For the first time in the McCullum-Stokes baseball era, a shameful record was set: England batsmen failed to get ahead of Ashwin-Kuldeep.

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Kuldeep Yadav, Bendon McCullum and England captain Ben Stokes

India vs England 4th Test: The fourth Test match will be played between India and England. In this game, the Indian spinners performed amazingly in the second innings against England. England’s batsmen could not withstand the Indian spinners and were eliminated. The entire English team was out for 145 runs in the second innings. Indian spinners took all ten wickets in the second innings. Ravichandran Ashwin took 5 wickets, Kuldeep Yadav took 4 wickets and Ravindra Jadeja took 1 wicket. Poor performance in the second innings against India has added a poor record to the baseball-era team of England coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes. Let us know.

The English team has had a poor record

The English team definitely scored 353 runs in the first innings. But in the second innings, apart from Jack Crowley, no batsman from the English team could perform well. Jack Crowley scored the highest score of 60 runs. Jonny Bairstow scored 30 runs. As soon as these two were out, England’s batting power dissipated and the England team was all out for 145 runs. This is the first time in the Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum baseball era that the England team has scored fewer than three runs per over (2.69) in a Test match innings. The English team played 53.5 overs and scored 145 runs.

On the other hand, when both innings of the Test match are combined, the English team scores runs at a run rate of 3.13. This is the England team’s lowest run rate in the baseball era of Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes. Previously, England had scored runs against New Zealand in 2022 at a run rate of 3.45.

India was given a target of 192 runs to win.

In the fourth Test match against India, England team captain Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bat first and the team scored 353 runs while batting first. After that, the Indian team could only score 307 runs in their first innings. In this way, England gained a lead of 46 runs on a first innings basis. After that, the English team could only score 145 runs in the second innings. In this way, India has a target of winning by 192 runs. The Indian team has so far scored 40 runs without losing a wicket. Rohit Sharma scored 24 runs at the crease and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 16 runs.

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