India lose Rohit in chase of 420 against England

India was 39 for one at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium after England set them a target of 420 runs to win.

CHENNAI: India were 39 for one at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium after England set them a target of 420 runs to win.

India, who lost the wicket of Rohit Sharma early, need a further 381 runs while visitors England need nine wickets.

Sharma was bowled by left-arm spinner Jack Leach for 12. CheteshwarPujara (batting 12) and Shubman Gill (batting 15) were at the crease.

The highest successful chase for India is 406/4, way back in 1976 in the West Indies. India had also chased 387 against England in 2008 in Chennai.

Earlier, India off-spinner R Ashwin took six wickets for 61 runs as England were bowled out for 178 in their second innings an hour before close.

After dismissing India for 337 in the first innings in the first session and gaining a 241-run first-innings lead, England added to their lead through the day.

England skipper Joe Root once again top-scored with 40 while Ollie Pope (28), Jos Buttler (24), and Dominic Bess (25) too made significant contributions.

While Ashwin took 6/61 for his 28th five-wicket haul, left-arm Shahbaz Nadeem took two for 66. Pace bowlers Ishant and Jasprit Bumrah took one wicket apiece.

Ishant became the third Indian pacer and the sixth Indian bowlers to get to 300 Test wickets when he got rid of Daniel Lawrence.

Earlier in the morning session, India added 80 runs to their overnight score of 257/6 before getting bowled out. IANS

Scoreboard

ENGLAND: 1st innings - 578

INDIA: 1ST INNINGS - (overnight 257/6)

Washington Sundar not out 85

Ravichandran Ashwin c Buttler b Leach 31

Shahbaz Nadeem c Stokes b Leach 0 12

Ishant Sharma c Pope b Anderson 4 11

JaspritBumrah c Stokes b Anderson 0

Extras: 6; Total: 337-10

FOW: Pant (225-6, 56.4), Ashwin (305-7, 86.2), Nadeem (312-8, 90.5), Ishant (323-9, 93.5), Bumrah (337-10, 95.5)

Bowling:

James Anderson 16.5 5 46 2

Jofra Archer 21 3 75 2

Ben Stokes 6 1 16 0

Jack Leach 24 5 105 2

Dominic Bess 26 5 76 4

*Joe Root 2 0 14 0

ENGLAND: 2ND INNINGS-

Rory Burns c Rahane b Ashwin 0

Dominic Sibley c Pujara b Ashwin 16

Daniel Lawrence lbw b Ishant 18

*Joe Root lbw b Bumrah 40

Ben Stokes c Pant b Ashwin 7

Ollie Pope c Rohit b Nadeem 28

Jos Buttler st Pant b Nadeem 24

Dominic Bess lbw b Ashwin 25

Jofra Archer b Ashwin 5

Jack Leach not out 8

James Anderson c and b Ashwin 0

Extras: 7; Total: 178-10 (46.3)

FOW: Burns (0-1, 0.1), Sibley (32-2, 11), Lawrence (58-3, 15.3), Stokes (71-4, 18.1), Root (101-5, 23.5), Pope (130-6, 28.4), Buttler (165-7, 41.2), Bess (167-8, 42.1), Archer (178-9, 46.1), Anderson (178-10, 46.3)

Bowling:

R Ashwin 17.3 3 61 6

Shahbaz Nadeem 15 2 66 2

Ishant Sharma 7 1 24 1

Jasprit Bumrah 6 0 26 1

Washington Sundar 1 0 1 0

INDIA: 2nd INNINGS:

Rohit Sharma b Leach 12

Shubman Gill not out 15

CheteshwarPujara not out 12

Total: 39-1 (13)

FOW:Rohit Sharma (25-1, 5.3)