Michael Vaughan delivers his final verdict on the Ranchi pitch after talking about it on all 4 days
Published - 26 Feb 2024, 04:19 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 10:26 AM
India has sealed the five-match Test series against England after winning the fourth Test at the Jharkhand State Cricket Association Stadium in Ranchi by five wickets.
Former England skipper Michael Vaughan has lauded the ground staff in Ranchi for preparing a perfectly balanced pitch at the JSCA Stadium. India won their third Test in a row against England in this series to seal the series after losing the series opener in Hyderabad by 28 runs.
England won the toss and elected to bat first scoring 353 in the first innings as Joe Root was back to his natural game scoring an unbeaten 122 off 274 balls in the first innings. India, in response, put 307 on the board as Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jurel powered the Indian innings with their respective 73 (117) and 90 (149).
England crumbled for 145 in their second innings as Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav wreaked havoc taking figures of 5/51 and 4/22 respectively in the third innings of the match.
India chased the target of 192 with five wickets to spare laying back on half-centuries by skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill and an unbeaten 39 from Dhruv Jurel ending the match. Michael Vaughan praised the ground staff in Ranchi for preparing a well-balanced pitch for the game as it was a perfect balance between bat and ball.
He said that at the start it was looking like the pitch would be a shocker but it turned out to be perfect. India won the Test match by 5 wickets and will now play the fifth Test in Dharamsala.
Michael Vaughan tweeted on the pitch congratulating the ground staff. He wrote, ???At the start, this pitch looked like it was going to be a shocker .. but I have to say it???s turned out to be exactly what you want in a pitch. Great balance between Bat & Ball .. well done, the ground staff in Ranchi .. ???
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Michael Vaughan has been one of the biggest critics of the Indian pitches and hearing praises from him for an Indian pitch is something very rare in cricket.
He has never been a fan of the rank turners in India but the Ranchi pitch was a perfect balance between the bat and the ball. India won the Test match and has taken an unassailable lead of 3-1 in the series.
The fifth and final Test of the series will be played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala commencing on March 7. With this win, India has extended the record to 17 consecutive Test series wins at home.
Ben Stokes who was unbeaten in the bilateral Test series as a captain before the start of the series has now been beaten by the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma who will continue his unbeaten run as the Indian skipper in the bilateral Test series.
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