#ENGvIND : 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚔️ 🇮🇳 : 1st Test : Day 5

Can 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 score 350 Runs or 10 Wickets to  🇮🇳 ?

Is England is in driver's seat: Recent history on their side.

👀 The last time India set a 350+ target in England

❌ The only time India failed to defend a 350+ target in Tests 

 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 will look to recreate some of that Birmingham magic of July 22, 5th Test.

1st Morning session: 

1st hour: 11 Overs: 42/0 : 63/0.

Opening partnership getting stronger and stronger..

102/0: 24.3 Ov : Duckett 57* , Crawley 38*.

  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿  on Top , match slipping away from 🇮🇳 .

No success for Bumrah n Siraj. 

Prasidh Krishna n Shardul Thakur expensive.

At Lunch: 

England in a very strong position 96 runs of 24 overs today. 

117/0 : 30 Overs. Need 254 more.

Duckett 64* , Crawley 42*.

Post lunch afternoon session: 

150/0 : 36 Ov : Duckett 86 & Crawley 51.

 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿  England on the charge 

And 

 🇮🇳  India cluless...!

This is now the highest 4th innings partnership for any team against India in men's Tests 🤝 🔥 

Duckett dropped by Yashasvi on 97 off  Siraj.

Rain at 181/0: 40.5 Ov. : 190 more to win.

Duckett on 105* off 126 : 14 fours.

Crawley 59 *of 121.

After resumption Prasidh strikes twice to remove Crawley and Pope.

188/1 n 206/2.

246/2: 52 Ov: Need 125 more.

And now Shardul Thakur gets Duckett on 149 and Brook on 0. : 253/3 and 253/4.

Shardul was 4-18-0 to 5-21-2.

At Tea : 269/4 : England need 102 more in 37.3 Overs.

Jadeja gets Stokes...but it's too late now..!

#ENGvIND : 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚔️ 🇮🇳 : 1st Test : Day 4

At Leeds, Headingley: Bit chilli: Temperature 13 degrees max.

Legendary Umpire  Dickie Bird  clock , on the stadium.

Jasprit Bumrah, unstoppable wherever he goes 🔥

Scores at the end of day 3 : India 96/2 .

India's two century makers. 🇮🇳

KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant put England to the sword, on day 4.

4th day score as it's happening..below:

Morning 1st Session: 

India start with overnight 90/2 : 23.45 Ov. 

KL Rahul 47 and Shubman Gill 6 not out.

Let's see how many runs target Team India can set today? Looking very challenging now as : 

 Big Big blow on his 6th ball of the morning Carse bowled Shubman Gill on 8.

Dragged from outside the off stump, inside edge on to the stumps: 92/3: 25 Overs.

Carse bags the wicket of India skipper Gill five minutes into Day 4! 🎯

Captain gone Vice Captain Rishabh Pant in.

And on the 2nd ball steps out and edges for 4 over slips off Wokes. 

KL 50 off 87 - 7x4s : 101/3 : 28.4 Overs. 

First 30 minutes: Advantage England : 13/1.

Pant gets lucky -  on 11 - off Carse as mistimed slog sweep - lands safe -  but still tries the same in the same over...living by the sword.

Control Rishabh Control...!

He himself telling him.

KL Rahul stands tall! 💥 A crucial half-century in testing conditions! 🙌

He's absorbing the pressure and guiding India's innings this morning.

By the end of first hour = 28/1 : Lead 124/3.

118/3 : 37 Ov. KL 54* (119) & PANT 17*(30).

KL dropped by Brook on 58 off Tongue - slip.

Partnership 50 plus against excellent England bowling = 61* off 147 balls 

So at 🍽 : India 159 ahead : 63/1.

153/3 : 48 Ov. KL 72* (157) & PANT 31*(59).

Post lunch  afternoon session: 

Pant gets to 50 off  83 balls.

And immediately celebrates with a 4 .

Partnership beyond 100 now.. 

192/3 : 57 Ov . KL on 85*.

Rishabh Pant hits 2  sixes to Bashir, in over.In Top Gear after his  50...hit 32 runs within 3/4 overs..

Meanwhile...KL Rahul is getting to his 100..Yes it is ..with 13 fours.

100 off 202 balls..Wonderful innings..!

- Hundred at Oval. - Hundred at Lord's-  Hundred at Leeds.

KL RAHUL, THE MAN BORN TO BAT IN SENA 💪 ..SA Eng NZ n Australia it is.

234/3 :62 overs Pant on 82 off 99..

81 runs off the 1st hour without loss and now Rishabh Pant on fire...🔥🔥🔥

So in no time partnership crosses 170*.

Stokes tries Joe Root..and  Bashir  bowl 

Wide outside the off stump...

Still.. 

Rishabh Pant 100 off 130 balls...What a magnificent knock..!!

With 13 fours and 2 sixes 

5th Century of the match for India. 

No somersault this time ..but celebrates with six and four  next over off  Root jumping to 115.

Oh falls going for another six off Bashir 118 off 140 balls with 15 fours and 3 sixes.

What an entertainer! What a performer! 🫡 

Rishabh Pant - Take. A. Bow 🙌 🫡🫡🫡

Century in both innings. 

Very very very special talent. So..

287/4 : 71.4 Overs. Partnership of 195 ends.

Karun Nair in. On pair but opens his account with reverse sweep off Bashir on 7th ball. 

Excellent session for Team India scoring 145 runs for loss of  Pant.

So at  ☕️ : 

298/4 : 75 Overs : KL 120* with 15 fours.

Lead crosses 304/4 and going strong 💪🏼

Post Tea 3rd session: 

Is India going to declare? Past 350 ?Let's wait and see: May not be as England won by chasing 378 last time Vs India. 

300/4: 76.2 Overs. New ball time nearing. 

314/4 : 80 Overs : Lead 320 :  KL 133*.

2nd New ball taken immediately. 

Lead crosses 320/4 and going strong 💪🏼.

KL Rahul bowled Carse 137( 247) : 333/5.

With 18 fours -  All class and patience and skill : Proper Test match innings. 

at 84.2 th over. Dragged on just like Gill. 

Wokes get Karun Nair C n B on 20: 335/6.

Lead crosses 350/6 and going strong 💪🏼.

Wickets falling Shardul 4 : 349/7: 90.1.

Siraj 0 off 1st ball :  : 349/8.

51 runs Post Tea 1st hour. Lead 355.

Bumrah 0, Tongue over hat trick : 349/9.

India lost 5 wickets in 16 runs.

And suddenly England looking on Top.

Jadeja + Prasidh:

350/9 : Lead 356.

After few overs of 4th ball single..Jadeja hits 6 n 4 to Tongue. 

Prasidh Krishna goes for a BIG one and caught in deep : 15 runs partnership ends with Jadeja 25 not out. 

India collapse 333/4  to 364/10 : 31 runs.

364: 96 Ov.

Target for England is 371 with 30 minutes tonight and then minimum 90 Overs on 5th.

England eyeing their chance to chase now, with recent history by their side.

So far in this match:

💯 Six centuries (one for England)

🦆 Six ducks (all for India)

Which column will the England chase add to? 

𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟒: 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐌𝐏𝐒 🏏

87 runs &  6 wickets in last session. 

By the end of 4th day England are , quite comfortably  21/0 in 6 overs .

350 more on last day in 90 Overs.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England need 350 runs for victory on the final day!

🇮🇳 India need 10 wickets to seal the win in Leeds!

With all results possible...

We’re set for a blockbuster Day 5! 🔥🍿

#ENGvIND : 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚔️ 🇮🇳 : 1st Test : Day 3

Day 3 : Most important...moving day for a Test match.

England were 209/3 : 49 overs.

Prasidh Krishna gets Ollie Pope caught behind on 106 : 1st ball of the 3rd over of the day, his 7th ball of the morning :was bit short and wide.

225/4 : 51.1 : Ben Stokes joins Harry Brook 10*, who is playing very aggressively. 

Harry Brook : Looking more and more dangerous with each shot. 35 runs in 1st 30 minutes.

59/1 in the 1st hour. Brook 35*.

Partnership 50* off 78 balls and getting more and more aggressive as Bumrah is off.

Now it's Siraj's turn gets the Captain.

Ben Stokes ct Pant B Siraj 20 (52).

276/5 : England trail by 194 runs,Brook 41(49).

So by lunch Two key wickets lost for England, but Brook and Smith take their side through.

118 runs, two wickets in the first session of Day 3, with Brook and Smith's 51-run stand taking England through to lunch 🍽️.

 At Lunch :  England  327/5 : 144 behind.

 

Second session post lunch: 

Wicketkeeper J Smith was playing well , in 80th over just before ghe availability of 2nd new ball , Prasidh Krishna set a bouncer trap, got hit for a six on 1st ball, caught behind drs on second ball: not out.

But on 3rd ball going for another pull for a six gets caught at square leg boundary.

Excellent combination- relay catch by Ravindra Jadeja and Sai Sudharsan.

Smith ct Sai bowled Prasidh 40(52) : 349/6.

Wokes joins Brook on very well made 68*(86).

350/6 : 80 Overs: RR : 4.37 . Trail by 121.

New ball taken as soon as available. 

Oh..what a pity Yashasvi Jaiswal again drops very dangerous Harry Brook on 82, off Bumrah when  England trail by 102.( was dropped on 46 by Pant off Jadeja as well ).

Brook celebrates life with six to Siraj. 

Harry Brook...All class and Aggression : No.2 in present ICC ranking...gets impatient for 💯  and falls to Prasidh Krishna bouncer trap in his 1st over with 2nd new ball.

Brook 99 of just 112 balls with 11 fours and 2 sixes: luck ran out after 3 lives.

 398/7 : 

England Trail by 73 runs.

Local boy caught neatly by Shardul at deep backward square leg. 

403/7 : 88 Ov. Wokes 13* , Carse 1*.

453/7 : 94.3 Overs.

Attacking partnership was in progress,

55 valuable runs, then  Siraj gets Carse on 22 off 23 : 453/8.

Bumrah gets 1st wicket of the day his 4th: Wokes good knock ends on 38(55).

460/9 : 98.5 Ov. Just 11 behind. 

 ☕️  would be delayed as 9 wickets down.

Boom Boom Bumrah's Five-for gives India 6 runs lead.

The most five-wicket hauls by an Indian in England! 

Jasprit Bumrah, the best in the business 🙌

3rd Last Session post ☕️ :

Bad start to Indian innings:

An absolute beauty from Carse to dismiss Jaiswal 🤌

Yashasvi Jaiswal ct J Smith b Carse 4 (11).

16/1 : 3.1 Over.

Debutant Sai Sudharsan first ball cuts for 4 avoid pair.

10 Overs: 45/1 : KL 24* &  Sai 16*.

15 Ov : 64/1: KL 37 (47) & Sai 21 ( 33 ).

Conditions challenging with cloud cover.

Partnership 50* off 80 balls now.

Sai Sudharsan drooped by Duckett on 24, at 69/1.

Ben Stokes strikes,this innings too 82/2 : 20.2.

Sai Sudharsan 30(48) ct Crawley at short mid-wicket, clipped into hands.

Shubman Gill upper cuts 1st ball to 4.

KL missed in the 1st innings with 42.

Determined to do better in second. 

Rain stops play at 90/2 : 23.5 Ov.

KL 47* off 75 with 7x4s  & Shubman 6 of 10.

Stumps day 3 India  lead 96.

Perfect Test match set up : with 2 days to go.

Still anybody's game : 50:50.