IND vs ENG: Not many would have thought at the end of India's 2nd innings that a target of 378 would be treated with such disdain by the England players.
If England does manage to chase 378, it will be England's highest chase ever in the history of Test cricket and also at Edgbaston.
Jasprit Bumrah is on a roll in the ongoing fifth and final Test vs England. Be it his leadership, his bowling or even his batting, Bumrah's shattering records like there's no tomorrow.
To India's fortune, they won the series against the Irish and now their caravan moves to England with VVS Laxman as the head coach and Hardik Pandya, who could lead the Indian team for the series opener.
Perhaps looking to emulate the success of captains Pat Cummins and Stokes, India appointed fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah as captain for their current Test with England: Chappell
It is now learned that the Indian skipper has tested negative and is out of isolation. Rohit is all set to join the Indian squad now.
With five slip fielders in place and James Anderson steaming in, both Gill and Pujara were expected to play out the first hour. English veteran Anderson kept bowling outside off and Shubhman Gill fell prey to his tactics.
Before the Kohli clash, Bairstow scored 13 off 61 deliveries and after the Kohli clash, Bairstow amassed 93 off 79 deliveries. Bairstow then went on to score a magnificent 100 and helped England reach a respectable total.
After some time, former Indian skipper Virat Kohli and Jonny Bairstow had some fiery verbal exchange and as a result, Jonny Bairstow took off and started tonking the ball to all corners of the park.
With rain plaguing almost two sessions, India did not hold themselves back. They restricted England to 86/5 with their man in form Joe Root gone.
When India landed in the United Kingdom for their limited over series and the one-off Test match, captain Rohit Sharma was expected to be a part of the final playing eleven in all seven matches, but unfortunately, the Indian skipper went down with COVID-19
India is touring England once again and the problem just doesn't seem to end. The first day's play at Edgbaston was briefly delayed but come day 2, things and the situation worsened as two sessions were hampered by three rain delays.
Jadeja walked in with the flamboyant Rishabh Pant on the other side. With Pant smacking the red cherry all over the ground, Jadeja was determined to hold on to one end and he remained not out with 83 runs off 163 deliveries.
Stuart Broad might have had a deja vu of his 2007 T20I World Cup over to Yuvraj Sing as Bumrah smacked him for 4 boundaries and 2 sixes in an over. The English pacer conceded 35 runs which makes him the only bowler to concede expensive overs both in T20I and Test cricket.
Plagued by injury concerns, Jadeja missed the T20I series against South Africa and he was straightaway sent to the United Kingdom for India's English tour.
Few are calling it lack of form, few are calling it bad luck. When it comes to Virat and his poor outings, there is always a mixed bag of reactions.
With Rohit Sharma missing the final Test match, Virat was expected to play big innings and hold one end, but he failed to do it. After the rain break when play resumed, Matthew Potts ran in and put Kohli into double minds.
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Rohit Sharma will lead India in the limited-overs series as India announced squads for the three-match T20I and ODI series against England, set to be played after the rescheduled fifth Test.
The fifth test between India and England promises to be one for the ages. Both teams are in the form of their life in Test cricket, and it's fair to say that Edgbaston will witness fire vs fire come July 1.
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