Player of the Match
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Arun: "Has Ashwin just gone past Sir IT Botham?!" -- Yes he has. He has 386 now. Botham finished with 383.

Here's another famous Test with a target of 420. It happened at around this time 22 years ago.

Hari: "With all the comments on the pitch being flat, this is shaping up to be a super Test match." -- It's been a typical Indian pitch, perhaps flatter that usual early on.

Saravanan Sivak: "15 overs is what Sundar and Ashwin played out last evening. Indian openers need to do the same today!"

Ashwin has now dismissed Anderson seven times in Tests - the most times he's gotten out to any bowler. (Sorry, I mixed up my wording earlier)

4.00pm Exactly an hour left to play today, including the extra half hour to make up the overs. Ten minutes, of course, will be lost to the change of innings. A possible 17 overs for India to survive, but they'll probably not get that many in.

46.3
W
Ashwin to Anderson, OUT, and that is that. Ashwin ends up with a six-fer. Angled into the stumps, hits that length where the No. 11, not really fully forward, looks to play the angle with a closed face. Leading edge balloons straight back to the bowler, and India will need 420 to win this.

JM Anderson c & b Ashwin 0 (3m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

46.2
0
Ashwin to Anderson, no run, full, just outside off, and Anderson brings out the reverse-sweep! Into the ground, and it bounces up to Rahane at slip

In walks the No. 11, James Anderson. Ashwin goes around the wicket.

Andrew: "This is exactly what india would do, They've declared with half an hour left on day 4 often. They play intense and back themselves to bowl the opposition out on day 5."

46.1
W
Ashwin to Archer, OUT, five! Quick, just back of a length, and it spins in a long way from outside off stump to bowl Archer, whose feet have moved nowhere and whose bat comes down too late to keep the ball out

JC Archer b Ashwin 5 (21m 10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

Ashwin continues.

END OF OVER:
46 | 1 Run | ENG: 178/8

  • Jack Leach8 (18b)
  • Jofra Archer5 (9b)
  • Washington Sundar1-0-1-0
  • Ravichandran Ashwin17-2-61-4
45.6
0
Washington Sundar to Leach, no run, quicker, slides on towards leg stump, goes back to tuck it behind square

Whenever England's innings ends, India will now need to complete the highest successful chase in Test history to win this game. England's lead is now past 418.

45.5
0
Washington Sundar to Leach, no run, full on off stump, punched to extra-cover
45.4
0
Washington Sundar to Leach, no run, tossed up wider and not as full, left alone
45.3
0
Washington Sundar to Leach, no run, tossed up full on middle stump, defended into the extra-cover region

Around the wicket to Leach. Two slips and a silly point.

45.2
1
Washington Sundar to Archer, 1 run, flat, speared in towards leg stump, not too much turn. Goes back to work it through midwicket
45.1
0
Washington Sundar to Archer, no run, full, on middle and off, jabbed to extra-cover

Washington Sundar gets a bowl. Over the wicket to Archer with a slip, a short leg and a leg gully. Jeevan: "England doing the right thing, giving their bowlers one hour with new ball today after adequate rest, and one hour of relatively new ball tomorrow with another go in last session with new ball." -- Yeah, that seems to be the idea behind their tactics at the moment.

END OF OVER:
45 | 1 Run | ENG: 177/8

  • Jack Leach8 (14b)
  • Jofra Archer4 (7b)
  • Ravichandran Ashwin17-2-61-4
  • Shahbaz Nadeem15-2-66-2
44.6
0
Ashwin to Leach, no run, tossed up quite full, slides on towards off stump, defended off the front foot towards silly point
44.5
0
Ashwin to Leach, no run, tossed up slower on middle and leg, gets his front pad out of the way to defend with an open face, square on the off side

India 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st25RG SharmaShubman Gill
2nd33CA PujaraShubman Gill
3rd34V KohliShubman Gill
4th0V KohliAM Rahane
5th18V KohliRR Pant
6th7V KohliWashington Sundar
7th54R AshwinV Kohli
8th8S NadeemV Kohli
9th0S NadeemI Sharma
10th13I SharmaJJ Bumrah