Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Burli: "Ashwin always seems to get runs against England. Do the stats back that up?" -- Yup, he averages 39.16 against them.

Sethu: "In the end, Ashwin could have given Siraj some more strike. He was batting alright!!"

Sainandan Kaipu: "If Ashwin manages to get 10 wickets then he will be the first with a century in the second innings. All the other 3 had centuries in their first innings."

3.40pm England need 482 to win. India need 10 wickets. There are two whole days, and around an hour today, remaining. When this morning began with a flurry of wickets, you might have pictured this Test match possibly ending sometime around now. But Virat Kohli and R Ashwin have shown you can still bat on this pitch, and score runs too. The question is, can England do either against India's attack? We'll see very soon. Deiva will bring you the start of the fourth innings.

85.5
W
Stone to Ashwin, OUT, bowled him. Back of a length, fairly close to off stump, and Ashwin was looking to go after pretty much every ball now. Looks to open up and pull, and he bottom-edges into the top of off stump. The end of a special, special innings, and he raises his bat to the crowd as he walks off

R Ashwin b Stone 106 (235m 148b 14x4 1x6) SR: 71.62

85.4
0
Stone to Ashwin, no run, full, just outside off, clears his front leg and looks to swipe it straight of mid-on. Doesn't quite middle it and the fielder can cut it off
85.3
2
Stone to Ashwin, 2 runs, short, plenty of width, slapped to the right of deep point

Siri: "Siraj be like, I have little role with the ball in second innings, let me play like a batsman in this innings "

85.2
0
Stone to Ashwin, no run, back of a length outside off, punched to the left of mid-off
85.1
0
Stone to Ashwin, no run, back of a length, keeps a little low, close to off stump. Stays leg-side of the ball, looks to punch through the covers, and the ball sneaks past his inside edge

Stone, over the wicket to Ashwin.

END OF OVER:
85 | 8 Runs | IND: 284/9

  • Mohammed Siraj16 (21b)
  • Ravichandran Ashwin104 (143b)
  • Jack Leach33-6-100-4
  • Olly Stone6-1-19-0

JohnT: "How are England 14/1 to win this test match ?!?! - they're nearer 14 million to one !"

84.6
0
Leach to Mohammed Siraj, no run, full, close to off stump, defended to short extra-cover
84.5
6
Leach to Mohammed Siraj, SIX, wham. Tossed up, stump-to-stump line, and he clears his front leg, sinks down on his back knee, and slog-sweeps powerfully over midwicket

Leach back around the wicket to Siraj.

Nikhil Adesara: "@Ribhav : Davidson did not score a century. He had an aggregate of 100 plus runs and 10 plus wickets in the match. Ashwin has the chance to become the 4th player in Test History to make a century and bag 10 plus wickets in a Test Match" -- Yup, good point. Davidson never made a Test hundred. His highest score was that 80 in the Tied Test.

84.4
1
Leach to Ashwin, 1 run, back of a length, turning from outside leg, goes back and works it to the right of midwicket
84.3
0
Leach to Ashwin, no run, looks to pad away a ball pitching outside leg, and it hits his back shin and ricochets onto the helmet behind the keeper. India don't get five runs, because he didn't offer a shot

Leach goes over the wicket now to Ashwin.

84.2
1
Leach to Mohammed Siraj, 1 run, down the track, can't get to the pitch of this one spinning away from off stump, and stretches out to prod it to the left of extra-cover
84.1
0
Leach to Mohammed Siraj, no run, goes back to a length ball straightening just outside off, defends with the turn

Graeme : "As an Aussie fan who's seen Stuart Broad do frightening things with the new ball for many years, I can't believe they would give it to Moeen Ali with a batsman in the 90s. Ravi Ashwin had two great net sessions facing Lyon in Australia!"

END OF OVER:
84 | (maiden) | IND: 276/9

  • Ravichandran Ashwin103 (141b)
  • Mohammed Siraj9 (17b)
  • Olly Stone6-1-19-0
  • Jack Leach32-6-92-4

Dheeraj : "The spirit of Dhoni in that Siraj helicopter shot "

83.6
0
Stone to Ashwin, no run, short outside off, again he pulls firmly down the ground, but can't beat mid-on
83.5
0
Stone to Ashwin, no run, length ball on off stump, makes a bit of room by moving his front leg away from the line, and punches to mid-off
83.4
0
Stone to Ashwin, no run, short, just outside off, clears that front leg and plays another straight tennis pull, to mid-on
83.3
0
Stone to Ashwin, no run, full-toss on off stump, hip high, pulled to deep square leg. Doesn't take the single

England 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st17RJ BurnsDP Sibley
2nd32RJ BurnsDW Lawrence
3rd1MJ LeachDW Lawrence
4th16JE RootDW Lawrence
5th24JE RootBA Stokes
6th20JE RootOJ Pope
7th6JE RootBT Foakes
8th0MM AliJE Root
9th10MM AliOP Stone
10th38MM AliSCJ Broad