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India vs England, 2nd Test Day 5 Live Score & Updates: India are just seven wickets away from levelling the series after a dominant performance on Day 4 of the second Test at Edgbaston. After setting a massive target of 608 runs, the visitors struck early blows with the ball to leave England reeling at 72/3 at stumps.
Skipper Shubman Gill once again led from the front, scoring a blistering 161 off 162 balls, his second big knock of the match after the first-innings double-century. Gill’s counterattacking partnership with Rishabh Pant, who added 65 from 58, helped India post a huge total.
Ravindra Jadeja’s 69-run knock towards the end helped India declare at 427/6 in 83 overs. England’s chase began under pressure and India’s pacers struck early. Akash Deep removed both Ben Duckett and Joe Root, while Mohammed Siraj dismissed Zak Crawley for a duck to reduce the hosts to 50/3.
At stumps, Ollie Pope (24) and Harry Brook (15) were battling to survive, with England still needing 536 runs to win.
India vs England, 2nd Test Playing XIs
IND playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
ENG playing XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir