England vs India: 5 Players to watch out for in the 4th Test 

After a humiliating defeat at the hands of the England team in the 2nd test, many would have thought the 4th test to be inconsequential. But the way the Indians came back in the 3rd match kept the series alive.

Billed as the series between two heavyweights, it surely has lived up to the expectation thus far. Another fascinating match is on the cards and we will see how it pans out in a week from now.

In this slideshow, we will look at the players to watch out for in the 4th test.

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#5 Ajinkya Rahane

One of our best overseas batsman

Ajinkya Rahane received a lot of flake from the former cricketers, experts for his recent poor performances and deservedly so. He has been going through a lean patch from the Sri Lanka series in which he scored a century and after that, a string of poor performances followed where he didn't cross fifty even once.

But it all changed in the Trent Bridge test where he looked like Rahane of the old and came out of his comfort zone to tackle challenging conditions scoring a half-century in the process.

We can hope that this is a start of a purple patch for him and performs well again like he used to do. This makes him a player to watch out for in this match.

#4 Joe Root

He will look to turn it around

Joe Root has been one of the best batsmen in the world since his debut against India in 2012. But since been appointed as the captain, he seemed to have lost his touch. He didn't look his fluent and struggled against the Indian Pacers this series.

But he is a talented player to be kept quiet for so long and has a good record, so he will look to score runs in the 4th test against India.

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#3 Ishant Sharma

Indian Bowling Spearhead

Ishant has been around for so long now but he is still 29 years old and has a long way to go in his career. He has become a better bowler in the past two years in which he has led the Indian pace attack well after the retirement of Zaheer Khan.

In this series too he maintained good line & length, keeping the batsman quiet, and regularly troubling them. He sets the ball rolling by taking wickets up front and the other bowlers follow his suit.

#2 Ben Stokes

He will be looking to make an impact.

Ben Stokes has looked good with both and ball in this series but in patches. He played an uncharacteristic Stokes innings in the 4th innings of the 3rd test match along Jos Buttler but in a losing cause.

There were a lot of distractions surrounding him from last September but its all over. Now he can concentrate on his game and become a match winner Stokes as we know him best.

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#1 Virat Kohli

No 1 Test player

There can't be a list made in Cricket without mentioning the name Virat Kohli. He has been in tremendous form in this series. He has achieved many things in his short but evolving stint as captain. The one thing he has not done is leading India to an overseas series win which he will be looking to do.

On his batting, he will look to continue where he left off from the last game and help India level the series.