At the end of the fourth day of the Edgbaston Test, The England team has strengthened their position. England scored 259 for the loss of three wickets, while chasing down the target of 378 runs. The English team has to score 119 runs on the fifth day. While, India need seven wickets. Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow are batting well in England’s second innings. So far 150 runs partnership has been made between the two for the fifth wicket. Bairstow returned unbeaten on 72 and Root on 76. For India, captain Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets in the second innings. He sent Jack Crowley (46) and Ollie Pope (0) to the pavilion. While, Alex Lees got run out.
In this fifth Test against England, India scored 416 runs in the first innings. In response, England’s team was restricted to 284 runs and India got a lead of 132 runs. India scored 245 runs in their second innings. In this way England got the target of 378 runs.
What happened in the test on Monday?
Earlier, in the second innings, India started playing at 125 for three wickets on Monday and the team was all out after adding 120 runs. Pujara was dismissed after scoring 66. While, Pant played an innings of 57 runs. Pant scored the 10th half-century of his Test career. Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja and Shardul Thakur could not do much.
All the batsmen failed except Pant-Pujara in the second innings.
In India’s second innings, Shubman Gill 4 runs, Hanuma Vihari 11 runs, Virat Kohli 20 runs, Shreyas Iyer 19 runs, Ravindra Jadeja 23 runs, Shardul Thakur 4 runs, Mohammed Shami 13 runs and captain Jasprit Bumrah 7 runs. Mohammad Siraj remained unbeaten on two runs. Captain Ben Stokes took the maximum four wickets for England. Stuart Broad and Matty Potts took two wickets each. James Anderson and Jack Leach got one wicket each.
England started chasing down the target in a brilliant manner
The England team got off to a great start while chasing the target of 378 runs. The team had scored 100 runs in 21 overs. Jack Crawley and Alex Lees shared a 107-run partnership for the first wicket. Lees scored the second half-century of his Test career. The match turned in the 22nd over and Jasprit Bumrah clean bowled Crowley. Crowley was dismissed after scoring 46 runs.
On returning from the tee break, Bumrah got Ollie Pope caught by wicket-keeper Pant on the very first ball. Pope could not even open the account. After this Alex Lees was run out in the very next over. He was dismissed for 56 runs in 65 balls. After the fall of three wickets, Root and Bairstow batted tremendously and did not let a single wicket fall. The day on Tuesday will going to be important for India.
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