LIVE on talkSPORT 2
India vs England fourth Test LIVE commentary: Visitors win toss and bat first in Ranchi as Stokes’ men look to level series
England's fourth Test against India in Ranchi is underway, with the visitors looking to level the series.
Ben Stokes' men are 2-1 down to India but are determined to take this thrilling series to a decider by winning here.
3
India vs England: talkSPORT coverage
The fourth Test got underway on Friday, February 23 and is due to finish on Tuesday, February 27.
Action will get going from 4am UK time each day.
The Test is being held at the JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi.
We will have ball-by-ball coverage of every day on talkSPORT 2, starting at 4am.
Read more on cricket
Our expert commentary team consists of England legends David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd, Steve Harmison, Darren Gough, and Kevin Pietersen. They will be joined by Alex Tudor, Gareth Batty and Phoebe Graham, with CricViz providing statistical analysis.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
Follow the for plenty more too.
3
India vs England: Teams
India
Most read in Cricket
- Rohit Sharma(c)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Shubman Gill
- Rajat Patidar
- Sarfaraz Khan
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Dhruv Jurel(wk)
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Akash Deep
- Mohammed Siraj
England
- Zak Crawley
- Ben Duckett
- Ollie Pope
- Joe Root
- Jonny Bairstow
- Ben Stokes(c)
- Ben Foakes(wk)
- Tom Hartley
- Ollie Robinson
- James Anderson
- Shoaib Bashir
Toss: England won the toss and decided to bat
Officials: Kumar Dharmasena, Rod Tucker, Joel Wilson, Jeff Crowe, Jayaraman Madanagopal
3
India vs England: What has been said?
Joe Root hit a wonderful century on day one of the Test and received a glowing assessment from team-mate Zak Crawley.
He said: "We're so happy for him, and we never doubted him.
“If anything, we know that when he's got a couple of low scores so he's even more likely to get a big one and we expected that from him.
"He's phenomenal, one of if not the best we've ever had playing for England.
"The boys played unbelievably in the middle session and then Joe got very good support from Tom and Ollie as well.
“I said beforehand that if we get 280-300, we're in a very good position so I stand by that - we are ahead of the game.
“It was tricky early on with the ball nipping around a lot and we had to throw a couple of punches back, which I think myself and Jonny did well.
"But then it did start to get easier, the boys read the situation brilliantly and Foakes and Root played unbelievably well.
Read More on talkSPORT
"I was tying to bat normally at the start but it was so difficult, I just felt like there was one with my name on eventually.
“So I thought I'd throw something back and I did start to feel a bit more comfortable after that."
Topics