09:20 (IST)
Nasser Hussain slams England batsman
Hussain said that England's poor batting saw them being bundled out 205 despite nothing being wrong with the pitch.
"It was another bad day at the office. There was nothing wrong with the pitch this time," former England captain Nasser Hussain told The Cricket Show.
"Out of the four pitches so far - and things change very quickly in India - this looks like the best surface, by which I mean the most even contest - between bat and ball - of the series so far."
09:10 (IST)
Jofra Archer not playing final Test due to elbow injury
ECB has revealed that Jofra Archer was not considered for the fourth Test against India due to a persisting elbow injury and some of the squad members including Ben Stokes also have an upset stomach.
09:01 (IST)
Ben Stokes: 'Nothing untoward' in exchange with Virat Kohli
Ben Stokes says there was "completely nothing untoward" in his exchange with Virat Kohli on Day 1 of the fourth Test.
"A lot is said these days when two guys seem to come to words out in the middle. There was completely nothing untoward, just two blokes who love what they do and don't back down," said Ben Stokes.
"Look at it from a different way - two guys who care about what they are doing and who they are representing.
"We are competitors. We are not going to back down to anyone, whoever it is. That's what it was. Two competitive guys trying to get one over on each other."
08:50 (IST)
"I wanted to set Root up bowling away going deliveries. And then I thought during the start of a new over, I should bring one back in. I could execute it as I had planned and it gave me great satisfaction. Mazaa aa gaya (It was fun, I enjoyed it)."
- Mohammed Siraj on dismissing England skipper Joe Root on Day 1.
08:40 (IST)
For the third time in four Tests, England got the spin of the coin. But for the third time in as many Tests, England haven’t got the spin of the ball. For the second match running, the visitors find themselves miles behind the curve one day into it — as India bowled them out for 205 on the opening day of the series-decider at Ahmedabad.
This time around, it wasn’t the conditions that dictated play, at all; instead, England — the vast majority of their batsmen, anyway — fell to the conditioning of their mindsets from the weight of the last fortnight they’ve endured in India.
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08:30 (IST)
After being bowled out for a below-par 205 in the first innings on Day 1, England would look for early wickets on Day 2 while overnight batsmen Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara will look to steady India's position in a bid to take a sizeable lead. Stay tuned for our live coverage of the fourth Test.
India vs England Live Score, Live Cricket Score, 4th Test at Motera Live Updates: After being bowled out for a below-par 205 in the first innings on Day 1, England would look for early wickets on Day 2 while overnight batsmen Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara will look to steady India's position in a bid to take a sizeable lead.
Day 1 report: Indian spinners Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin took seven wickets between them as England's batting failed again on the first day of the fourth and final Test on Thursday.
England managed only 205 and India, leading the series 2-1, reached 24 for one after fast bowler James Anderson trapped Shubman Gill lbw for a duck on the third ball of the innings.
Rohit Sharma (8) and Cheteshwar Pujara (15) were batting.
Joe Root won the toss for the third time in the series and chose to bat at the world's biggest cricket venue in Ahmedabad, where India won the spin-dominated third Test inside two days.
Wickets again fell thick and fast and Ben Stokes' 55 held England's score together.
"We will look back on that be disappointed by some of the batting, we're more than capable of scoring more than 300 on a wicket like that," said Stokes.
Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj claimed two wickets including Root's prized scalp and spinner Washington Sundar took one to cut short Stokes' stay.
"It's not like the ball is turning or something," said Siraj.
"It's a good batting wicket and we would like to bat for as many sessions as possible."
The spin, introduced in the sixth over, was again devastating and Patel removed openers Dom Sibley for two and Zak Crawley for nine to set off his haul of four for the day.
Stokes-Kohli duel
Root went for five to an in-swinging Siraj delivery as his side slumped to 30-3 before Stokes put on key partnerships with Jonny Bairstow, who made 28, and Ollie Pope (29).
Bairstow was trapped lbw by a rising Siraj delivery and failed in a review that showed the ball would have clipped the top of middle stump.
Ashwin tested Pope with his off-spin after tea and the batsman was unlucky to get an inside edge off his back pad that went to short leg, and Gill took a simple catch.
Stokes reached his 24th Test fifty with a boundary off a reverse sweep, but the left-hander fell to a straight delivery from Sundar, bowled from around the wicket.
Patel, who has claimed 22 wickets in three Tests and took 11 in the previous match, got Dan Lawrence stumped four short of his fifty.
Earlier, spin was introduced in the sixth over and Patel soon removed openers Dom Sibley for two and Zak Crawley for nine.
Bairstow, who failed to score in either innings of the third Test, tried to steady the innings along with his captain.
But Siraj broke through after the first drinks interval to trap Root on the back foot with an in-swinging delivery.
But Siraj broke through after the first drinks interval to trap Root on the back foot with an in-swinging delivery.
Siraj and Stokes were involved in a verbal duel, joined by India captain Virat Kohli, until the umpires intervened. Stokes then hit back with three boundaries off the quick bowler.
Siraj said he was "abused" by the England all-rounder and told Kohli about it, but the matter ended there.
Stokes brushed aside the incident, saying "it was two professionals showing that they care about the sport they love".
England fast bowler Jofra Archer was left out of the game with a "right elbow issue" that made him miss the second Test.
With inputs from AFP
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