Shoaib Bashir became the second youngest player to take a five-wicket haul for England on debut in a Test. cricket news

England off-spinner Shoaib Bashir became the second youngest bowler to take a Test five-wicket haul for the Three Lions after a brilliant performance on the third day of the fourth Test against India at the JSCA International Stadium Complex on Sunday. At the age of just 20 years and 135 days, Bashir took five wickets in his spell and dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Ravindra Jadeja besides tail-ender Akash Deep. This young player bowled a total of 44 overs in his spell and gave 119 runs while bowling eight maiden overs.

Earlier, leg spinner Rehan Ahmed had recorded similar bowling heroics by taking his maiden five-wicket haul at the age of just 18 years and 128 days against Pakistan in the 2022 series in Karachi. The Pakistan-born spinner took his wickets conceding just 48 runs.

Meanwhile, India were 40/0 at stumps on the third day and were chasing 152 runs to win the five-match series. Captain Rohit Sharma (24*) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (16*) were unbeaten at the crease when the stumps were uprooted.

In their second innings, England were all out for only 145, with some resistance from Zak Crawley (60 from 91 balls, with seven fours) and Jonny Bairstow (30 from 42 balls, with three fours).

The spinners, hunting in a group on that surface, took all 10 wickets that fell for England, with the charismatic Ravichandran Ashwin taking another five and Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja providing excellent support. ,

Riding on Ashwin’s 5/51 and Kuldeep’s 4/22, the hosts restricted the visitors to less than 150. Thus, the hosts were given a target of 191 runs to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series.

Earlier, in reply to England’s 353 runs, India were all out for 307 runs in their first innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal played an inning of 73 runs in 117 balls with the help of eight fours and one six, despite this the host team was reduced to 219 runs. /7.

Reviving Indian hopes from the point where the hosts were in danger of conceding a healthy lead to the visitors, wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel (90 off 149 balls with six fours and four sixes) struck in the company of Kuldeep. Played a sensational rearguard innings. 28 runs on 131 balls). Together they made a partnership of 76 runs for the eighth wicket and took India beyond 300.

Bashir found purchase on the surface and recorded his maiden five-wicket haul. Supporting his figures of 5/119, Tom Hartley (3/68) and James Anderson (2/48) also performed well with the ball.

England won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 353 runs on the board in their first innings, which mainly included a half-century from former captain and key batsman Joe Root (122* off 274 balls, 10 fours). Excellent rearguard effort from Ollie Robinson (58 runs from 96 balls, nine fours and a six) and keeper-batsman Ben Fox (47 runs from 126 balls, four fours and a six).

Ravindra Jadeja (4/67) and Akash Deep (3/83) were the best bowlers for India.

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