The fourth day of the first Test in Chennai between India and England continues. England has passed 50 runs after losing 3 wickets in the second innings. Ben Stokes and Joe Root are at the crease. Dominic Sibley was dismissed for 16 runs. He was made his second victim by Ravichandran Ashwin. Earlier, Ashwin dismissed Rory Burns (0) on the very first ball of the second innings.
Although England is in a commanding position, Indian speedster Ishant Sharma took his 300th test wickets and became the sixth Indian to do so. Ishant took the wicket of Lawrence on a beautiful in-swinging ball.
Apart from Ishant, (619) Anil Kumble, (434) Kapil Dev, (417) Harbhajan Singh, (382) R Ashwin*, (311) Zaheer Khan and (300) ISHANT SHARMA*
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Ashwin became the world's third spinner to take wickets on the first ball of the innings. He equaled the 114-year-old record. Earlier, South Africa's Burt Vogler in 1907 dismissed England's Tom Hayward for the first ball of the innings.