the crease for the team. On the first day, Sai Sudarshan was the biggest innings batsman for the team, who scored 61 runs with the help of 7 fours, facing 151 balls. Jayaswal scored 58 runs in 107 balls with the help of 10 fours and 1 six.
Rishabh Pant’s injury increased tension
Please tell that Rishabh Pant, who landed on the field for batting at number 5, suffered a serious leg injury. Pant was injured in an attempt to play reverse sweep off the ball of English fast bowler Chris Woakes. Pant missed the ball while playing the shot. The ball hit Pant’s shoes without directing the ground, due to which he got serious injury in his leg.
After taking off the shoe, there was a lot of swelling in Pant’s leg. At the same time, the Indian wicketkeeper batsmen were in such a record that they had to resort to ambulances to go out of the field. Let us tell you that Pant made 37* with the help of 2 fours and 1 six in 48 balls and retired due to injury. Now it will be interesting to see when he comes for batting again in the match.
Ben Stokes made time for India
On the first day, English captain Ben Stokes took India’s highest 2 wickets. Apart from this, Chris Woakes and spinner Liam Dawson took 1-1 wickets.
