Chasing 405 to win in the fourth innings, England openers Alastair Cook and Haseeb Hameed displayed some defiant batting, denying India any breakthroughs for more than 50 overs on day four. The duo batted for a total of 302 deliveries, putting on 75 runs for the first wicket.
Hameed is nicknamed ‘Baby Boycott’ and he showed us why with a 144-ball 25 before he was dismissed in an unlucky manner as a delivery from Ravichandran Ashwin stayed low and he was struck plumb in front of the stumps.
Cook, on the other hand, showed us again why he is considered as one of the best Test batsmen of this generation, registering his 53rd half-century in the longest format of the game.
Alastair Cook reaches 50 off 172 balls - this is the slowest 50 of his Test career which has seen 83 fifty-plus scores. #IndvEng #Blockathon
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) November 20, 2016