India defeated England in Ranchi Test. The Indian team has won the series by defeating the British by 5 wickets. Along with this, the Indian team has also won the five-match series 3-1. However, India had to fight hard to win. Indian batsmen continued to struggle against the English spinners, but ultimately the pair of Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel led the team to victory. The Indian team had a target of 192 runs to win. India scored 192 runs for 5 wickets and ended the British's hopes of winning the series.
However, at one time India had lost 5 wickets for 120 runs. The English spinners posed a big challenge for the Indian team, but Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel ruined England's plans by playing a brilliant partnership. Shubman Gill returned unbeaten after scoring 52 runs. While Dhruv Jurel played an important inning of 39 runs. There was an unbeaten partnership of 72 runs between Shubhman Gill and Dhruv Jurel for the sixth wicket.
India's middle order flop
Earlier, Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal added 84 runs for the first wicket. Rohit Sharma played an inning of 55 runs. While Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 37 runs. But after this, India's middle-order batsmen soon returned to the pavilion. But Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel again did not give any chance to Ben Stokes' team. Shoaib Bashir was the most successful bowler from England. Shoaib Bashir made 3 Indian batsmen his victims. Apart from this, Joe Root and Tom Hartley took 1-1 wicket.
Dhruv Jurel became the solution
England scored 353 runs in the first innings. In reply, the Indian team was struggling, losing 7 wickets for 177 runs. But Dhruv Jurel became the troubleshooter for Team India and pulled the team out of trouble. Dhruv Jurel played an important inning of 90 runs in the first innings. Due to which the Indian team scored 307 runs in the first innings. In this way, the English team could not get a big lead on the basis of Dhruv Jurel's innings.
England's second innings ended at just 145 runs. Ravi Ashwin took maximum 5 wickets in England's second innings. In this way India got the target of 192 runs, but the way the ball was moving, the challenge was not easy. After the good opening partnership of Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel played an important role in helping the team win.