ADVANTAGE ENGLAND ON DAY 4

       Very few Indian fans could afford to smile after the fourth day's play in Rajkot.It was a dominating display by English batters not before they were frustrated by Indian lower middle order.Fourth Day did not start according to the script with Ajinkya Rahane playing across the line to Zafar Ansari only to let the ball go straight through the gate and knock the bails down.After a few overs,Adil Rashid delivered such a ball which Virat Kohli should try to erase from his memories as soon as he can.Virat pulled a good length ball which bounced more than he must have anticipated towards mid wicket.The only mistake he made though,was that he went back an inch too much.As a result he fell victim to one of the most unlikeliest ways of getting out in the game of cricket,Hit Wicket.At Lunch,India were 411/6,still trailing England by 126 runs with Ashwin and Saha at the crease.
       Ashwin and Saha played well for the first one hour of the second session.After hitting a six straight down the ground,Saha got out trying to cut Adil Rashid who was consistently extracting extra bit of bounce from the surface.Jadeja's stay at the crease was a brief one as he fell for just 12 again falling victim to Adil Rashid who again got the ball to bounce more than the batsman was anticipating.But Ashwin at the other end was steady and didn't look in any sort of discomfort.In fact,he was playing as good as Rahane or Kohli.It was 'Ashwin the Batsman' this time who was contributing to India's cause.He stroked his way to an eligent looking 70 before slogging one to deep mid wicket into the hands of Zafar Ansari looking for some runs with the number 11 Mohommad Shami.India was bowled out for 488.Adil Rashid was the standout performer with 4 wickets while Chris Woakes toiled away all day without any success.Though India fell only 49 short,the thing about England which impressed everyone was that they came up wih a specific plan all the time and bowled in order to execute the same.
      Alastair Cook and Haseeb Hameed stepped on the crease with a lead of 49 behind them.Ashwin and Jadeja must have been encouraged by seeing the bounce English Spinners were getting,but there was absolutely no demons in the pitch or Cook and the debutant Hameed made it look incredibly easy.Hameed cruised to his maiden fifty and we could see the glimpse of the 2012 version of Alastair Cook.He and Hameed finished the day not out with the scores of 46 and 62 respectively with England finishing on 114/0 leading India by 163 runs.
     Likely scenario on the last day of this test match would be England batting for may be 20-25 overs and making India bat for 60-65 overs trying to win a famous test match.England have cought India in the corner as they have ensured that India can not win this match unless England lose all 10 wickets for very few runs which is very unlikely to happen.