Agency :
Day 4 belonged to India but after being behind England for the first three days of the series opener in Chennai, the home team find themselves with an uphill task in order to save the match. The fightback was led by Washington Sundar and R Ashwin who put together 80 for the seventh-wicket before the latter showed his class with the ball picking 6 wickets at his home ground dismantling England for 178. India, chasing a mammoth 420, had moved to 39 for the loss of the huge wicket of Rohit Sharma who failed to get going in both innings of the match.
The day resumed with India in deep trouble at 257 for 6 but the local boys, Sundar and Ashwin chipped away into the England total batting out time and precious overs defying the opposition attack. They were positive in the first hour of play hitting seven majestic boundaries through cover and straight drives in the first 10 overs itself. Sundar soon registered his second fifty in just his second Test – an innings worthy of a top-order batsman. He slowed down after the second new ball was taken in order to prolong the Indian innings but again pushed on the accelerator post Ashwin’s dismissal.
Day 4 belonged to India but after being behind England for the first three days of the series opener in Chennai, the home team find themselves with an uphill task in order to save the match. The fightback was led by Washington Sundar and R Ashwin who put together 80 for the seventh-wicket before the latter showed his class with the ball picking 6 wickets at his home ground dismantling England for 178. India, chasing a mammoth 420, had moved to 39 for the loss of the huge wicket of Rohit Sharma who failed to get going in both innings of the match.
The day resumed with India in deep trouble at 257 for 6 but the local boys, Sundar and Ashwin chipped away into the England total batting out time and precious overs defying the opposition attack. They were positive in the first hour of play hitting seven majestic boundaries through cover and straight drives in the first 10 overs itself. Sundar soon registered his second fifty in just his second Test – an innings worthy of a top-order batsman. He slowed down after the second new ball was taken in order to prolong the Indian innings but again pushed on the accelerator post Ashwin’s dismissal.
