6.38pm: So India will need 49 to win, and they will come out to begin their innings before the dinner interval. The LED ring of lights at Motera is beginning to shine, but you'd think England needed another 50 to make this a tricky chase in the gloaming? England's match aggregate of 193 is the lowest by a team in India, and aside from the Root-Stokes alliance they never managed to put the heat on. That said, it's not over until it's over. Who fancies a few more wickets before we're done...?
"So target is over 36 and its twilight hours," muses Shankar. "Good strategy by Eng to put India in on Day 2 as well..."
Here's Osama: "So are there any chances of this pitch being rated poor too coz England just can't play spin unless it's a flat surface?" No idea, though both teams have struggled here, to be fair
Long John Silver: "So England and India will not put together the amount of runs in 4 completed innings in one test than what New Zealand and Australia managed to hustle in one T20 yesterday.. And to think of it, they had all the time and the overs and the weather and the support staff... Had everything except for the temperament to bat through."
JM Anderson c †Pant b Washington Sundar 0 (6m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
You know, UltraEdge is suggesting there was a feather edge on that first ball from Sundar... India didn't review
"When was the last time a test between 2 major test-playing nations ended in 2 days? If i recall Ind vs Afg test match ended in 2 days but with 3 innings only" Reckon it was Pakistan-Australia at Sharjah in 2002, Varun kumar
Hello, Washington Sundar is going to get a bowl! The Patel-Ashwin run is broken
END OF OVER:30 | (wicket maiden) | ENG: 80/9
- James Anderson0 (2b)
- Stuart Broad0 (4b)
- Ravichandran Ashwin15-3-48-4
- Axar Patel15-0-32-5
MJ Leach c Rahane b Ashwin 9 (24m 22b 0x4 1x6) SR: 40.90