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Live Cricket Score India vs England, 4th Test Day 1 at Mumbai; Jennings, Ashwin star on absorbing day’s play

Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates of the first day’s play between India and England, in the fourth Test at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

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Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates of the first day’s play between India and England, in the fourth Test at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. This is Suvajit Mustafi, and I will be bringing you the live cricket scores and updates of the match. There is no exaggeration in saying that it has been India all the way so far in this five-Test affair. The rivalry resumes on Thursday, after a week-long break following three intense Tests, with both India and England grappling with some old as well as new troubles. While England have lost Haseeb Hameed in the build-up to this Test, India will be without vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane.

For England, it will be a do-or-die clash. They trail 0-2 in this series with two Tests to go, but chances of making a comeback and denying a dominant India a series win looks beyond England. The touring party has huffed and puffed, but never managed to put up a united front to challenge their opposition which continues to grow in stature. England have misfired with the bat, but their bowling has been equally ordinary despite Adil Rashid taking most wickets from either side in this series.

Full Cricket Scorecard: India vs England 4th Test at Mumbai

Keaton Jennings will become the 11th opening partner for Alastair Cook since Andrew Strauss retired in 2012. Hameed will be cheering for the tourists in stands as they will set out to avoid an impending series defeat, and the senior most player in the side, Gareth Batty may find making place for BPL-return Liam Dawson. Stuart Broad is still uncertain, which will force England into thinking they do not have enough firepower to challenge India.

India are battling with injuries as well. Mohammed Shami has a knee injury, and local boy Shardul Thakur — who had warmed the bench throughout their West Indies tour earlier this year — has been called in as a replacement. But perhaps what comes out as the biggest blow, despite his poor run with the bat, Rahane will be sorely missed in what would have been his first Test on his home ground.

Opening batsman KL Rahul is fit again, and his return will once again spark changes in the batting order. His return will push Parthiv Patel to the lower-order, but it will be daft to change Ravichandran Ashwin’s batting position from No. 6. The injury to Rahane also gives a chance to Karun Nair to retain his place in the side, which looked all but gone until Wednesday afternoon.
India had suffered embarrassing defeats on the last two occasions the teams had clashed at this venue. However, both India and England have gone through a lot of changes since then.

Squads:

India: Virat Kohli (c), Parthiv Patel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Karun Nair, Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul, Ishant Sharma, Murali Vijay, Jayant Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Ajinkya Rahane (injured).

England: Alastair Cook (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jake Ball, Gary Ballance, Gareth Batty, Stuart Broad, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Steven Finn, Keaton Jennings, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes.

Full Cricket Scorecard & ball-by-ball commentary: India vs England 4th Test at Mumbai

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