NEW DELHI: Rain has delayed the start of Day 5 of the second Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test between India and England at Edgbaston on Sunday. India need seven wickets on the final day to square the five-match series 1-1. The UK Met Office had forecasted rain for Sunday, and when the broadcast began, the pitch and surrounding square were under covers. Though the rain briefly stopped, the covers came off, and the sun peeked through, dark clouds soon returned.
IND vs ENG, Day 5: LIVE But around 3 pm India time, it started to rain heavily at the venue, with the outfield resembling a swimming pool and water puddles being formed near the covers.
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If the first session gets washed out due to rain, it would mean that India won’t have the usual 90 overs quota to have a crack at winning the match.
On day four, India captain Shubman Gill followed up his first-innings score of a career-best 269 with a gorgeous 161 and helped India to declare at 427/6, before Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj fired with the new ball to leave England in trouble.
Gill has aggregated 430 runs in the match, the second most in a Test after Graham Gooch's 456 versus India in 1990. The Indian captain also became the first batter to score 200 and 150 in the same Test match.
The declaration meant England were set a daunting target of 608 runs and had lost three wickets in the final session and were reeling at 72/3 at stumps, with Ollie Pope at 24 not out and Harry Brook being unbeaten on 15.
With 536 runs remaining to be made and rain hampering an on time start of day time, it would be interesting to see if England push for a draw or continue in their Bazball ways. The last time England drew a Test match was during the 2023 Ashes because of rain.
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