Mohammed Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja refer to SHUBMAN GILL to review during the fourth day of the fifth test match vs England (photo from Stu Forster/Getty Images) India stared at the defeat in the fifth and last test of the series, when England Edge closer to the commanding victory, driven by a brilliant attitude between Joe Root and Harry Brook. With the need for less than 100 runs and streams, he has already broken the century, mounted the pressure on visitors to win to equalize the 2-2 series. When the game began to slip from Indian grip, former captain and commentator Sunil Gavascar gave a dull assessment of the situation in response to Harshy Bhogle analogy. Bhogle compared the series to the tennis match and said, “Overall, if you add all the games, it’s a bit similar – one team won more games, the other other sets.”
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Gavascar, however, did not stay in his answer. “It could be said, but at the end of the day it is the result that matters. If India does not win this game and balance the series, you have to admit that England is a better team. It doesn’t matter how much session you won,” Gavascar said in an interview at Sony Sports Network. He admitted that the score of 2-2 would reflect the competitiveness of the series. “Yes, 2-2 would be a fair result as India has gained more sessions,” Gavascar added. But with the root and stream firmly under control and the goal now within the touch distance, the Indian hopes of the balancer disappear rapidly.
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Brook made Siraj’s costly mistake when he was on 19 runs after the dough escaped. He planted in just 91 as Joe Root in his century, also well on the way to other tunes, they look bleak for visitors.
