{"id":503048,"date":"2024-02-26T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T06:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=503048"},"modified":"2024-02-26T12:02:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T06:32:17","slug":"rohit-sharma-india-vs-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/sports-news\/rohit-sharma-india-vs-england\/","title":{"rendered":"India Vs England: Rohit Sharma hits gritty fifty as India inches closer to Ranchi Test win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Indian captain Rohit Sharma scored his 17<sup>th<\/sup> Test half-century as he crossed 9000 runs in his Test career on Monday. The Indian skipper got off to a brilliant start on the 4<sup>th<\/sup> day of the Ranchi Test as the India chases a target of 192 runs against England. Earlier in the innings the Indian captain crossed the 4000-run mark in Test matches. In 58 Test matches, he has scored a total of 4,003 runs with an impressive average of 44.97, including 11 centuries and 16 fifties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He became the 17<sup>th<\/sup> Indian to achieve the feat. He played a milestone innings as he also registered 1000 runs against England. Sharma continued his fine touch his fine touch on Day 4 and slammed James Anderson for a magnificent six. As India moves closer to a win and securing the series win, the Indian captain leads the charge for the hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rohit Sharma special. \ud83d\udd25<br><br>&#8211; What an incredible six against James Anderson. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xCk5eHBSPS\">pic.twitter.com\/xCk5eHBSPS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricCrazyJohns\/status\/1761995929669050821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indian captain has been in lukewarm form throughout the Test series. His batting had been far more impressive in the Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam Tests. But Sharma came back into form as he hit a magnificent century agianst England in Rajkot. Earlier in the first innings of the Ranchi Test, he could manage just 2 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They haters will quote Geoffrey Boycott Not Ian Chappell <br>\u2b07\ufe0f<br>\u201cRohit Sharma has a pedigree of leadership success, his reputation helped him guide a fluid Indian team in the right direction&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RohitSharma%F0%93%83%B5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RohitSharma\ud80c\udcf5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvsENG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvsENG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ajqO94bvs2\">pic.twitter.com\/ajqO94bvs2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u0930\u094b\u0939\u093f\u0924 \u091c\u0941\u0917\u0932\u093e\u0928 Rohit Juglan (@rohitjuglan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rohitjuglan\/status\/1761996654377652275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>England\u2019s 2<sup>nd<\/sup> innings witnessed a collapse, reaching a total of 145 runs. Zak Crawley (60) and Johnny Barstow (30) showed some resistance, but Indian spinners dominated, with Ravichandran Ashwin (5\/51) and Kuldeep Yadav (4\/22) taking all 10 wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first innings India posted 307 in response to England\u2019s 353, with Yashasvi Jaiswal contributing significantly. Despite struggling at 219\/7, an important partnership between Dhruv Jurel (90) and Kuldeep (28) helped India surpass the 300-run mark. Spinner Shoaib Bashir took a 5 wicket haul (5\/119), Tom Hartley (3\/68) and James Anderson (2\/48) also made important contributions with the ball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He became the 17th Indian to achieve the feat. He played a milestone innings as he also registered 1000 runs against England. Sharma continued his fine touch his fine touch on Day 4 and slammed James Anderson for a magnificent six. 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