Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin opened the bowling in England’s second innings and finished with excellent figures of 6 for 61. According to Lewis, there was enough in the surface to prompt England to adopt a similar tactic.
Speaking to the media at the end of the fourth day’s play, Lewis said:
After England set India a mammoth 420 to win the Chennai Test, Leach dealt the hosts a massive blow, beating opener Rohit Sharma’s defence and cleaning him up for 12. The Indian batsman played a defensive stroke to a length ball, which pitched on middle, gripped and turned away to beat the bat and knock back the off stump.
Leach ended day 4 with figures of 1 for 21 from six overs, while James Anderson bowled only two overs.
James Anderson still very determined to win cricket matches: Jon Lewis
Though James Anderson hasn’t had much to do in India’s second innings so far, he did pick up two wickets in India’s first innings earlier in the day. Describing James Anderson and Stuart Broad as two outstanding ambassadors of the game, Lewis said about the duo:
Lewis, who played one Test, 13 ODIs and two T20Is for England, added that both James Anderson and Broad are exceptional in sharing their knowledge in their own manner. He further narrated:
While James Anderson was picked for the first Test against India, Jofra Archer was preferred to Broad.
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