In the 5th Test match against england, the indian team is in a strong position with a lead of 132 runs. In the first innings of this match held at Edgbaston, the indian team was bowled out for 416 runs. After this, the english players came into play in the first innings. england players miscalculated that they could score runs like India.
Bumrah, who took over as the captain of the indian team, bowled aggressively and was amazing. alex Lees for 6 runs, Zak Crawley for 9 runs, and Ollie Pope for 10 runs were dismissed by Bumrah's fiery bowling. After this, Joe Root played the role and tried to rescue the team.
But Siraj took the wicket of Root for 31 runs, and Jack Leach was also ducked out by Shami. After this, the england team started the 3rd day with a score of 5 wickets for 84 runs. Captain stokes and Bairstow formed a partnership and tried to put pressure on India.
With captain stokes scoring 25 runs, the partnership fell apart when bumrah took a superb catch. Due to this on the other hand Bairstow played aggressively and started adding runs. Thus the england team avoided the follow-on. Bairstow, who played well, scored a century off 119 balls. He returned to the pavilion by shami after scoring 106 runs.
Following this, the decline of the england team began again. indian batsman mohammed siraj bowled furiously and lifted England's backline in bunches. With this, Siraj took 4 wickets to bowl england out for 284 runs. Now the indian team is playing in the 2nd innings with a lead of 132 runs. india will win if they set a target of 400 runs. At least, a target of more than 300 runs should be set.
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