India vs England, 5th Test, Day 5, Highlights: Hosts win by innings and 75 runs

Some reactions after India’s great victory:  

Jadeja: There was not much help from the wicket. It was a good experience. It was a team effort. Whenever a partnership needed to be broken someone or the other chipped in. I feel good getting a top quality batsman out, its was a confidence-booster (on his success against Alastair Cook in the series).

Ashwin: It was a challenging wicket. We had to vary our pace. The second new ball did the trick. I wanted to be really aggressive and hope I can get better from here. 

Rahul: The wicket was turning off the rough. Ashwin and Jadeja bowled well. I am happy our plans were successful in the end.

Anil Kumble: It was a brilliant effort, the team showed a lot of character after losing the toss, and England put up 477 on the good track. At lunch (when England were 97/0), we knew it was a matter of one wicket. We were targeting a (lead of) 220, but Karun Nair took it to 280, which gave us the chance to go after the wickets. Once Karun got going, he showed what he was capable of. The biggest positive was that inspite of all injuries, whoever came up contributed. The wickets were also fantantic. 

Karun Nair: It will take a couple of days to sink in. It is an amazing feeling when the team wins. We always wanted to make it 4-0. We were focused on the match first, after that celebrations for my triple centuries. I learnt a lot. 

Cook: India deserved to win. It was a good fifth day wickets. We kept dropping vital chances in this match and India kept punishing us. It was a series of missed opportunities. Dropped catches, were not able to score enough runs or take enough wickets.   

Kohli: It is an evidence of the character we posses in the side and how we prepare. It speaks volumes of the hunger the players possess. They got us in a position from where there was only one winner. Jadeja did the job in both innings, hitting the right areas, making it uncomfortable for the batsmen. The intensity was top class. 

We were up against big totals and won by innings on both occasions (in the last two matches). It speaks of the belief we have in the change room. We have improved on not losing wickets and the lower order contributed. It speaks volumes of the hard work they put in.  

Our fast bowlers notched it up. Hats off to them, they showed heart. Kudos to the hard work they put in over the last couple of months.

Karun Nair adjudged Man of the Match and Virat Kohli the Man of the Series.

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When England went in to lunch at 97/0, it didn’t seem they would crumble so dramatically. But it was Jadeja with the ball and on the field that turned it around for India.

Out! It’s all over for England. Jadeja takes 7/48, his best figures in Test cricket. A 4-0 series win for India. It is as convincing as it gets!

Jake Ball is the new man in, and is beaten by Jadeja immediately. It is a matter of time before India wraps up things now.

Out! Broad goes. Another wicket for Jadeja. The ball hit Broad’s gloves and popped up for an easy catch at leg slip. India almost there now.

After 87 overs,England 207/8 ( Jos Buttler 6 , Stuart Broad 1)

A googly from Mishra, but Buttler reads it well, far better than Dawson who was beaten all ends up and lost his wicket to a Mishra googly earlier.

After 86 overs,England 207/8 ( Jos Buttler 6 , Stuart Broad 1)

Kohli calls upon Jadeja now to wrap things up. Jadeja has had a fine day today, and almost inevitably goes past the outside edge of Broad’s bat. Broad survives the over though.

After 85 overs,England 207/8 ( Jos Buttler 6 , Stuart Broad 1)

Another short-pitched delivery by Umesh. Broad fends at it, and luckily for him the ball does not go to a fielder. Umesh follows it up with four more short-pitched deliveries at Buttler, who ducks under all of them. At the end of the over though, India achieve what is looking like a plan: have Broad on strike in the next over. Still 12 overs to go after this. Who said Test cricket can’t be exciting?

Peter Miller sums England’s woes up…

After 83 overs,England 206/8 ( Jos Buttler 6 , Stuart Broad 0)

After 82 overs,England 205/8 ( Jos Buttler 5 , Stuart Broad 0)

Stuart Broad doesn’t offer a shot and is hit on the pads. Big appeal, but not out given on the field. India take a review, but the ball clearly was missing off-stump. The original decision remains. The players head for drinks. The last hour of play promises to be edge of the seat stuff.

Out! India take the second new ball and a wicket immediately. England lose their eighth wicket for 200. Umesh induces a leading edge off Rashid’s bat for a simple catch to Jadeja.

After 80 overs,England 199/7 ( Jos Buttler 3 , Adil Rashid 2)

Ashwin is generating sharp turn and bounce into the right-hander and has Adil Rashid in a sea of trouble. With 80 overs up in the England innings, India get their two reviews back and the new ball is available now.

After 78 overs,England 198/7 ( Jos Buttler 3 , Adil Rashid 1)

India have a firm hold on the match now. Mishra is bowling with his tail up, especially after Dawson’s wicket, but you have to say that some of the England batsmen have thrown their wickets way.

Out! Dawson goes, bowled by Mishra. England lose their seventh wicket for 196. It’s all falling apart for the visitors now

After 74 overs,England 193/6 ( Jos Buttler 0 , Liam Dawson 0)

Liam Dawson the new batsman and almost gives a catch to slip. But the ball falls short. Jadeja has the England batters in all sorts of trouble. Kohli could do well by having Ashwin from the other end and really go for the kill.

Out! Stokes gone. Jadeja takes a fifer. This could be over in a hurry now. England losing their way big time in the last session.

After 72 overs,England 192/5 ( Ben Stokes 22 , Jos Buttler 0)

Jos Buttler is the new man in and a heart-stopping moment for England again. The ball pops up in the air, but Rahul drops it at short leg. Replays show there was a faint edge.

Out! Moeen Ali goes, caught off Jadeja. A huge breakthrough for India. A crucial partnership broken and the hosts inch closer to victory.

After 70 overs,England 191/4 ( Moeen Ali 43 , Ben Stokes 22)

A half chance not taken by India. The ball pops up but the short leg fielder is slow to react. The ball falls short, and then on the last ball Stokes swings and misses. The ball passes perilously close to his stumps. that has been the story of the innings so far really. England have resisted well, but have had more than their fair share of luck.

After 69 overs,England 186/4 ( Moeen Ali 42 , Ben Stokes 22)

The England batsmen are negotiating Mishra pretty comfortably and the bowler gets hit for a boundary again. With time running away, Kohli needs to bring back his strike bowler Ashwin into the attack.

After 68 overs,England 181/4 ( Moeen Ali 41 , Ben Stokes 18)

Stokes takes the attack to Jadeja and hits him for a boundary. This partnership is crucial for England. While Moeen and Stokes are at the crease, England will hope to save the match.

After 67 overs,England 177/4 ( Moeen Ali 41 , Ben Stokes 14)

Two strong appeals against Moeen Ali off Mishra, and while the ball looked like missing the stumps on the first occasion, the batsman was hit outside the line on the second.

After 65 overs,England 174/4 ( Moeen Ali 38 , Ben Stokes 14)

Mishra starts proceedings after tea and Moeen Ali hammers him for the boundary on the second ball itself. Mishra hasn’t had a very good outing. He hasn’t caused the batsmen as many troubles as Ashwin and Jadeja. This spell will be crucial for him.

Both Root (1477) and Bairstow (1470) have missed breaking Vaughan (1481)'s record of most runs by an England batsman in a year. #IndvsEng

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 20, 2016

Cricket expert Ayaz ‘Cricketwallah’ Memon reviews the second session of Day 5 of the final Test between India and England at Chennai. Do share your thoughts in the comments section. 

After 64 overs,England 167/4 ( Moeen Ali 32 , Ben Stokes 13)

Moeen sweeps away with ease in the second ball of the over, dispatching the ball towards square-leg. Follows it up three deliveries later with a cover drive, with Mishra failing to stop it despite a brave dive near the boundary rope. And its tea on Day 5 of the final Test, with England reaching 167/4 at the interval. Quite the session for the Indians, with four wickets coming in it. 

After 63 overs,England 158/4 ( Moeen Ali 23 , Ben Stokes 13)

Appeal for a catch in the third ball, with Mishra and the close-in fielders assuming it to be a case of bat-pad. The evidence of which is not presented in the replay. Near dismissal in the final delivery, with Stokes managing to kick the ball away from the stumps.

After 62 overs,England 157/4 ( Moeen Ali 22 , Ben Stokes 13)

Commanding sweep by Stokes between midwicket and mid-on in the third delivery to move to double figures. Stokes however, is caught in two minds in the following delivery, and ends up with nothing after looking to go for a cut.

After 61 overs,England 153/4 ( Moeen Ali 22 , Ben Stokes 9)

Leading edge off Stokes’ bat carries through the vacant region between slip and gully. Bit of a shuffle in the fielding positions, with an extra slip fielder coming in. Beautiful backfoot drive by Moeen in the last ball of the over to bring up the 150 for England.

Most Test runs in a calendar year for England

Michael Vaughan - 1481 (2002)
Joe Root - 1477 (2016)
Johnny Bairstow - 1470 (2016)

— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) December 20, 2016

After 60 overs,England 142/4 ( Moeen Ali 17 , Ben Stokes 5)

Moeen gets a single off the last ball of the over to keep the strike for himself in the following over. A little over 10 minutes to go for the tea interval, and the last thing that the visitors would want would be another wicket at this stage.

After 59 overs,England 142/4 ( Moeen Ali 16 , Ben Stokes 5)

Just one run in Umesh’s 10th over of the innings, with Moeen pulling towards midwicket to move to 16. Both him and Stokes will look to bat with enough caution.

After 58 overs,England 141/4 ( Moeen Ali 15 , Ben Stokes 5)

Ashwin bowling from the other end. Ashwin appeals for caught-behind in the second ball, with the ball travelling rather closely, but not getting the leading edge. Fourth maiden of the innings for Ashwin, who has maintained adequate levels of pressure on Stokes so far.

After 57 overs,England 141/4 ( Moeen Ali 15 , Ben Stokes 5)

Umesh replacing Ishant at the other end, and delivers a vicious bouncer in the second delivery, which nearly gets a leading edge off Stokes’ bat. Moeen top-edges a short one from Umesh towards deep fine-leg, where the ball lands just short of Murali Vijay. Could have been the fifth wicket here. Moeen nearly suffered a typical dismissal, this time going for an awkward slap. Fell, and nearly nudged his stumps after the shot

After 56 overs,England 138/4 ( Moeen Ali 14 , Ben Stokes 3)

Ashwin coming in from round the stumps, resuming his battle against bunny Stokes. The New Zealand-born all-rounder pushes the second ball towards the wide long-on boundary, where Mishra manages to stop the ball from crossing the rope over in the nick of time with his foot. Leading edge off Moeen’s bat in the penultimate ball, with the ball nearly carrying to Karun Nair at extra-cover. Three runs scored in the over.

After 55 overs,England 135/4 ( Moeen Ali 14 , Ben Stokes 0)

Comedy delivery in the third delivery, with the ball passing between Parthiv’s feet to run away to the long-stop boundary for four byes. Was a slower ball that was bowled rather wide.

After 54 overs,England 131/4 ( Moeen Ali 14 , Ben Stokes 0)

Ashwin back into the attack, replacing Jadeja. Moeen pushes away towards the leg side for a single in the third delivery. BUNNY ALERT: AShwin has removed Stokes four times in this series so far. Something that will play on both minds at the moment. Loud appeal for lbw in the fifth delivery, which is turned down. Kohli decides against the review, which turns out to be a good decision as there was a thick inside-edge.

After 53 overs,England 130/4 ( Moeen Ali 13 , Ben Stokes 0)

Bit of a shuffle in the field in the second delivery of the over. Short-leg coming in for Bairstow. OUT! WHAT A CATCH BY JADEJA! The left-arm spinner has been involved in all the dismissals in the day so far, and boy does he pull off a stunner at deep backward square-leg — running in the opposite direction with the sun in his eyes — to remove danger-man Bairstow for 1! The England keeper-batsman looked to flick it towards the leg-side, but ended up getting a top-edge. England starting to crumble now, losing their fourth wicket with 129 on board. 

Jonny Bairstow c Ravindra Jadeja b Ishant Sharma 1 (6)

In both inns of this Test, Root was given out with help of DRS and Jadeja was the bowler on both occasions. #IndvsEng

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 20, 2016

Joe Root on this Asia tour (IND + BAN)
Matches :7
inns : 14
runs : 589
Avg : 42.07
Best : 124
100s : 1
50s : 5#INDvENG

— JSK (@imjsk27) December 20, 2016

After 52 overs,England 129/3 ( Moeen Ali 12 , Jonny Bairstow (W) 1)

Just two runs off another quickfire over by Jadeja — we still maintain the fact that Jadeja’s bowling is a nightmare for those covering a game of cricket. Slip fielder positioned on either side of the keeper for both Bairstow and Moeen, with the Indians hoping for a mistake off their bats.

After 51 overs,England 127/3 ( Moeen Ali 11 , Jonny Bairstow (W) 0)

Ishant bowling from the other end, with the ever-dependable Jonny Bairstow walking to the crease now. Short mid-off in place for Moeen, who gets a single in the fourth ball after pushing a delivery off his hips towards backward square-leg. Meanwhile, England have a plenty of batting options down the order, with the likes of Stokes, Buttler, Dawson and Rashid to follow for the next four wickets.

Joe Root, the second-highest run-getter in the series, thus ends his run in the ongoing series on a disappointing note.

After 50 overs,England 126/3 ( Moeen Ali 10 , )

Appeal for a run-out in the first ball of the 50th over, after the ball brushes through Jadeja’s fingers and hits the non-striker’s stumps. Root’s bat however, was grounded firmly inside the crease. Moeen reaches out for a half-volley outside off for a sweep, getting a single. Review taken in the final ball of the over, after a loud appeal from Jadeja for an lbw. THREE REDS it is in the review, with the ball pitching in line, impact in line and hitting Root’s leg-stump! What a call that was by Kohli! And that’s another massive blow for the visitors, as they lose Root with 126 on board. And it’s time for the players to have a drink.

Joe Root lbw Ravindra Jadeja 6(22)

Most inns batted in a year:
33 Cook in 2016
32 Gavaskar in 1983, Root in 2016
31 Stewart in 1998#IndvsEng

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 20, 2016

After 49 overs,England 125/2 ( Joe Root 6 , Moeen Ali 9)

Ishant back into the attack, bowling over the wicket (are we going to see Jadeja getting phased out in favour of bringing Ashwin back). Quick single in the fifth ball, with Root nearly colliding with Ishant in the middle of the pitch while going for the run. Moeen pulls the last ball towards fine-leg, where there is a fielder positioned near the boundary for a possible catch.

After 48 overs,England 121/2 ( Joe Root 4 , Moeen Ali 7)

Couple of singles in the over, with Root getting his with a sweep towards backward square-leg. Jadeja, meanwhile, keeps mixing his deliveries up in terms of pace and length.

After 47 overs,England 118/2 ( Joe Root 3 , Moeen Ali 5)

Umesh seems to be bowling to a plan to Moeen, serving him a volley of short deliveries down his leg side. Moeen has displayed a certain weakness against those tpe of deliveries, and Indian skipper Kohli hopes to get him early a barrage of snorters. Wide to end the over.

Debutants scoring a hundred & a fifty in the series in India (visitors):
G Greenidge, 1974
A Cook, 2006
K JENNINGS, 2016 *#INDvENG

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) December 20, 2016

Completely different to Kolkata 2001, but just for the record, Australia were three down at tea then.

— Shashank Kishore (@captainshanky) December 20, 2016

Some inspiration for the Indians.

In the final innings of the 2nd Test vs Bangladesh in Mirpur this England team went from 100-0 to 169 all out #INDvENG

— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) December 20, 2016

Ashwin (28 wkts + 4 50s) & Jadeja (21 wkts + 2 50s) - first time in last 100 years 2 players with 20+ wkts and 2+ 50+ scores in same series.

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 20, 2016

After 46 overs,England 115/2 ( Joe Root 3 , Moeen Ali 3)

Moeen gets a single in the fourth delivery, after guiding the ball towards backward square-leg. Root pierces the final ball through the off-side, with Umesh just managing to put the ball inside the boundary rope in time, giving the batsman a couple of runs.

Jennings’ wicket was a result of him getting to close to the pitch of the delivery, with the ball hitting his toes, bouncing up awkwardly, and then returning to the bowler after a deflection off the batsman’s handle.

After 45 overs,England 112/2 ( Joe Root 1 , Moeen Ali 2)

Moeen Ali is the new batsman at the crease, and he gets a couple of snorters from Umesh for a welcome at the crease. The momentum is now firmly with the Indians, and a wicket or two could put them on track for bwoling the Englishmen out till the end of the day’s play.

After 44 overs,England 111/2 ( Joe Root 1 , Moeen Ali 1)

Another of several seemingly pointless appeals by Jadeja for lbw at the start of the over. Jennings uses his feet beautifully in the third ball to drive towards the cow-corner in the third delivery. OUT! The opener looked to come down the track once again in the following delivery, butthis time chips it back to the bowler rather tamely. Jaddu now has both openers in his kitty! 

Keaton Jennings c&b Ravindra Jadeja 54(121)

After 43 overs,England 106/1 ( Keaton Jennings 50 , Joe Root 1)

Umesh starting to mix his deliveries up, starting the over off with a short-of-length ball, before delivering a slower one pitched up in the second ball. The South Africa-born batsman gets to the 50-run mark for the second time in his career — converting his first one into a century on debut. What a series he has been having so far, creating a positive dilemma for the selectors back home on his selection for the opener’s slot with Haseeb Hameed.

Jadeja vs opposition captains:
Got Clarke 5 times in 2012-13 series
Got Amla 3 times in 2015-16 series
Got Cook 6 times in 2016-17 series

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 20, 2016

After 42 overs,England 105/1 ( Keaton Jennings 49 , Joe Root 1)

Root gets off the mark after pushing a tossed up delivery from Jadeja towards midwicket. Jennings rotates the strike with a reverse-sweep towards backward point. If the Indians ever were to exert pressure on the visitors, now would be the ideal time.

After 41 overs,England 103/1 ( Keaton Jennings 48 , Joe Root 0)

Joe Root is the new batsman at the crease, and we have a change of tactics by captain Kohli — who gets Umesh Yadav into the attack now. The pacer starts off with a maiden in his second spell, with Jennings deciding not to take any chances after the dismissal

After 40 overs,England 103/1 ( Keaton Jennings 48 , Joe Root 0)

Jadeja withdraws the pitch of his first delivery by a bit, in order to induce a false shot by Jennings. OUT! It is Ravindra Jadeja who gets Alastair Cook’s wicket for the sixth time this series, and this is a much-needed breakthrough for the Indians, who had endured a frustrating first session. Jadeja quickened his pace while pitching the ball up along Cook’s leg side. Perfect for Cook to glance it down towards fine-leg — except Rahul was positioned at leg-slip for the catch, and he does so without fail! 

The English skipper departs one short of a fifty. 

Alastair Cook c KL Rahul b Ravindra Jadeja 49(134)

After 39 overs,England 102/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 49 , Keaton Jennings 47)

Ashwin operating from the other end. Appeal for an lbw at the start of the over, though the ball was heading down Cook’s leg side. Just one run scored in the over, with the English captain one run away from bringing up his 54th Test fifty.

After 38 overs,England 101/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 49 , Keaton Jennings 46)

Pack field greets Alastair Cook after lunch, with Jadeja getting a short-leg and silly point with a slip fielder on either side of the keeper. Loud appeal for an lbw in the third delivery, which is originally given not out. In the end, the delivery appears to be missing leg. Looked like a desperate review on Kohli’s part given the lack of success than anything else. A couple of byes, with a double in the penultimate delivery brings up the 100-opening stand for England in the 38th over. 

The players are back after lunch. Let the second session, begin.

Keaton Jennings requires 1,323 more runs to overtake Michael Vaughan's England record for Test runs in a calendar year.

— George Dobell (@GeorgeDobell1) December 20, 2016

The tussle will be choosing between Hameed and Jennings as Cook’s opening partner. 

Jennings has just booked himself in for the next series, hasn't he? So Root goes to 4. Bairstow 5 and Stokes 6.

— George Dobell (@GeorgeDobell1) December 20, 2016

KL Rahul, Karun Nair and now Keaton Jennings. 

Most runs from Reverse Sweeps in a Test (since 2010):

44 SL v SA, Galle, 2014
37* Ind v Eng, this Test#IndvsEng

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 20, 2016

Cricket expert Ayaz Memon reviews the first session of Day 5 of the final Test between India and England at Chennai. 

Great To See England Team Playing with positive mind. Indian bowlers still searching for first Wicket. #INDvENG

— Rajesh Khilare (@Cricrajeshpk) December 20, 2016

And its lunch on the final day of the marathon five-Test series between India and England. The first session belonged to the Englishmen all the way, though there were a few stray chances that could have led to a very different situation at the interval had they been taken. We’ll be back in 40 minutes to find out whether the hosts can come up with a different answer in the second session or not.

After 37 overs,England 97/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 47 , Keaton Jennings 46)

Last couple of overs before lunch on the final day. Another leading edge off Cook’s bat carries across Pujara, fielding at silly point, in a flash. Got to feel for Ashwin, so many chances created in the morning that could have seen the Englishmen on the backfoot after the fall of 2-3 wickets, and yet the visitors are sitting pretty at 97/0 at the moment.

Best thing about Eng today is their positive approach. Didn't go into that blockathon mode. Good mix of caution & aggression. #INDvENG

— Jigar Mehta (@jigsactin) December 20, 2016

after dropping a catch, parthiv didn't want to contribute to dropping a review #INDvENG

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) December 20, 2016

After 36 overs,England 95/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 46 , Keaton Jennings 45)

So Mishra was the one who got replaced by Ashwin, with Jadeja getting a change of ends. Cook maintains a defensive approach for the most part in the over. Another animated appeal by Jadeja at the end of the over, though the Indian captain is not interested in the review. First maiden of the innings for Jadeja.

After 35 overs,England 95/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 46 , Keaton Jennings 45)

Ashwin back into the attack, and he will be desperate to get a breakthrough now. Jennings move to 46 with a reverse-sweep, which he has been using to great effect so far in the innings, to move to 46 at the end of the over.

After 34 overs,England 88/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 43 , Keaton Jennings 41)

Mishra from the other end. He has had a bad morning so far, and concedes a single after a bit of misfield at the non-striker’s end. We’re 10 minutes away from lunch, and it has been an English show all the way so far. Both batsmen in the 40s at the moment.

After 33 overs,England 87/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 42 , Keaton Jennings 41)

Couple of runs towards the leg side for the English opening duo, who have done a fantastic job so far towards ensuring England make it 3-0 instead of a 4-0. Overthrows in the fourth ball, which results in a single getting converted into five runs. Awkward bounce results in Parthiv failing to collect the ball, which then runs away towards the third-man boundary., Kohli definitely is not happy!

After 32 overs,England 79/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 36 , Keaton Jennings 40)

Jennings gets to the pitch of the ball at the start of the over, and manages to drive the ball towards midwicket. Mishra under pressure now, and he reacts by getting the ball to pitch outsid off, from where it turns and bounces sharply into the batsman’s leg side. Rotation of strike between the two batsmen in the next two deliveries. Plenty of turn on offer for Mishra.

After 31 overs,England 72/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 35 , Keaton Jennings 34)

Single for Jennings at the start of the over, with the ball running away towards fine-leg. Another catching chance for Jadeja, this time the inside-edge falling short of short-leg. So many close chances this morning. Just one run from the over

Currently this is the most runs ever scored in a Test in India for the loss on 20 wickets or less #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/M06E8hc43l

— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) December 20, 2016

After 30 overs,England 71/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 35 , Keaton Jennings 33)

Sharp turn for Mishra in the first ball, which not only beats Cook’s inside-edge, but also the keeper’s gloves, running away to towards the long-leg region for two byes. Cook sweeps the following delivery majestically to get his fourth boundary.

After 29 overs,England 65/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 31 , Keaton Jennings 33)

Another reverse-sweep by Jennings, this time towards the fine-leg region off Jadeja, though a fine stop by Ishant saves a couple of runs for the hosts. Meanwhile, we are 30 minutes away from lunch. Wonder if the Indians can get a breakthrough before the interval or not.

After 28 overs,England 62/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 30 , Keaton Jennings 31)

Another change of bowling — this time Mishra coming into the attack in place of Ashwin. Another chance of a dismissal in the fourth ball, after Jennings gets an inside edge while coming down the track. The chance was quite a tough one for Rahul at short-leg, who had a fraction of a second, and ended up spilling it. He is applauded nevertheless by the bowler. An lbw appeal is turned down in the next delivery.

After 28 overs,England 62/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 30 , Keaton Jennings 31)

Another change of bowling — this time Mishra coming into the attack in place of Ashwin. Another chance of a dismissal in the fourth ball, after Jennings gets an inside edge while coming down the track. The chance was quite a tough one for Rahul at short-leg, who had a fraction of a second, and ended up spilling it. He is applauded nevertheless by the bowler. An lbw appeal is turned down in the next delivery.

After 27 overs,England 62/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 30 , Keaton Jennings 31)

Packed close-in field on the leg side for Jadeja, presumably to catch the top-edge off a sweep. Cook, however, manages to sweep towards the fine-leg boundary, piercing the gap to move to 30.

After 26 overs,England 57/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 26 , Keaton Jennings 30)

Ashwin decides to go back to bowling from around the wicket. Reverse-sweep in the fifth delivery by Jennings, who gets his fourth boundary in the process, while moving to 30.

After 25 overs,England 51/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 26 , Keaton Jennings 25)

Jadeja replaces Umesh in the attack, which was due any moment anyway. Jadeja appeals for lbw straight away after rapping Cook on the front pad, although Kohli decides against using DRS — a good decision given that the ball was missing leg. Another appeal in the last delivery, this time for caught-behind against Jennings. Nothing here either.

After 24 overs,England 50/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 25 , Keaton Jennings 25)

Ashwin continues from the leg side. Jennings brings up the fifty-opening stand with Cook with a reverse-sweep (looks like he wants to continue the trend at Chepauk, with Rahul and Nair executing it freely in the Indian innings). The duo have braved the storm quite bravely so far.

After 23 overs,England 48/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 25 , Keaton Jennings 23)

Now, its Umesh also going over the wicket this over. Jennings sends the third ball towards backward square-leg to get a single. Gets beaten while looking to flick the fifth delivery, with the ball travelling to the keeper, who has to dive to his left.

After 22 overs,England 47/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 25 , Keaton Jennings 22)

Change of angle for Ashwin in this over — after bowling round the wicket in the morning so far, he decides to go over. Though, Cook manages to dispatch the first ball towards sweeper cover to collect a quick double.

After 20 overs,England 35/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 18 , Keaton Jennings 17)

Sharp spin to start the over, with the ball deviating to the left of Parthiv after pitching on Cook’s off-stump. Cook gets his third outside-edge of the morning, and once again gets lucky after the ball lands well short of Vijay at gully. End of 20 overs, and another maiden for Ashwin. The game of patience is on!

After 19 overs,England 33/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 16 , Keaton Jennings 17)

Cook starts off with a single towards deep backward point. Umesh however, persists with a tight line along the off-stump, which Jennings has few answers for. Jennings seems to have copped a blow in the final delivery after getting into two minds about playing a bouncer going down his leg side.

Most runs in a continent by visiting players:
2675 A COOK (Asia)*
2674 D Bradman (Eur)
2651 S Tendulkar (Aus)
2623 W Hammond (Aus)#INDvENG

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) December 20, 2016

After 18 overs,England 32/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 15 , Keaton Jennings 17)

Ashwin continuing from the other end. Looks like Umesh might get replaced by Jadeja soon, unless he gets a breakthrough in the next few overs. Second ball is a slider, one that Jennings decides to leave, though the batsman gets completely beaten while attempting a sweep in the third delivery. Third maiden for Ash.

After 17 overs,England 32/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 15 , Keaton Jennings 17)

First change of bowling in the day’s play, with Umesh coming in place of Ishant, and the Vidarbha pacer loses his balance in the first delivery, though he manages to get some movement. Cook tries to pull the third ball, though he brings his bat down a tad late and misses. Vicious bouncer to end the over.

After 16 overs,England 30/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 14 , Keaton Jennings 16)

Cook pushes the first ball of the over, pitched full along middle, towards the leg side for a quick single. Defensive approach by Jennings in the next three deliveries. Fifth delivery witnesses Jennings join Cook in ‘Getting an outside edge off Ashwin’ club, with the ball carrying just wide of Kohli in the slips. Forces the Indian skipper to bring in a gully.

After 15 overs,England 29/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 13 , Keaton Jennings 16)

Cook pats a half-volley from Ishant towards mid-off, though he fails to get any runs out of it. Appeal for caught-behind in the fourth delivery, although the shout is primarily from the keeper Parthiv. No evidence of an edge in the replays though. Single at the end of the over to break what could have been a second maiden for Ishant.

Jaddu for Cook...hopefully soon. #IndvsEng

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 20, 2016

After 14 overs,England 28/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 12 , Keaton Jennings 16)

Another catching opportunity in the fourth ball, with Cook lobbing the ball up to the vacant short-leg region. How unluckly can you really get — or lucky in Cook’s case? Parthiv tried running towards the spot, but failed to pouch it despite a brave drive. Jennings attempts another drive in the last delivery, though fails to connect.

After 13 overs,England 27/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 11 , Keaton Jennings 16)

Wonder when captain Kohli will get Jadeja into the attack, given the number of times he has got the wicket of Cook in this series. Ishant continues his short stuff against Jennings, who has to duck in the third delivery in order to avoid the ball going over his head down the leg side. Ishant pitches up in the fifth delivery, in which South Africa-born Jennings fails to time his drive while attempting to send it straight down the ground.

After 12 overs,England 26/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 10 , Keaton Jennings 16)

Another beauty by Ashwin to start his sixth over off. Cook tries to cut the second ball, only for it to be a dot after getting stopped at cover. Single in the third delivery, after a sweep, with which Cook moves to double-figures. Jennings goes for a sweep in the fifth delivery, getting the ball to cross the backward square-leg fence in the process. Massive turn in the final delivery after pitching along off, although Jennings had read that.

After 11 overs,England 21/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 9 , Keaton Jennings 12)

Ishant occasionally giving Jennings some short-ball treatment, with Jennings opting not to take any risks at this stage of the game. An early partnership is what will be extremely crucial to England’s chances, if they are to survive in the day’s play.

Earlier in the day.

And so the final day of England's Test tour of India is upon us. What will the outcome be? #INDvENG

Follow live: https://t.co/xXHOmH5N6J pic.twitter.com/oUdVvOF2Zv

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) December 20, 2016

Cook vs Ashwin

16 innings, 750 balls, 313 runs, 7 dismissals, ave 44.71 #INDvENG

— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) December 20, 2016

After 10 overs,England 21/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 9 , Keaton Jennings 12)

After defending the first five deliveries of the over, Cook gets right to the pitch of the ball in the last delivery, and tries to go for another drive — this time getting stopped by mid-off. Ashwin however, is managing to beat Cook’s bat more often than not at the moment.

After 9 overs,England 21/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 9 , Keaton Jennings 12)

Jennings pushes the second ball of the Ishant over towards backward square-leg. Cook goes for an expansive drive towards the end of the over, one that fetches him the first boundary of his innings. Pulls a short delivery towards fine-leg to get a single off the last ball, retain strike for the following over.

Cook all at sea at the moment against Ashwin's flight. #INDvENG

— Jigar Mehta (@jigsactin) December 20, 2016

After 8 overs,England 15/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 4 , Keaton Jennings 11)

Ashwin delivers a tossed up carrom ball wide outside off, which the England captain tries to drive, only to get a fielder. Second ball is a proper off-break, one that turns enough to beat Cook’s outside edge. Bit of a commotion in the fifth ball, with Cook getting a thick edge in the fifth delivery, although Parthiv failed to hold on to the chance. Ashwin looks disappointed — what an early breakthrough that would have been. Maiden for Ash.

England 15/0 after 7 overs (Keaton Jennings 11, Alastair Cook 5)

Ishant Sharma steaming in from the other end. Just one slip for the lanky Delhi pacer, with a short-leg in place. Cook gets his first run of the day with a shot through gully.

England 14/0 after 6 overs (Keaton Jennings 11, Alastair Cook 4)

Ravi Ashwin starts the proceedings off for the hosts at the start of the fifth day, with Jennings on strike. The players had a photo session before the start of the day’s play. Jennings gets the first runs of the day by pushing the final ball of the over towards the leg side to get a double.

Hello and welcome to our coverage of the final day of what turned out to be a marathon five-Test series between India and England, with England still trailing the Indians by another 270 runs with an entire day to bat out. 

Can the Indians complete a 4-0 victory? Or will the Englishmen salvage some pride in the final day? Let us find out!

That’s it from us today. Can England bat the whole day tomorrow or will England bundle them out? Do join us on Tuesday to find out.

Karun Nair: It’s the best knock that I have played in my life. There were many situations that I had to play differently with Rahul, Ashwin and Jadeja. First hundred is always important, when I got my first hundred there was no pressure and just played my shots. I think sweep has come naturally to me and I have worked on it a lot. Its been my go to shot and it just came off today. I don’t think because my dad watches all my games, I’d like to thank them (parents) to coming to watch (the match). I didn’t how to swim, people there rescued me and I was lucky to live again. (the message after tea) The message was just to go after the bowling. When I got closer( to 300), they extended the time (Deadline). I thank the team management. Rahul was unlucky to not get 200, but he will get a 200 soon. The pitch has been good for 4 days, its getting worse day by day. Any new batsman would find it difficult to come in and play.

Jadeja to bowl the last over of the day.

After 4 overs,England 11/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 3 , Keaton Jennings 8)

Jennings sweeps to fine leg for a boundary. He nudges it to short fine leg and steals a single. 5 off the over.

After 3 overs,England 6/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 3 , Keaton Jennings 3)

First bowling change! Jadeja comes into the attack. A leg slip, leg gully and a slip for both southpaws. Cook and Jennings rotate strike off the first two balls.

After 2 overs,England 4/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 2 , Keaton Jennings 2)

Kohli introduces Ashwin from the other end. A shout for lbw, umpires says not out. Jennings flicks towards deep mid-wicket and collects two. Delaying tactics have started.Jennings pulls out when Ashwin was in his run-up.

Some more Karun Nair stats. 

Karun Nair...
Yesterday: 71 in 136 balls (S/r 52.21)
today: 232 in 245 balls (S/r 94.69)#IndvEng

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) December 19, 2016

After 1 overs,England 2/0 ( Alastair Cook (C) 2 , Keaton Jennings 0)

Cook gets off the mark with a flick to mid-wicket, runs two. Outside-off, Cook leaves it alone. Cook leans forward to defend and almost edges it to Parthiv. Terrific delivery from Ishant.

England openers have arrived at the crease. Ishant Sharma takes the new ball.

A triple hundred for @karun126 followed by the declaration from #TeamIndia skipper. India 759/7d, lead #ENG(477) by 282 runs pic.twitter.com/q18MnGeo59

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 19, 2016

Yay ! Welcome to the 300 club @karun126 .
It was very lonely here for the last 12 years 8 months.
Wish you the very best Karun.Maza aa gaya!

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) December 19, 2016

Not a bad way to announce yourself into international cricket .#KarunNair Wish you many more runs

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 19, 2016

Karun Nair (25y-13d) 6th youngest to register a 300 in Test cricket#IndvEng

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) December 19, 2016

THERE IT IS! 300 for the Karun Nair. What a tremendous knock. gets there with a four to cover-point fence. The whole dressing stands up to applaud the Karnataka batsman’s brilliant knock and India have declared with a lead of 282.

Umesh drives to covers and brings Karun on strike.

After 190 overs,India 754/7 ( Karun Nair 299 , Umesh Yadav 0)

Liam Dawson comes back into the strike. Karun works it around to take a single. Jadeja set off for the second, but Nair stopped him. Jadeja leans forward and pushes to mid-on for a single. Karun punches to covers and takes a single. 299! Jadeja departs for 51.

OUT! Jadeja goes for the slog sweep, but ends up getting caught by Ball at wide of long-on. He falls for a fine 51. Jadeja c J Ball b Liam Dawson 51(55)

After 189 overs,India 751/6 ( Karun Nair 297 , Ravindra Jadeja 50)

A single off the first ball and Karun Nair is on strike. He goes for a loft and falls well short of the long-on fielder. Jadeja nudges to the on-side to get to his fifty and the sword waving celebration follows. He punches to mid-wicket and runs one.

After 188 overs,India 747/6 ( Karun Nair 295 , Ravindra Jadeja 48)

Now Jadeja joins the party. Dances down the track and slams it over long-off. He cuts to the cover-point region for a double. Another towards to bring Karun on strike. He nudges to deep mid-wicket to bring Jadeja back on strike. Jadeja pulls to mid-wicket to regain strike!

After 187 overs,India 736/6 ( Karun Nair 294 , Ravindra Jadeja 38)

Nair plays the inside-out drive and dispatches the ball to covers to pick a couple. He reverse sweeps to point for another couple. Dances down the ground and he drives to extra cover for a four. This is crazy! He’s scoring at will. He collects a two to extra point for another two. He finishes the over with a boundary to mid-wicket.

After 186 overs,India 722/6 ( Karun Nair 279 , Ravindra Jadeja 38)

Going after everything, he reverse sweeps Rashid to third man for a double. He comes down the track, nudges towards mid-wicket and runs one. He tried to go for the second but Jadeja refused. Jadeja pushes it to long-on to rotate strike. Rashid’s delivery hits Nair’s gloves and he steals a quick single.

Meanwhile, Nair and Jadeja complete the 100-run stand for the 7th wicket

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— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) December 19, 2016

After 185 overs,India 717/6 ( Karun Nair 276 , Ravindra Jadeja 37)

Nair rocks back and pulls Rashid over mid-wicket for a maximum. This time he sweeps it and beats the deep square leg fielder comfortably. And again, this time a slog sweep to the same area. Smart cricket, he drives to long-off to retain the strike. 16 off the over!!

After 184 overs,India 701/6 ( Karun Nair 261 , Ravindra Jadeja 36)

Nair dances down the ground and whacks Moeen over cow corner for a magnificent six. He takes a single next ball to bring up India’s 700-run mark! Yes, you read it correctly. 700! India lead by 224 runs. Are they targetting 300?

Karun Nair becomes the youngest IND batsman (25y 10d) to score 250 runs in a Test inn. Prev. V Sehwag (25y 160d) v Pak,Multan,2004#INDvENG

— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) December 19, 2016

Karun Nair brings up his 250 with a single to short mid-wicket. 

After 182 overs,India 686/6 ( Karun Nair 249 , Ravindra Jadeja 33)

Runs coming very easily. Three runs and a couple off Moeen’s 38th over.

After 181 overs,India 681/6 ( Karun Nair 247 , Ravindra Jadeja 30)

1, 1, 2, 0, 1 leg bye, 1: Ben Stokes’ 19th over. Nair takes a single off the next ball. Bairstow misses Nair’s stumping, India take 2 byes. India scoring at a brisk rate. 16 off the last three overs. Hosts lead by 204 runs.

Another of the several records today — This is India's highest innings score against England

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— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) December 19, 2016

FIFTY partnership up between Nair and Jadeja for the seventh-wicket!

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— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) December 19, 2016

After 178 overs,India 665/6 ( Karun Nair 242 , Ravindra Jadeja 22)

Moeen Ali comes into the attack. England go up for a lbw, umpire says not out. Jadeja takes a single to mid-on. Nair reverses the offie to third man for a boundary, rotates the strike off the next ball. Jadeja cuts it to vacant cover-point region and runs one. And drinks have been called.

.@karun126 goes past skipper @imVkohli in the best individual scores for India against England in Tests #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/MtWpONFRrs

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 19, 2016

After 177 overs,India 658/6 ( Karun Nair 237 , Ravindra Jadeja 20)

Stokes comes back into the attack. Nair drives to mid-off and sets off instantly for a single. Three singles follow.

After 176 overs,India 654/6 ( Karun Nair 235 , Ravindra Jadeja 18)

An unconvincing pull by Jadeja, hits the cue-end of his willow and falls short of gully. Nair flicks to mid-wicket and picks up a couple. He drives to sweeper covers for a single. Jadeja moves across and hooks Ball over deep square leg for a maximum. With that shot, India reaches the 650-run mark. A similar shot to deep mid-wicket for a four. India upping the ante now, eyeing 200?

After 175 overs,India 640/6 ( Karun Nair 232 , Ravindra Jadeja 7)

Jadeja hops to defend and sets off for a quick single. Karun drives to deep covers to bring Jadeja back on strike. Jadeja tucks Broad to mid-wicket for another single. Good ball, Karun looks to cut, the ball misses the outside edge narrowly. Karun pulls, not with total control, to cow corner and gets a boundary.

Highest maiden Test century for an Indian batsman:
225* Karun Nair
224 Vinod Kambli
200* Dilip Sardesai#IndvsEng

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 19, 2016

After 174 overs,India 633/6 ( Karun Nair 227 , Ravindra Jadeja 5)

Three singles in the over, as Nair and Jadeja exchange the strike between themselves. Meanwhile, India’s lead goes past the 150-run mark. Looks like the hosts are playing for an innings win at the moment, for which they will need another 100 runs on the board.

Most Test double-centuries by Indian batsmen in a year:
4 in 2004
4 in 2008
4 in 2016#IndvsEng

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 19, 2016

After 173 overs,India 630/6 ( Karun Nair 226 , Ravindra Jadeja 3)

SIX! More cheeky stuff by Karun Nair, as he uses the pace in a Broad snorter to clear the long-stop fence — his second six of the innings. The Karnataka batsman pulls the last ball towards square-leg, though it is stopped by a fielder.

After 172 overs,India 620/6 ( Karun Nair 218 , Ravindra Jadeja 1)

DROPPED! Nair survives on 217 after edging a short ball from Ball (pun not intended) to the slips, where Joe Root fails to grab what was a tough chance. Can’t say his dismissal would’ve caused much damage for the hosts though.

After 171 overs,India 616/6 ( Karun Nair 216 , Ravindra Jadeja 0)

OUT! It takes a one-handed blinder by Jos Buttler at gully to finally end what was turning out to be a marathon partnership, worth 181 at the time of the dismissal. Ashwin departs for 67, as India lose their sixth wicket with 616 on board (when will the declaration come?). Jadeja, the new batsman, is greeted by a hostile Broad bouncer first ball. 

Ravichandran Ashwin c Jos Buttler b Stuart Broad 67 (149)

Moeen the 4th player to score & concede 140+ in an inns in same Test, after George Giffen, Vinoo Mankad, Tony Greig. https://t.co/8kq0vMcyzI https://t.co/4FS4fAilDJ

— Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket) December 19, 2016

After 170 overs,India 614/5 ( Karun Nair 215 , Ravichandran Ashwin 66)

Ball back into the attack from the other end. Ball delivers a short one in the first ball, which is awkwardly slapped away past mid-on for a boundary — the 25th in Nair’s innings. Eight runs scored off the over.

After 169 overs,India 606/5 ( Karun Nair 208 , Ravichandran Ashwin 65)

Broad back into the attack; Ashwin opens the face of his bat in the second delivery, and guides it past third man to get his sixth boundary. Six runs off the over.

R Ashwin 5th all-rounder in Test history to aggregate 300+ runs and claim 25+ wkts in same Test series#IndvEng

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) December 19, 2016

After 168 overs,India 600/5 ( Karun Nair 207 , Ravichandran Ashwin 60)

Nair continues to bat fluidly, slashing the third ball of the over towards sweeper extra-cover, where it comfortably beats the running fielders. Wonder when the declaration will come in.

India players converting maiden century into a double-century
Dilip Sardesai 200*
Vinod Kambli 224
Karun Nair#IndvsEng

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 19, 2016

Between them two young Karnataka and India batsmen have made 400-1!

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 19, 2016

Very matter of fact celebration, Karun’s. What does it take to get him leaping about a bit?

— Prem Panicker (@prempanicker) December 19, 2016

After 167 overs,India 593/5 ( Karun Nair 202 , Ravichandran Ashwin 58)

DOUBLE-CENTURY it is for Karun Nair! He does what Rahul failed to do earlier in the innings — get to the 200-run mark! And what a way to get to the milestone, with a flourishing cover drive! Eight runs scored in the over. 

Pitch still flat no way India will declare when they have won the series

— Makarand Waingankar (@wmakarand) December 19, 2016

After 166 overs,India 585/5 ( Karun Nair 197 , Ravichandran Ashwin 55)

Karun takes a single first ball after tea to move to 196, with Moeen Ali starting the proceedings for the visitors in the final session of the day. The duo rotate the strike between themselves. Nair brings up the 150-run stand for the sixth wicket with a single in the third ball.

So lead of 100 by tea has been achieved. Think India will bat long enough not to want to bat again.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 19, 2016

Tea, Day 4: Another tough session for England. India are ahead by 105 runs and Karun Nair is 5 runs away from a well deserved double century. India started accelerating as soon as they went past the lead and scored at a run rate of 3.96.

Watch our cricket expert Ayaz Memon analyse the second session of Day 4. 

Decision overturned after the ball is found to be missing Ashwin's leg-stump

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— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) December 19, 2016

Ashwin decides to go for a review after he is adjudged leg-before by the umpire

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— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) December 19, 2016

After 164 overs,India 582/5 ( Karun Nair 195 , Ravichandran Ashwin 54)

Ashwin pushes Moeen’s first ball to long-on for a single. Oh sharp spin. Karun looks to reverse sweep, but pulls out of it after seeing the turn. The ball narrowly misses the leg stump. He drives to extra cover and picks up a couple.

After 163 overs,India 579/5 ( Karun Nair 193 , Ravichandran Ashwin 53)

Karun almost plays on, while looking to drive, but luck is with him as the ball races away to fine leg for a boundary. He’s entered 190s now and India’s lead crosses 100.

After 162 overs,India 575/5 ( Karun Nair 189 , Ravichandran Ashwin 53)

India taking easy singles. The field is spread. England just waiting for the declaration. 7 of them off the last three overs.

After 159 overs,India 568/5 ( Karun Nair 184 , Ravichandran Ashwin 51)

Cook introduces Jennings into the attack. And a huge shout for lbw in his first ball. Looked out to me, but umpire thinks otherwise. Height was the factor maybe. Nope, it was hitting. England don’t have any reviews left, but the umpire’s call would have stayed. Ashwin brings up yet another 50.

FIFTY! Ashwin flicks it to fine leg to bring up his 10th Test half-century in Tests.

After 158 overs,India 563/5 ( Karun Nair 183 , Ravichandran Ashwin 47)

Four, two, Four. India all over England. Shoulders dropping, Cook seems clueless. Karun is 18 short of a double century. He nudges it to leg-side to retain strike.

After 157 overs,India 552/5 ( Karun Nair 172 , Ravichandran Ashwin 47)

9 off the last three overs. Karun sweeps Rashid from outisde off to deep mid-wicket. He sweeps it again to leg-side for one. Ashwin cuts towards point fence for a four. Costly over. 9 off it. India lead by 75 runs.

Umpires have gone upstairs after England appeal for LBW. Nair given Not Out.

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— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) December 19, 2016

100-run stand comes up between Nair and Ashwin in the 154th over.

After 152 overs,India 532/5 ( Karun Nair 160 , Ravichandran Ashwin 39)

Dawson allows two runs off his 39th over.

After 151 overs,India 530/5 ( Karun Nair 159 , Ravichandran Ashwin 38)

Bairstow goes up for a caught behind as Nair looks to reverse sweep. Umpire looks disinterested. Karun sweeps and sweeps it hard to backward square leg for a run. India’s lead crosses 50 (53) runs. Drinks have been called.

After 150 overs,India 525/5 ( Karun Nair 154 , Ravichandran Ashwin 38)

Dawson and Rashid operating in tandem. But the runs haven’t stopped. 10 off the last 4 overs.

Indians to convert maiden Test 100 to 150+
M Apte
Kunderan
D Sardesai
Vengsarkar
S Patil
Kambli
N Mongia
VVS
Che
Dhawan
Rohit
NAIR*#INDvENG

— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) December 19, 2016

After 146 overs,India 515/5 ( Karun Nair 151 , Ravichandran Ashwin 31)

Scoring for fun now these two, Ashwin goes back and half-pulls or half-flicks Moeen to deep square leg for a boundary.

After 145 overs,India 509/5 ( Karun Nair 150 , Ravichandran Ashwin 26)

Karun hits two consecutive boundaries off Moeen Ali. MAIDEN 150 for Karun Nair. The dressing room applauds the youngster’s effort. India scoring at a quicker rate now, they lead by 32 runs. When should they declare? After a lead of 100 runs, maybe?

There have been four innings of 150+ in this series, all have them have been made by India

Kohli - 235 & 167
Rahul - 199
Karun Nair - 150*

— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) December 19, 2016

Karun Nair brings up his 150 with a single to covers.

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— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) December 19, 2016

Highest by a #5 at Chepauk:
141 KARUN NAIR *
140 Yashpal Sharma v Eng, 1982
130 M Clarke v Ind, 2013
114*S Patil v SL, 1982#INDvENG

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) December 19, 2016

After 143 overs,India 497/5 ( Karun Nair 141 , Ravichandran Ashwin 24)

Nair flicks Ball on the leg-side for one. Lovely use of wrists by Ashwin, who pulls to long leg to bring Nair on strike. Oh glorious!Nair goes forward and drives Ball on the up past the cover-point fielder and earns a boundary.

After 142 overs,India 491/5 ( Karun Nair 136 , Ravichandran Ashwin 23)

Ashwin rocks back and late cuts Moeen, beats the slip, and gets a boundary.

After 141 overs,India 487/5 ( Karun Nair 136 , Ravichandran Ashwin 19)

Cheeky! Nair uppercuts Ball over the keeper’s head for a boundary. That brings up the fifty run stand between him and Ashwin. He picks up a couple off the last ball. India toying with English bowlers.

Any guesses? 

Only one team can win this test now............

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 19, 2016