Quote from: Jewan420 on Today at 04:08:53 PM

Quote from: Iranus on Today at 03:57:48 PM

Test matches should be competitive like this. Every Test match between India and England has been very competitive. Both have strong squads and both teams are performing well. India's total in the first innings was only 224 runs. In the second innings, India's total was 342 runs after losing 7 wickets. India has secured a lead of 319 runs. There are two experienced batsmen like Jadeja and Washington Sundar at the crease. So India can probably add another 50/60 runs on the scoreboard. Jadeja's total is now 45 and Washington Sundar's collection is 10. India is going to give a big target

England's victory looks a bit tough at this stage of the match. After the first innings, it looked like there wouldn't be much runs on this pitch and we might get a result by the start of the fourth day. But India are going to prove that wrong. After the first innings, the Indian batsmen have made a great comeback in the second innings and are fighting for big totals. They have already reached a stage where they are capable of giving the opposition a tough time. But they are fighting for more.

It is getting tougher every day. It will be tougher when England also make a great comeback and start chasing India's target well. I will be looking especially at Joe Root's batting. I predict that the series is going to be drawn.

The 5th Test game is going very annoying as India and England are showing an under performance. India scored dissappoiting target of 224 runs in its first innings while England could score just 247 runs during chase which is quite opposite to their performance in 4th test game. India opened the first innings with a 10 runs cold start then the one down player Sudharsan contributed 38 runs. India's innings wasn't great as they lost wickets early at short intervals and ended up the first innings at 224 runs. England scored a fabulous partnership of 92 runs but something wierd happened after top order has eliminated. The middle and final order players knocked out very early and England ended at 247 runs. India is in its second innings with a 46 runs partnership but this time they are playing well. Openers Yashasvi knocked out at 118 runs while uis partnership suffered. India has scored 282 runs after six wickets being eliminated.