After 4 sequence wins and three attracts, England’s ‘Bazball’ method hit a roadblock on Monday, February 26 after defeat to India within the fourth Test of a five-match rubber in Ranchi. The slender defeat means England are now not invincibles below the management of Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum joined fingers almost two years in the past. India’s win on Monday noticed them flip the tide on the guests, who had gained the sequence opener in Hyderabad. The Rohit Sharma-led facet, nonetheless, needed to overcome accidents and absence of a number of key gamers handy England a primary sequence loss below Stokes and McCullum.

When McCullum first took cost in 2022, England appeared down and out, having misplaced the Ashes 4-0 to Australia Down Under.

The defeat noticed Joe Root step down as captain, and marking of a brand new period with the appointment of Stokes as skipper.

England have reap the rewards of Stokes and McCullum’s partnership, successful 4 of their final seven sequence’ earlier than arriving on the Indian shores.

With Bazball, England gained 3-0 in Pakistan and drew the Ashes in opposition to Australia, altering fortunes with their attacking philosophy.

However, in India, England’s Bazball lastly discovered its match. India had gained 16 Test sequence’ on the trot at dwelling. The final staff to beat them was Alastair Cook‘s England in 2012.

India are actually 17-0 since Cook’s England gained 2-1.

Coming again to the match, England had scored 353 all out of their first innings and led by 46 after India’s 307.

Indian spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav arrange the victory after they shared 9 second-innings wickets to bundle out England for 145 on day three.

Chasing 192, Shubman Gill performed the anchor in his 124-ball knock as he and Jurel, who made 90 in India’s first innings, staved off a mini-crisis when Shoaib Bashir took two wickets in two balls quickly after lunch.

India nonetheless wanted 72 extra however Gill and Dhruv Jurel rotated the strike coolly to choose off singles earlier than elevating his fifty with two successive sixes off Bashir.

Jurel hit the successful runs, punching the air and hugging his associate because the Indian dressing room rose to have fun.

(With AFP Inputs)