Recent: ... N 2 1 0 | 0 L1 0 1 L1 0 | 0 W
Overs: 69.2
All the talk leading into the series was about how Bazball will fare against the spinners. They've certainly won the first round. There was a vast difference in terms of experience between the two teams in the spin department. Things got worse for the visitors with Jack Leach having a niggle for most parts of the Test. But England found a way to come out on top. Stokes's crucial runs with the lower-order, Root's four-fer, Pope's incredible ton ... England, however, will be most pleased with Hartley's performance. He was taken to the cleaners by Jaiswal in his opening spell on day one but the debutant bowled beautifully today to pick seven wickets in an innings.
Ollie Pope | Player of the Match: 100 percent (best knock). Coming here to India, toughest place for a batter, to start the series like this, heads and shoulders above the other four (hundreds). I got lucky there in the second innings. I played and missed a few. I was focused on covering the inside edge. I maintained that mindset and wanted to be positive with my sweep and reverse sweep. I have changed my technique slightly for this series. I have had a long time to prepare for this series. Made some adjustments, worked hard on my game. The family have had early starts throughout the game, they can finally get some sleep, will be nice catching up.
Ben Stokes: Since I have taken captaincy on, we have had a lot of fantastic moments. This victory is probably 100% our greatest triumph. It's my first time coming here and being a captain. I am a great observer of the game. I watched how Indian spinners operated, how Rohit set the field. Absolutely thrilled for everyone. Hartley to get nine wickets and Pope after his shoulder surgery. Tom came into the squad for the first time. A lot of confidence given. I was willing to give him longer spells. We completely back people who we have selected. The situation we found ourselves in, the shots he played, 190 on such a wicket, he was able to manipulate the field, that's the greatest innings ever played in subcontinent by an English batter. I don't fear failure, I try to encourage whoever is in the squad.
Rohit Sharma: Hard to pinpoint where it went wrong. Having got a lead of 190, we thought we were very much in the batting. Exceptional batting, one of the best I have seen in Indian conditions by an overseas batter, Ollie Pope played a brilliant knock . We bowled in the right areas. The bowlers executed the plans really well, you got to take your hat off to Pope and say well played. Overall, we failed as a team. We didn't bat well enough. I wanted them (Siraj and Bumrah) to take the game to the fifth day. The lower order fought really well there. You need to be brave enough, which I thought we weren't.
Stats by Deepu Narayanan
Highest 1st innings lead overturned to win a Test in India 274 Ind vs Aus Kolkata 2001 (Won by 171 runs) 190 Eng vs Ind Hyderabad 2024 (28 runs) * 99 Ind vs Aus Mumbai WS 2005 (13 runs) 95 Ind vs WI Delhi 2011 (5 wkts) 87 Ind vs Aus Bengaluru 2017 (75 runs) Previous highest by a visiting team: 65 by Australia at Chennai CS in 1964 (139 runs)
Highest 1st innings lead resulting in a defeat for India 192 vs SL Galle 2015 190 vs Eng Hyderabad 2024 132 vs Eng Birmingham 2022 80 vs Aus Adelaide 1992 69 vs Aus Sydney 2008 Previous highest in India: 65 by Australia at Chennai CS in 1964 (139 runs)
Highest total in a home defeat for India 449 vs Pak Bengaluru 2005 436 vs Eng Hyderabad 2024 424 vs Aus Bengaluru 1998 412 vs Eng Chennai 1985 406 vs WI Mumbai WS 1975
Tom Hartley: It's unbelievable, will not sink in for a while to be honest. I don't think there was a lot of help, I had to keep a cool head. It was a tough one (on the first innings bowling effort), it didn't spin as much as I thought, and I had a chat with Stokes, McCullum and the team management. The dressing room has great vibes, it's a fantastic dressing room, one of the best. It's just the Stokes way, just bowl into the surface and we came out on top today. Getting a few runs always helps (on his second innings batting effort), it also helped me get to know about the pitch a lot more. Just unbelievable to be honest. I didn't have to bowl as fast as I thought (in the first innings), watching Ash and Jadeja, we knew we could take some time - change the length and the trajectory when we bowled for the second time.
Pope wasn't done! After making a marvellous 196, he put on the helmet again to play a role as a close-in fielder. Took two sharp catches in the same over off Hartley's bowling to remove Jaiswal and Gill. Rohit became the debutant's third victim and India were in a spot of bother. Rahul and Axar brought some calmness as they went to tea without further setbacks. But things escalated quickly in the final session with the home team losing four wickets in an hour.
17:32 Local Time, 12:02 GMT, 17:32 IST: West Indies at the Gabba, England in Hyderabad - two famous away Test wins on the same day.
69.2
Tom Hartley to Siraj, out Stumped!! Siraj st Foakes b Tom Hartley 12(20) [4s-1]
Tom Hartley to Siraj, THATS OUT!! Stumped!!
69.1
Tom Hartley to Siraj, no run, spinning away outside off, Siraj doesn't chase it. Well past the outside edge
This should be the final over of the day. Can Hartley wrap it up? Or will India's no. 10 & 11 take this to day five?
68.6
Mark Wood to Bumrah, no run, 139.3kph, on a length and around off, Bumrah blocks into the off-side
68.5
Mark Wood to Siraj, leg byes, 1 run, 142kp,
68.4
Mark Wood to Bumrah, 1 run, 142.8kph, short of a good length, Bumrah hurriedly pulls towards mid-on for a single