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IND vs ENG 4th Test From Today: Rain To Be Destroyer?

  • By Thetripurapost Desk, Old Trafford
  • Jul 23, 2025
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The fourth test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between India and England will be played at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester from today. India's performance at Old Trafford is very poor. The team has not won a single test match on this ground so far.

Team India is trailing 1-2 in the 5 Test series. England won the first match by 5 wickets. India won the second Test by 336 runs. England won the third match by 22 runs and took the lead in the series.

On Monday, two days before the third Test, England released its playing eleven. There was only one change in the team. Left arm spinner Liam Dawson got a chance in place of injured spinner Shoaib Bashir. The remaining 10 players are the same who played in the Lord's Test.

Match Details, 4th Test IND vs ENG Date- 23-27 July 2025 Stadium- Old Trafford, Manchester Time: Toss- 3:00 PM, Match Start- 3:30 PM

England lost 4 Tests at Old Trafford The Indian team played the first Test at Old Trafford in 1936. This match was a draw. In the 89 years since 1936, India has played 9 Tests here, lost 4, while 5 matches were drawn.

Talking about the overall record, India started its journey in England in 1932. Since then, a total of 139 Tests have been played between the two teams. England won 53 of these, while Team India won 36 matches. At the same time, 50 Tests were drawn. India played 70 Tests in England. Won only 10, but the team has also drawn 22 Tests here. England won 38 matches.

So far 36 test series have been played between the two teams. England won 19 and India won 12. While 5 were draws. In 94 years from 1932 to 2025, Team India played 19 test series in England. India won 3, while 2 were draws. At the same time, the team had to face defeat in 14. India last won a test series in England in the year 2007. Rahul Dravid was the captain of India then.

Shubman Gill scored 269 and 161 runs in the second Test. He also scored a century in the first Test of the series. He is the top scorer of both this series and the team. At the same time, fast bowler Mohammad Siraj is at the top in bowling with 13 wickets.

English batsman Jamie Smith is the team's top scorer in the series. He has scored 415 runs in 3 matches. Jamie played an unbeaten innings of 184 runs in the first innings of the Birmingham Test. In the bowling department, captain Ben Stokes is the team's top wicket taker. He has 11 wickets to his name.

The 86th Test will be played at Old Trafford. The Old Trafford pitch has a lot of bounce. However, in the last few years, the pitch here has proved to be helpful for batsmen as well. 85 Tests have been played here so far, teams batting first won 32 matches and teams bowling first won 17 matches. While 36 matches were also drawn.

Rain may disrupt the Manchester Test. Rain is most likely to occur on the first, second and fifth days of the match. There is a 65% chance of rain in Manchester on July 23, 85% on July 24 and 40% on July 27. During these 5 days, the maximum temperature is expected to be 21 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature is expected to be 12 degrees Celsius.

Possible playing XI of both teams: India: Shubman Gill (captain), KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Washington Sundar, Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Anshul Kamboj.

England Playing XI: Ben Stokes (captain), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brooke, Jamie Smith, Liam Dawson, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes.