England are very well positioned in this match before the lunch on day 03. However soon after lunch they lost Ollie Pope and Harry Brook. Are we going to see another twist in this match ?
Joe Root is still there on 76 runs and he along with Ben Stokes (who just came to bat), had to bat well so that England can get at least 150 lead. Remember that the longer the English batsmen can bat in this innings, the chances for them to lose become minimal. They can win this match too if they can bowl India out quickly in the 2nd innings.
England lost their fourth batsman for 349 runs. Experienced batsmen like Harry Brook could only score 3 runs. Pope played a responsible innings of 71 runs. All four top order batsmen played very well. Root is still unbeaten on 88 runs. Now England's total is 368. The team is ahead by 10 runs.
Both Root and Stokes are very experienced batsmen. So the pair has the potential to score big. It will not be difficult for England to add another 150/180 runs to the scoreboard. England has lost only 4 wickets. England has the potential to even take a lead of more than 200 runs if the Indian bowlers fail to take the wickets of Root and Stokes quickly.