That's it from us folks. We hope you enjoyed our coverage of the game. Join us again as we bring you all the action from the England vs India series. Till then it's goodbye.
That's it from us folks. We hope you enjoyed our coverage of the game. Join us again as we bring you all the action from the England vs India series. Till then it's goodbye.
Sam Curran is adjudged the ‘Man of the Match’ for his brilliant all-round performance
Joe Root, the winning captain: I am thrilled to bits. It has been a fantastic team performance despite the ups and downs the credit must go to the bowling unit. Coming into today, it was going to be a stiff challenge and we knew that if we stayed calm throughout, we would give ourselves the best chance to win. This is why Test cricket is this special - it throws up so many things through the day and we did a good job in staying calm. We made sure we didn't get ahead of ourselves and after three days of fantastic cricket from both sides it gives us a lot of confidence going into the next game. It shows that there is so much more than just skills, runs and wickets when it comes to Test cricket at this level. It is a great time for us and hopefully we can use it going forward. Sam Curran has a great amount of skill; great having him in our side and very exciting and promising cricketer. It is easy to make an emotional decision right now, but we need to sit outside and decide for Lord's depending on the surface.
Virat Kohli at the post match interview says, “It was a great game of cricket. Glad to be a part of such an exciting Test match; there were a couple of moments when we came back. A team like England is relentless, they made us work very hard for our runs. Our shot selection could have been better. We definitely need to apply ourselves better with the bat, but England came back superbly and we need to take the positives and move forward. There is a lot to learn from the lower order in the first innings, Ishant and Umesh got stuck in the middle. There is no hiding from this game; we need to be positive, relentless. From the team's point of view, my innings in the first innings is right up there, perhaps second after the knock in Adelaide. Had we won it would have been the best. We need to think how to regroup and get back for the next match. Test cricket is my favourite format, there is nothing better than testing yourselves over five days and I hope the fans like it too”
CAUGHT! Stokes pitches the 2nd ball outside off and Pandya reaches out for it with his willow conceding a big outside edge with Cook comfortably latches on to at first slip. That’s if for India as the England players exult on the field.
Pandya to face Rashid. He heaves at the 2nd delivery but a good run by Anderson saves the boundary at deep mid and he gets just a couple. Pandya then takes a single on the 5th delivery giving Yadav one delivery to face. Rashid pitches the last ball short and Yadav defends it on the back foot.
Pandya cannot find the boundary with the first 4 deliveries. He then drives the 5th ball to long-off to pick up a single. Yadav has to survive the last delivery and he does well getting his bat in the way to meet the ball. India still need 35 runs.
Rashid to bowl to Yadav. Yadav does well as he defends the first 4 deliveries. He’s beaten by the spin on the 5th delivery but lucky for him the ball doesn’t take an edge as it carries back to the keeper. Maiden over.
The fielders are sent far now to prevent the runs as Stokes comes in to bowl. Pandya doesn’t manage to take any runs from the first 5 deliveries. Root brings the fielders in for the last delivery to prevent the single and Pandya smashes the delivery over mid-off for a FOUR. India need 36 runs to win.
Adil Rashid back into the attack. Ishant brings out the sweep on the 2nd delivery to pick up a double.
LBW! There is a big shout for LBW on the last delivery but the Umpire says ‘not out’. England go for the review. That was a googly which Ishant didn’t pick. The replays show that there wasn’t any edge on the ball and the decision is overturned. India find themselves nine down.
Pandya once again takes a single off the first ball bringing Ishant on strike. Ishant plays the 2nd delivery with soft hands guiding it past third man for a FOUR. Stokes then bangs the 4th delivery short and Ishant gets lucky as an edge takes the ball over the men at slips for yet another FOUR. Stokes sends another short of length delivery and Ishant places it to fine leg to pick up a single.
There are words being exchanged now between Stokes and Pandya, “IPL deals out of the window” chirps in the TV commentator. Pressure on both sides as India needjust 42 runs to win with just two wickets in hand.
