Follow UsVenue: JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
In the two Tests played at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi, the venue has gained the reputation of a slow turning wicket. With little help from the wicket for the seamers, spinners have bowled 60.3% of the total overs bowled here and have snapped 54.95 of the wickets.
However, as a slow turner, the wicket has posed challenges for the spinners as well. The spinners in Ranchi have a strike rate of 86.3 balls/wicket, the third worst for an Indian venue in Tests since 2017, the year Ranchi became a Test venue. In this series, the spinners have picked 58.9 balls/wicket and the Indian spinners 45.4.
Given the first three Tests were also played on pitches with slow turn that led to slow burn Test matches, we can expect another similar contest here.
Horses for courses
Top Run scorers at this venue
The above graphic tells you the top batters at the venue in the past three years. Click here to check the full list categorized on different parameters - runs, strike-rate, batting average etc.
Top wicket takers at this venue
The above graphic tells you the top bowlers at the venue in the past three years. Click here to check the full list categorized on different parameters - wickets taken, bowling average, bowling economy etc.
Grand League Punts
Probable XIs
India: Rohit Sharma ( c ), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep
England (announced): Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes ( c ), Ben Foakes (wk), Ollie Robinson, Tom Hartley, James Anderson, Shoaib Bashir
