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I am sceptical myself if they can pull it off but just if they then nothing less than miracle as considering all the situation and batting 4th is never easy. It requires 1 of the players to make double century from here to help England win the test match and seems only if someone could make that may be Root or Stokes, provided if they can stay on pitch for longer time tomorrow.

For England, the first immediate target is to keep the margin of defeat below 300 runs. If they keep it below the 200 mark, then it will be a consolation for them before the start of the third match. England has hardly anything to take away from this match so far. So it will be better for them to do what they can tomorrow and then move on. The day/night test match is going to be interesting, because England has more experience in playing such matches.

I don't think there is going to be any consolation for England in this match. They are defeated from all ends. But this defeat is making me realize that maybe toss is a pretty important factor in this series. The pitches have been considerably easier to play on the initial day while they tend to become difficult to play after that. But yes Pink ball would be a pretty interesting thing to see in the next match. Will the pink ball turn just the way the red ball has turned. Moreover how comfortable would our mainstream spinners be with the pink ball. The third big question is the role of Kuldeep Yadav He hasn't bowled a lot of deliveries in this match so far so India could begin to realize that whether they even need a third spinner in their side.

Toss is real key for success in home test matches and it's happened in this as well. England is completely outclassed in this match now series is going to be level and pink ball factor is also going to be happened in next matches hopefully this all will make this series more interested because this match was completely one-sided from start, but I am feeling India surely will go with 3 spinners because its good advantage for them.

Yeah, but I don't think Kuldeep would make it to the side again. I thought he would bowl great on these subcontinent pitches especially when there is so much turn but I feel the captain maybe just doesn't trusts him or maybe he does not gels well with other spinners. Maybe Sundar is a much better option because he gives added batting depth too. So ash plus axar plus sundar would make a deadly combination for the next match. For the pacers the team could continue it's rest and rotate idea to give chances to other youngsters too. On batting the team looks good. The batting hasn't performed a lot in previous matches but you shouldn't tamper a winning combination.