India were reeling at 127/7 before Shardul Thakur's assault gave respectability to India's total in the first innings of the fourth Test.
It was a day for the comeback men both for India and England as Shardul Thakur salvaged a sinking Indian innings blasting 57 runs off just 36 balls to help them get to 191 after the visitors were reeling at 127/7 with all their main batsmen back in the shed. And for England, it was Chris Woakes taking four wickets in the innings and played a major part in England bowling the opposition out early.
England sent in India to bat first but Indian openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul took the aggressive approach from the start as they raced off to 28 in just seven overs. However, after those seven overs, a period of lull followed as in the next seven overs, not a single run was scored and the tourist lost both their openers in that period.
From 28/0 in seven overs, India went to 28/1 (8.6) and 28/2 (13.5) as the hosts' decision to bowl first after winning the toss had started to prove right. Woakes started the wickets procession for England getting the big wicket of Rohit Sharma, after which the likes of Ollie Robinson, James Anderson chipped in.
India surprised everyone by promoting Ravindra Jadeja ahead of vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane but that move didn't work as Jadeja went quickly after the lunch break.
Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane stemmed the wicket-flow for a little while and Kohli notched up his second half-century of the series. But before tea, both of them were removed and India were staring at another low score finish before Shardul Thakur gave them a booster shot.
Thakur smashed Woakes, Robinson, Overton all over the park as he slammed the fastest-ever fifty in England, off just 31 balls giving India much-needed runs and the momentum.
Thakur was eventually dismissed by Woakes as his fourth wicket as India were all out for 191 in their first innings.
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