Rishabh Pant: In the match, England won the toss and invited India to bat first.
ENG vs IND 4th Test: The fourth match of the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Test series between England and India has started today on 23 July at Old Trafford, Manchester. After winning the toss in the match, the host team England invited India to bat first.
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Rishabh Pant: At the end of the first day, Team India has scored a total of 264 runs for the loss of four wickets. Ravindra Jadeja 19* and Shardul Thakur 19* are currently batting at the crease.
Rishabh Pant: England vs India 4th Test Match, Status of First Day’s Play
If we tell you in detail about the first day’s play, then Yashasvi Jaiswal (58) and KL Rahul (46), who came to open for Team India, gave Team India a great start with a partnership of 94 runs for the first wicket. Apart from this, Sai Sudarshan also played a useful innings of 61 runs in the middle order. However, captain Shubman Gill was out LBW against Ben Stokes on a personal score of 12 runs.
After this, on the fourth ball of the 68th over, wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant (37) got injured while playing a reverse sweep against Chris Woakes. Pant suffered a serious injury to his left leg, due to which he had to leave the field.
Stumps on the opening day of the 4th Test in Manchester!
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 23, 2025
115 runs in the final session as #TeamIndia reach 264/4 at the end of Day 1.
Join us tomorrow for Day 2 Action 🏟️
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/L1EVgGu4SI#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/1KcCixeW7Q
After this, by the end of the day’s play, the Indian team has scored a total of 264 runs for the loss of 4 wickets after batting 83 overs. Ravindra Jadeja is batting on 19* and Shardul Thakur is batting on 19*.
On the other hand, Ben Stokes took 2 wickets for England in the first innings while Chris Woakes and Liam Dawson took 1 wicket each. It will be interesting to see how many more runs Team India can add to their innings on the second day of the game?
