🏏India tour of England 2025: 1st Test: England vs India - Day 5🏏 - Page 52

Sagar : "England look bruised at the moment. They only have themselves to blame, having dropped Rahul and Pant with Brook and Stokes returning the favours. Inspite of India's brittle lower order to follow, they are in the driver's seat for now."

ViJ: "A hour of tonking by India and then a declaration setting some 375-380..and Bumrah to get a couple of wkts by close...game on..Eng will have to fight it out tomorrow to save the test

Doctor: "Plenty of time left. India should play for 150-200 runs more.. Make the chase (almost) impossible and make England think of surviving tomorrow.. That's the only way india can win!"

Alex: "Seems like only 'India to post 400 and win easily' comments make it through here. Just saying -- as an England fan, I think we'll chase it down and win by 6 wickets. Let's see if this one gets approved." Yawn. So chippy.

Mike: "Woakes has gone wicketless once before at home. In 2014. Against India." Gosh, good spot... well, here he comes, with a proud record to defend

JR: "In most cases you'd think it would be advantageous to have 2 bites at the new cherry. But if England are facing the second new ball tomorrow, the match would surely be out of India's reach. Might as well maximize the runs you can get" Also a fair point. Who rightly knows anything any more!

Ramith: "Stokes has been the best bowler this match for England. I would prefer him bowling with the new ball" Carse was excellent this morning, and Woakes was finding his rhythm by the end of his spell.

Siddhesh: "The new ball might actually help India if boundary scoring is their intent. " Indeed. England certainly found that when their turn came

BPlab: "Time for KL and Karun to replicate the famous partnership of Chennai 2016"... that might be overkill for the purposes of a result... but happy memories for Nair in particular!

Nabooh points out the last time India scored 300+ in both inns of an away test was against Australia in Brisbane 2021... what happened then, I wonder?