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Virat Kohli Helps India Save Rajkot Test

November 13, 2016 17:27

England had India under the hammer in the fourth and final innings of the first Test at Rajkot but skipper Virat Kohli once again rescued the home team to draw the match.

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India had a huge task ahead of them as England were batting at 114 for no loss at stumps on Day 4 (All photos courtesy BCCI)
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England captain Alastair Cook continued his onslaught on the Indian bowlers who appeared hapless
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Debutant Haseeb Hameed also made 82 runs which turned out to be the highest score by an English teenage cricketer
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Cook, on the other hand, went ahead to notch his 30th Test century and the first overseas player to get five in India
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Leg-spinner Amit Mishra gave India two breakthroughs with the wickets of Hameed and Joe Root
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But England were confident and kept the scoreboard ticking with Cook and Ben Stokes
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Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin finally got the wicket of Cook, who then itself declared to give India a target of 310 runs
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India started poorly with opener Gautam Gambhir getting out for a duck
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Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay tried sticking it out together in the middle
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But Pujara, who scored a century in the first innings, also got out bringing out India captain Virat Kohli
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India, however, continued to lose more wickets
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Ashwin, with his knock of 32, gave some support to Kohli at the other end
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As England spinner Adil Rashid picked up three wickets on Sunday
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Moeen Ali, who was later adjudged the man of the match, also picked up a wicket
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At one stage, it looked as if England might just pull it through by taking all the Indian wickets
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But India somehow managed to hold on
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And the credit went to Kohli, who scored an unbeaten 49 in the fourth innings
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Following the draw, the series now moves to Visakhapatnam where the second Test will commence on November 17

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