England’s top order suffered another horrifying collapse as they found it difficult to tackle Axar Patel as the left-arm spinner struck twice in the first hour of Day 1 of the ongoing fourth Test to send back both openers on Thursday. While Axar managed to go past the defense of Dom Sibley with an arm ball that went straight through to the stumps, the spinner can thank Rishabh Pant for his second wicket in the match as he dismissed Zak Crawley who attempted to go big.
In the 8th over, Zak Crawley had come down the track to drive the spinner for a boundary. Later on, Pant was heard on the stump mic saying “someone’s getting angry” and on the very next delivery, Crawley came down the track only to mist-time the lofted shot that ended up in the hands of Mohammed Siraj.
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Here’s the video of Pant’s comments and wicket:
7.4 overs – Rishabh Pant "someone is getting angry now".
7.5 overs – Crawley hits the aerial shot coming down the track and gets out.#IndvEng #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/8nKE8slOHJ
— Team India 2.0 (@teamindia2_0) March 4, 2021
Earlier in the day, England won the toss and opted to bat in Ahmedabad. India made just one change from the last Test as Mohammed Siraj came into the playing XI in place of Jasprit Bumrah, who has been granted leave by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) citing personal reasons.
On the other hand, England made a couple of changes as Stuart Broad and Jofra Archer made way for Dan Lawrence and Dom Bess in their final XI. India is having an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series after their thumping win in the third Test that ended inside two days.
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A win or a draw for India will assure them of a place in the final of the World Test Championship where they will face New Zealand at Lord’s cricket ground. England, who don’t have a chance let to qualify for the final of WTC, can spoil India’s chances if they can secure a win, and then Australia will qualify for the final.
