Indian batsmen KL Rahul and Shubman Gill played 421 balls in their partnership, which lasted for 4 days after the fall of two initial wickets in the Indian innings.
The India series was already 2โ1 in the series before reaching Manchester for the upcoming testing. The fourth test marked Indians in a do-or-dai state, where they either win the Manchester Test or at least attract it to keep their hopes alive in the series.
On going to such an important test, India made some clear changes in its 11, including a debut. However, after India fell in the first innings, the English batsmen played a major role as they scored 669 runs, carrying forward the lead of 311.
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The Indian innings saw a big dip in the first innings, as the manchester pitch looked very different from its normal nature, which was in favor of the bowlers on a large scale.
However, despite winning the toss, English captain Ben Stokes opted to bowl first and excluded the Indian side led by Shubman Gill for a score of 358, which did not look enough from the standards of the pitch as well as the standards of the game.
England landed for a surprising start, as both of his openers reached hundreds before being dismissed for the 80s and 90s. English batsman Joe Root broke one record after another with a stunning 150, while Skipper Stokes scored his first Test hundred after a gap of over two years.
England took a lead of 311 runs in front of Indian batsmen. Chris Woakes rejected Yashsvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudarshan for the first time before the second innings, and India looked deeply in trouble.
However, KL Rahul, along with captain Shubman Gill, came to defend the Indian team. Shubman Gill and Rahul performed the most recorded delivery in a Test partnership in England by any Indian batting pair.
KL Rahul- Shubman Gill at the top after Manchester Marvel
Shubman Gill and KL Rahul Batting Partnership that began after the fall of two initial wickets in the second innings at Old Trafford, KL Rahul went for a record 421 balls before he was rejected by the English skipper for a score of 90.
It broke the third wicket partnership between two dynamic Indian batsmen for a long time. Prior to that, such a record against England in England was organized in 2002 by the Indian batting pair of Sanjay Bangar and Rahul Dravid.
Indian couple to face most balls in England Test Inning
417 B – ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ต๐๐น/๐๐ถ๐น๐น (Manchester, 2025)*
405 B – S Bangar/Dravid (Leeds, 2002)
357B – Sachin/Ganguly (Leeds, 2002)
312B – Vijay/Dhoni (Nottingham, 2014)#ENGVIND– (@shebas_10dulkar) 27 July, 2025
Will Rishabh Pant bat in Manchester?
Indian left-handed batting star Rishabh Pant has been the third biggest run-run-goldter in the series, in which he has scored 479 runs in 7 innings played so far. This includes 3 half -centuries and 2 reputed twins in the leads.
However, the batsman was injured on the early day of the first Test and was rejected before coming back with a fracture leg to bat for India on 2 days. Pant was not kept for Indian bowling innings and was dropped from the final test.
Despite all this, batting coach, Satanshu Kotak claimed in the post -match interview tomorrow that Rishabh would bat in Manchester; However, Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja have been sent in front of them, and the pants can be seen in the second innings so far.
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