India Vs England, 4th Test: First time in Test cricket history all Indian bowlers made this unique record in the series
After a couple of morale-crushing defeats in the first two Tests (31 runs at Edgbaston) and (innings defeat at the Lord's), Virat Kohli registered a memorable victory in the third Test in Nottingham by 203 runs which helped them to bounce back in the five-match Test series.
India bowled out England for 246 on the opening day of the fourth Test match at The Ageas Bowl cricket Stadium in Southampton. In five Test match series, this is the first time in Test cricket five different Indian bowlers have scalped 10-plus wickets each in a same Test series.
Indian bolwers including Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravi Ashwin, Mohammad Shami and Hardik Pandya has achieve this milestone.
Ishant Sharma - 13*
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) August 30, 2018
Mohammed Shami -10*
Hardik Pandya -10*
Jasprit Bumrah - 10*
Ravichandran Ashwin - 10*
This is the first time where five Indian bowlers have claimed 10+ wickets in the same Test series. #ENGvIND
With India trailing by 227 runs, Indian opening batsman K L Rahul scored 11 runs and Shikhar Dhawan scored 3 runs on the crease at stumps. Earlier, Indian pacers were right on the mark from the start as they took wickets at regular intervals. Jasprit Bumrah (2/21), Ishant Sharma (1/7), Hardik Pandya (1/16) and Mohammed Shami (51/2) help India to bind up England batting line up in the opening Test.
Indian Squad:
Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
England Squad:
Joe Root (c), Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Oliver Pope, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Sam Curran, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes, Ben Stokes, James Vince.
First published: 31 August 2018, 16:23 IST