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Indian cricket workforce star batter Virat Kohli took to social media to precise his happiness following Rohit Sharma and Co’s historic sequence win towards England. India defeated England by 5 wickets within the fourth Check match in Ranchi on Monday to take an unassailable 3-1 lead within the five-match sequence. Kohli opted out of the Check sequence as he welcomed a child boy Akaay along with his spouse and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma. Nonetheless, inside minutes of the sequence win, Kohli posted a particular message for the workforce.
“YES!!! Phenomenal sequence win by our younger workforce. Confirmed grit, willpower and resilience. @BCCI,” he posted on social media platform X (previously referred to as Twitter).
India’s residence supremacy weathered the ‘Bazball’ storm as Rohit Sharma’s males secured a hard-fought five-wicket win over England within the fourth and penultimate Check for a seventeenth consecutive sequence triumph in their very own yard, handing a harsh actuality test to the guests’ unidimensional method.
YES!!!
Phenomenal sequence win by our younger workforce. Confirmed grit, willpower and resilience.@BCCI
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) February 26, 2024
In a single day 40/0 in a chase of 192, India romped residence after surviving just a few hiccups with the opening duo of skipper Rohit Sharma (55 off 81 balls) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (37 of 44 balls) offering the proper platform for others to construct with their 84-run stand on day 4 of the match.
There have been some jitters after the 2 departed in shut succession adopted by Rajat Patidar and Ravindra Jadeja’s dismissal however Shubman Gill (52 not out) and Dhruv Jurel (39 not out) guided the aspect previous the ending line with an unbeaten 72-run partnership.
Left-arm spinner Tom Hartley (1/64) took the prized scalp of Rohit, whereas Shoaib Bashir was probably the most profitable English bowler, scalping 3/79 within the second innings for a match haul of eight wickets.
India lead 3-1 within the sequence with the final sport scheduled in Dharamsala from March 7. The workforce’s final residence sequence loss was a 1-2 defeat to an Alastair Cook dinner-led England in 2012-13. Since then, India have received 39 out of fifty Exams at residence.
(With PTI inputs)
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