India vs England 4th Test Day 4 Live: Cricket score and updates- as it happens in Southampton
India vs England 4th Test Day
India need 245 runs to win the fourth Test after bowling out England for 271 in their second innings on the fourth day of the fourth test on Sunday.
It could be a precarious pursue for the Indian line-up particularly with the track being two-paced where taking care of Stuart Broad could turn out to be a troublesome recommendation.
India lost the wickets of KL Rahul for just four runs. Then James Anderson trapped last-innings centurion Cheteshwar Pujara LBW to give India another big blow.
James Anderson then removed Shikhar Dhawan to reduced India to 22/3. Ben Stokes took a good catch to send Dhawan back for 17.
Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane took India to 46/3 at lunch.
The duo added 101 runs for the fourth wicket. Virat Kohli completed his fifty but fell soon after at 58.
India were 126/4 at tea – they India required another 119 runs with 6 wickets remaining.
India vs England: Live Scorecard
On Saturday, Jos Buttler’s gutsy knock of 69 enabled the hosts to end the day at 260 for 8. Buttler got great help from the stodgy Ben Stokes (30, 110 balls) including 56 keeps running for the 6th wicket and 55 keeps running for the seventh wicket with the consistently progressing Sam Curan (37 batting, 67 balls).
Cheteshwar Pujara’s unbeaten 132 had helped India post 273 in the first innings and take a 27-run lead against England.
India had restricted England to 246 in the first innings, thanks to strong bowling by pacers Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami on first day of the match.
Click here to see what happened on day 3 in pictures.