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- India vs England 5th Test Highlights, Day 5: Root, Bairstow slam tons as England register their highest successful chase in Tests; series ends in a 2-2 draw
India vs England 5th Test Highlights, Day 5: Root, Bairstow slam tons as England register their highest successful chase in Tests; series ends in a 2-2 draw
The morning session on the final day is set to begin. The Indian players make their way out on the field, followed by Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root who walk out with their swords. The weather is overcast, hopefully, the rain stays away. It will be Mohammed Siraj to start with the ball. Here we go...
Mohammed Siraj to Joe Root, England are away on Day 5. Angling into the batter, on a good length, Root tucks it to deep square leg and crosses for a run.
Mohammed Siraj to Joe Root, Shout for an lbw! Shortish and around off, jagging back in sharply and beating the bat of Root. He is struck on the pads, they appeal and then Bumrah signals that it's too high. Good start from India.
Mohammed Siraj to Joe Root, Siraj starts with an effort ball. It's short and outside off, shooting off the surface, Root sways away and it nicely carries to Pant.
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The early morning conditions in England always offer something to the pace bowlers. The likes of Mohammad Shami and Jasprit Bumrah will be banking on that to produce the goods. The old 'soft' ball has not helped their cause as runs came at a brisk rate last evening. This is something India will like to avoid. The Indian body language will be crucial as well as their shoulders started to drop when Jonny and Joe put them to the sword. It's not all over for them and a bright start will push this Test towards a thrilling finish.
Winning to losing position team India at Edgbaston. Why Ravichandran Ashwin was not in playing eleven who made the call, Dravid, as coach played so much in England, know the condition very well it's England summer where the wickets get baked and dry and from day 3 ball gets to spin, where there is seam it will spin because of moisture. Only Bumrah looks that he can do wonders. India made the mistake and paying the price
Danish Kaneria
Former Pakistan cricketer Danish Kaneria has questioned the decision of not playing India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in the rescheduled fifth Test against England.
Welcome back, folks! We have at last arrived on the last day of this long Test series and it's still tightly poised. Although England have their noses ahead, they still have 119 runs to get and against this Indian bowling attack, nicely rested now, it is not going to be straightforward. The Indian fans will be wishing for an English collapse this morning whereas the home crowd will hope that the pair of Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root make light work of the remainder of the work. Needless to say, the first 30 minutes will show us which way this Test match will head. Stay tuned for more...
... DAY 5 ...
I don't think Bumrah got his tactics right today at all, and I say that with the greatest deal of respect. There is no way with a reverse swinging ball that he should make it that easy for the batter, because the batter is trying so hard to decipher which way that ball is swinging. When it's reverse swinging at 90mph, the nicest place to bat is at the non-strikers end, and the ability to get to the non-strikers end as easily as they did this afternoon, it's too easy
Kevin Pietersen
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen also questioned India's stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah's tactics, saying his defensive field placements made it easy for the batters to rotate the strike.
I think (it was) disappointing, to say the least, because they could have batted England out of this contest. They needed to bat two sessions and I thought they were defensive, they were timid today, especially after lunch. Even after they had lost those wickets, they could have taken some chances. Runs were important at that stage of the game and I thought they just went into a shell, lost those wickets too quickly, and gave enough time for England to bat today
Ravi Shastri
