India dismiss England for 205 in final Test

March 4, 2021 06:44 PM

India bowled out England for 205 as spinners Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin shared seven wickets between them on day one of the fourth and final Test on Thursday.

Ben Stokes top-scored with 55 and returning batsman Dan Lawrence made 46 after England elected to bat at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad. They were dismissed in the day's final session.

Virat Kohli's India, 2-1 up after last week's two-day win at the same venue, need to only avoid defeat to secure their place in the World Test Championship final against New Zealand.

India v England 4th Test scoreboard

Scoreboard at stumps on day one of the fourth and final Test between India and England in Ahmedabad on Thursday:

England 1st innings

Z. Crawley c Siraj b Patel 9

D. Sibley b Patel 2

J. Bairstow lbw b Siraj 28

J. Root lbw b Siraj 5

B. Stokes lbw b Sundar 55

O. Pope c Gill b Ashwin 29

D. Lawrence st Pant b Patel 46

B. Foakes c Rahane b Ashwin 1

D. Bess lbw b Patel 3

J. Leach lbw b Ashwin 7

J. Anderson not out 10

Extras (b3, lb5, nb1, w1) 10

Total (75.5 overs, all out) 205

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Sibley), 2-15 (Crawley), 3-30 (Root), 4-78 (Bairstow), 5-121 (Stokes), 6-166 (Pope), 7-170 (Foakes), 8-188 (Lawrence), 9-189 (Bess), 10-205 (Leach)

Bowling: Sharma 9-2-23-0, Siraj 14-2-45-2 (nb1, w1), Patel 26-7-68-4, Ashwin 19.5-4-47-3, Sundar 7-1-14-1

India 1st innings

S. Gill lbw b Anderson 0

R. Sharma not out 8

C. Pujara not out 15

Extras (nb1) 1

Total (12 overs, 1 wicket) 24

Fall of wicket: 1-0 (Gill)

To bat: V. Kohli, A. Rahane, R. Pant, W. Sundar, A. Patel, R. Ashwin, I. Sharma, M. Siraj

Bowling: Anderson 5-5-0-1, Stokes 2-1-4-0, Leach 4-0-16-0, Bess 1-0-4-0 (nb1)

Toss: England