By Admin 
England started a sharp-end in the fourth Test of ‘Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy’ being played at Old Trafford. In response to India’s 358 runs, England have scored 225 runs at the loss of 2 wickets till the end of the second day’s play. Oli Pope 20 and Joe Root are unbeaten by scoring 11 runs. England are just 133 runs behind India.
England openers Jack Crole and Ben Docket shared a 166 -run partnership for the first wicket. When both were batting, it seemed that ODI is being played, not Tests. Both added 166 runs in 32 overs. Crowle was dismissed as the first wicket by scoring 84 runs off 113 balls. Ravindra Jadeja broke this partnership. After this, Ben Docket was dismissed for 94 runs on the score of 197. He was dismissed by Anshul Kamboj, playing his first Test.
Earlier, India’s first innings ended for 358 runs. The Indian innings scored three half -centuries. Sai Sudarshan scored 61, Yashasvi Jaiswal 58 and Rishabh Pant scored 54 runs. Apart from this, all -rounder Shardul Thakur scored a crucial 41 runs. Rishabh Pant retired at a score of 37 due to injury on the first day, but when Team India needed, he landed for batting and scored an innings of 54 runs. Everyone praised the courage of Pant, who batted with pain and lame.
England captain Ben Stokes, who won the toss and decided to bowl first, played an important role in covering India at 358. Stokes took 5 wickets for 72 runs. Jofra Archer got 3 successes while Chris Woakes and Liam Dawson got one success each.