'Bowling in fourth innings was absolutely listless': Virender Sehwag slams Team India

Legendary batter Virender Sehwag believes that Team India's disappointing bowling in fourth innings was reason why y lost fifth and final Test against England at Edgbaston. After setting a target of 378 runs for England to chase with almost two days of play remaining, India only managed to pick up three wickets, as Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow comfortably took match away from m.

Both batters ended up smacking unbeaten centuries to help England chase target in just 76.4 overs. With England winning final clash and tying five-match series 2-2, Sehwag and several or members of cricketing fraternity raised concerns about Team India's bowling.  

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While Team India were not at ir best during third innings with bat, y still did enough to set England a target of 378 runs. Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant were only bright spots for India in third innings as y both got to ir fifties, with Ravindra Jeja being next highest-run scorer at 23 runs.

England came out to bat in fourth innings under pressure, not only because y needed to win to level Test series, but also h to chase a huge target. 378 runs is both England's highest successful chase as well as  highest number of runs chased by any side against Team India.

When it comes to England's batting, both openers Alex Lees and Zak Crawley navigated new ball well by registering scores of 56 and 46 respectively. After stage was set by both openers, likes of Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow me batting look easy by taking complete control over match.

Root smacked an unbeaten 142 runs off just 173 deliveries, an inning that included 19 fours and a six. Meanwhile, player of match Jonny Bairstow smashed an unbeaten 114 runs off 145 balls, an inning that included 15 fours and a six. As for Team India's bowling in second innings, it was poor as only captain Jasprit Bumrah managed to pick up two wickets, with Alex Lees having been run out.