: Fourth Test, day four: Thakur, Pant help India set huge target before England’s openers fight back #IndiaNEWS Rory Burns and Haseeb Hameed held firm on Sunday to give England hope of a record-breaking

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Fourth Test, day four: Thakur, Pant help India set huge target before England’s openers fight back #IndiaNEWS
Rory Burns and Haseeb Hameed held firm on Sunday to give England hope of a record-breaking win in the fourth Test against India at the Oval.England were 77/0 at the close of the fourth day, needing a further 291 runs to reach a daunting target of 368 after India had piled up 466 in their second innings, with Rishabh Pant and Shardul Thakur sharing a stand of exactly 100. As it happened: England vs India – day four of the fourth Test at The OvalBut England left-hander Rory Burns was 31 not out on his Surrey home ground and fellow opener Hameed unbeaten on 43 to set up a tantalising finish with this five-match series already intriguingly poised at 1-1.India were unable to breakthrough after they had again left out star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, a bowler with 413 Test wickets to his credit but yet to feature this series, on an Oval pitch renowned for taking turn late in the game.Even so, the odds were still in India’s favour. The most England have made more to win in the fourth innings of a Test is 362-9, requiring 359, against Australia at Headingley in 2019.But Ben Stokes, whose unbeaten century saw England to that thrilling one-wicket win two...Read more

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