The fourth Test match between India and England is being played at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi from today. Where English captain Ben Stokes won the toss and decided to bat first. However, England did not have a good start and lost 3 wickets for 57 runs.

It is worth noting that there was a lot of discussion about the pitch before the match and after England lost early wickets, many people started blaming the pitch. Meanwhile, former England cricketer Michael Vaughan also had the same reaction. He talked on X (formerly Twitter) about how shocking the Ranchi pitch is.

“The old adage is, don’t judge a pitch until both teams have batted and bowled on it, but honestly, this looks shocking,” he wrote on X.

See Michael Vaughan’s post here

The old saying.. Do not judge a pitch till both teams have batted and bowled on it.. but let’s be honest.. this one looks a shocker.. #INDvsENG

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 23, 2024

Apart from this, before the fourth Test, Michael Vaughan supported the England team to make a comeback and win against India in the Ranchi Test. He predicted that the Ranchi pitch could be like the first Test and since India has rested Jasprit Bumrah, England will have a good chance of winning.

Joe Root played a half-century innings

Talking about the Ranchi Test match, after losing 3 wickets for 57 runs, Jack Crawley and Joe Root made a small partnership and took the team’s score beyond 100. But on the personal score of 42, debutant Akash Deep bowled out Crawley. Whereas captain Ben Stokes returned to the pavilion after scoring only 3 runs.

After this, Joe Root and Ben Fox made a century partnership and took England’s score beyond 200. Joe Root scored his first half-century in this series. Till the time of writing the news, the visiting team has scored 240 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. Joe Root and Tom Hartley are at the crease after scoring 82 and 8 runs respectively.