India versus England 5th Test 4th Day: Match heading towards a thrilling finish

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 The fourth day of the 5th Test match saw some brilliant action as Root and Bairstow provided some brilliant batting played at Birmingham on Monday.

Starting on the overnight score of 125 for 3, it was an ideal start for Cheteshwar Pujara and Pant playing some lovely shots. Stokes decided to bring in Root from the other end. It was a superb batting display by Pant and Pujara keeping the pressure on England bowlers. Stuart Broad had the breakthrough in his first over dismissing Pujara providing a simple catch to Lees. Pujara and Pant added 78 runs for the 4th wicket. Pant looked in great touch completing fifty off 76 balls. Shreyas Iyer was peppered with short deliveries but put pressure on the England bowlers with lovely shots.

Matthew Potts got rid of Shreyas Iyer with a short delivery caught by Anderson. Pant and Shreyas Iyer added 37 runs for the 5th wicket. Jack Leach got rid of the big wicket of Pant with a lovely catch by Root at slips. Shardul Thakur struggled with short deliveries and was eventually caught by Crawley. Mohammed Shami showed intent by providing some vital runs. India went into the lunch break at 229 for 7.

After the lunch break, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, and Jasprit Bumrah could not add many runs as Ben Stokes looked impressive to bowl out India for 245 with an impressive lead of 377 runs.

Alex Lees and Zak Crawley provided a flying start to England putting Indian opening bowlers under pressure.  The England openers kept the pressure with lovely shots not allowing the visitors bowlers to settle. Right before the lunch break, Bumrah produced a peach to dismiss Crawley. Crawley and Lees added 107 runs for the opening wicket. With that wicket, England went into the tea break at 107 for 1.

Lees looked confident completing fifty off 44 balls. Soon after the tea break, Bumrah struck again to dismiss Pope without opening his account. Alex Lees was a brilliant runout with a mix-up with Root as India grabbed three crucial wickets in quick succession. Hanuma Vihari dropped the big wicket of Bairstow. After the drop chance, Root and Bairstow kept the momentum for England thanks to wayward bowling by Indian bowlers especially Siraj, and Thakur.

Both well-set batsmen looked in complete control taking on the Indian bowlers. Root completed fifty off 71 balls while Bairstow reached half-century off 75 balls. England ended the fourth day at 259 for 3.

It promises to be an exciting encounter as England needs 119 runs to win while India requires 7 wickets. Root and Bairstow added so far 150 runs so far for the 4th wicket.

India 416 in 84.5 overs (Pant 146, Jadeja 104, Anderson 5/60) and 245 in 81.5 overs ( Pujara 66, Pant 57, Stokes 4/33, Potts 2/50) England 284 in 61.3 overs (Bairstow 106, Billings 36, Siraj 4/66, Bumrah 3/68) and 259 for 3 in 57 overs ( Root 76*, Bairstow 72*, Bumrah 2/53)

England requires 119 runs to win while India needs 7 wickets to win.









England requires 119 runs to win while India needs 7 wickets 

 

 

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