N Krushna: Game On. Now We will see what England would do ? Do they go for chase OR a Draw ?
1.3
Siraj to Duckett, 3 runs, nice back foot punch. On a length outside off, Duckett stays sideways and punches through the vacant point region
1.2
Siraj to Duckett, FOUR, to backward square leg
Three slips and a gully.
1.1
Siraj to Duckett, FOUR, to third man
Mohammed Siraj, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
0.6
Akash Deep to Crawley, no run, Crawley is hit on the box. And he is on his knees in pain. This is a sharp nipbacker, cuts in and hits Crawley on the box, he gets forward to defend and misses
0.5
Akash Deep to Crawley, no run, full outside off, Crawley gets forward to defend square to backward point
0.4
Akash Deep to Crawley, no run, good length and just outside off, Crawley with a good leave
Crawley is batting just outside his crease.
0.3
Akash Deep to Crawley, no run
0.2
Akash Deep to Crawley, no run, short of length outside off, moves away, Crawley shoulders arms
0.1
Akash Deep to Crawley, no run, short of length and outside off, well outside off, moves away, left alone
Crawley and Duckett are at the crease. Crawley is on strike. Akash Deep will open the attack
Welcome back. Gill doing the talking in the huddle.
Only once has India set a higher fourth innings target in a Test - 616 vs New Zealand in Wellington in 2009. Only once has England been asked to chase a higher target in a home Test - 707 by Australia at the Oval in a timeless Test at the Oval in 1934.
1000-plus team aggregates in a Test 1121 - ENG vs WI, Kingston, 1930 1078 - PAK vs IND, Faisalabad, 2006 1028 - AUS vs ENG, The Oval, 1934 1014 - IND vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2025 1013 - AUS vs WI, Sydney, 1969 1011 - SA vs ENG, Durban, 1939
Highest Test match aggregates for a batter 456 - Graham Gooch (ENG) vs IND, Lord’s, 1990 430 - Shubman Gill (IND) vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2025 426 - Mark Taylor (AUS) vs PAK, Peshawar, 1998 424 - Kumar Sangakkara (SL) vs BAN, Chattogram, 2014 400 - Brian Lara (WI) vs ENG, St John's, 2004
Gill hit 11 sixes in this Test, a number only exceeded by Rohit Sharma (13 vs SA, Visakhapatnam, 2019) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (12 vs ENG, Rajkot, 2024) among Indians.
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