India still have the upper hand in the game after Shardul Thakur and Rishabh Pant spent half centuries helping India set a 368-run goal for the hosts in Sunday’s Oval Test.
Shardul Thakur scored his second fifty in a row in the Oval Test (AP Photo)
HIGHLIGHTS
- England (290 & 77/0) in Stumps on day 4 of the oval test
- England need 291 runs on the last day with all 10 wickets in hand
- The 5-test series is scheduled to be 1-1 with the final test in Manchester starting September 10th
The fourth test between India and England hangs in the balance after a fascinating game day in the oval on Sunday. The hosts finished 71 without a loss and needed 291 more runs on the final day after Haseeb Hameed and Rory Burns fought back for England.
India still has the upper hand in the game after Shardul Thakur and Rishabh Pant spent half centuries helping India set a 368 run goal for the hosts.
India were thrown for 466 in their second innings with 60 Shardul scored, while Pant made 50 in their seventh wicket partnership of 153 which put the visitors in the driver’s seat.
Thakur scored a crisp 60 in the second innings before being caught by Craig Overton on Joe Roots Bowling’s first slip. Pant, on the other hand, got out for 50 after reaching his half century.
Previously, opening player Rohit Sharma had scored the highest score for India with a stellar 127, while Cheteshwar Pujara (61st), Shardul Thakur (60th)
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