Jonny Bairstow and Ravi Ashwin will each play their 100th Test match.
The fifth and final Test match of the five-match series will pit Rohit Sharma’s Team India against Ben Stokes’ England team after the former won the fourth Test and won the series 3-1 in Ranchi. The match is scheduled for Thursday, March 07, 2024, at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala. This is the dead rubber match.
Speaking specifically about the Ranchi fixture, Joe Root, the most dependable and prominent batsman in England, finally found his form, smashing 122. Through his hit, the home team was able to score 353 runs in their opening half. Young opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal responded by hitting 73 to carry on his consistent trend. However, wicketkeeper-battler Dhruv Jurel, who scored 90 off 149 with six fours and four maximums, was the player of the innings.
The home team’s first-inning total of 307 was made possible by Jurel. Subsequently, the Indian spinners unraveled England’s batting lineup by weaving their web. Kuldeep Yadav claimed four wickets, while Ravi Ashwin claimed five wickets. In their second innings, the visitors were cheaply outscored, scoring only 145. India won by five wickets thanks to half-centuries from Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, as well as an undefeated 39 from Jurel. Jurel was named Player of the Match because of his efforts in both innings. Stokes and his group will try to win this game to make it 3-2 rather than end up with a 4-1 result.
Head-to-Head: In 135 Test cricket matches, India and England have faced off, with the Asian superpowers triumphing 34 times and the English team drawing 51 times.
Six – In order to reach the 600 maximums across formats milestone, Rohit Sharma (594) has to get six sixes.
One more game and Ravi Ashwin (99) will play in his 100th Test match.One more game separates Jonny Bairstow (99) from playing in his 100th Test match.
2 – James Anderson (698) needs just two more wickets to become the first Test cricket player to reach 700 wickets.
29 – Yashasvi Jaiswal (971) has to score 29 more runs in Test cricket to achieve the 1000-run mark.
Twelve runs separate Shubman Gill (3988) from his 4000th career run in international cricket.
Joe Root (192) has to make eight grabs in the game’s original version in order to reach 200 catches.8 – With two wickets remaining, Ravindra Jadeja (292) is just eight wickets short of 300 scalps in Test matches.
26 – Bairstow (5974) needs 26 more runs to reach his 6000 Test run total.
1 – Anderson (399) is just one match away from making his 400th appearance for his country.
4 – It will only take Kuldeep Yadav (46), four scalps to reach fifty Test wickets.
8 – In away Tests, Anderson (242) needs to take eight wickets to reach 250.
- Root (295) needs five more catches to tie the record for most international catches in cricket.
1 – Kuldeep (149) will play in his 150th international encounter in just one more game.
3 – In the longest format of the game, Anderson (147) needs three wickets to get 150 scalps versus India.
