By Admin 
The fourth Test of India and England is to be played at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester from 23 July. Since England is ahead 2–1 in the series, Team India will have to win the Manchester Test to avoid defeat in the series. The first two matches of the series rained fiercely, but Lord’s pitch was in line with bowling. Now know here what color can the Ind vs Eng 4th Test Pitch Report for the fourth Test.
Batsman or bowler, whom will the pitch support?
The team that usually win the toss first in the Old Trafford Maidan chooses batting, because the pitch here is very helpful for batting. There is good pace and bounce in bowling here. In the initial session of the match, fast bowlers can get help, but as the match progresses, the pitch gets easier to bat. This is the reason that the Australian team has scored a score of 656 runs in a single innings here.
If the pitch is old, the spin bowlers also get help. It would be good to choose the batting of the toss winning team first, because it is very difficult to chase in the fourth innings here. The biggest score on the Old Trafford ground in the history so far is 294 runs.
For the fourth Test, hardly Team India makes any change in their playing eleven, but it is possible to leave from Karun Nair’s team due to not rebucing the opportunities. Let us know that India has never won any Test match on this ground. India has played 9 Test matches at this ground, out of which it lost 4 and left a match on a draw.
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