Quote from: Bd officer on Today at 03:27:18 AM

In the fourth match of the Test series between India vs England, India scored 358 runs in the first innings and so far England have collected 225 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in the 1st innings. Both England's opening batsmen did well, but both batsmen had bad luck as both missed centuries. Zak Crawley was dismissed for 84 and Ben Duckett was dismissed for 94, he missed a century for just 6 runs. Now England are trailing by just 133 runs. Looking at the performance of England's batsmen, it seems that they can easily chase the target and lead. But Joe Root and Ollie Pope both have to bat well and try to make big partnerships. It will be challenging for India if England lead by 150-200 runs in the first innings. Let's see how many runs England can score in the first innings.

The way India started, I thought that maybe Team India would be able to accumulate 400 plus runs at the end of the first innings but that did not happen. We saw Team India all out for 355 runs and England are now batting in their first innings. Against 355 runs, England will definitely try to score more so that they can lead in the second innings. So far, England's score is 225 runs for the loss of 2 wickets, which means that England is now only 133 runs behind India. Since England still has 8 wickets in hand, it is expected that they will finish the first innings well ahead of India. In Test cricket, the performance of the first innings is a big factor in the entire match, so the team that can finish ahead in the first two innings will have a lot of chances of winning. If England can escape by a margin of 100 runs in the first innings, then the result in this match can go in their favor.