The fourth Test between India and England will take place on Friday (February 23) at Ranchi’s JSCA International Stadium Complex. The hosts lead the five-match series 2-1.
ENG won the first Test at Hyderabad by 28 runs. India subsequently handily defeated the visiting team by 106 runs in Vizag to tie the score. Rohit Sharma and his team triumphed in the third Test in Rajkot. They beat the record by scoring 434 runs and now lead the series.
England has already confirmed their playing lineup for the forthcoming encounter. They made two changes to their squad, replacing Rehan Ahmed and Mark Wood with Shoaib Bashir and Ollie Robinson.
India’s team will play without Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. Another leading player, Jasprit Bumrah, won’t play either. They’ve rested him to manage his work.
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“I’ve never seen something like that” – Ben Stokes stunned by ‘different’ Ranchi pitch
Ben Stokes told BBC Sport before of the fourth Test that he had never seen a ground like Ranchi. He said that the playing floor at the venue had several flaws and seemed different from the dressing room and its closeness. Stokes said:
“I’ve never seen something like that before. I have got no idea so I don’t know what could happen. If you looked down one side of opposite ends it just looked different to what I am used to seeing, especially out in India. It looked green and grassy up in the changing rooms, but then you go out there it looked different: very dark and crumbly and quite a few cracks in it.”
Ben Stokes
After overcome the huge defeat in the previous test, Ben Stokes added:
“It’s sport. You get plaudits when it goes well and not when it doesn’t. It’s part of it, I’ve been around long enough to know that, but we crack on. Defeats like last week can have a bigger effect on the team that it needs to be. But I’m comfortable with how I addressed that. I know it’s the next game that counts.”
Ben Stokes