Ben Stokes led a fightback for the tourists by taking the wickets of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma as India were pegged back to 146-6 at one point. Only two other seamers have reached the landmark: Australia’s Glenn McGrath (949 wickets) and Pakistan’s Wasim Akram (916). Anderson has spent most of his career being told by some critics that he struggles in Asia. When Ben Stokes had Virat Kohli caught behind, it was the Indian captain’s second duck of the series. After his scintillating hundred, Rishabh Pant now has a Test strike-rate of 71 runs per 100 balls, which would once have been decent at one-day level.

Source: The Nation March 05, 2021 14:11 UTC