Veteran England pacer James Anderson on havoc, utilizing his reverse swing skills as India found themselves on the edge of defeat on Day Five of the first Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
At Lunch, India was in all kinds of trouble with their scorecard, still, 276 runs behind the target.
Shubman Gill and skipper Virat Kohli then participated in a 34-run stand and tried to calm the Indian ship.
Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane once again failed to show the performance with the bat as he got out in the same over from Anderson.
Rishabh Pant, India’s batting hero in the first innings, came out with his amazing batting approach and scored 11 off 19. The 38-year-old came round the wicket to Pant and angled in a delivery into the batsman who managed to get a leading edge to skipper Joe Root standing at short cover.
Ravichandran Ashwin then faced some blows on his body but made sure that he didn’t give his wicket away as India went into Lunch needing 276 runs with just four wickets in hand. Kohli and Ashwin were batting on 45 and 2 respectively when the umpires called the end of the first session.
India 337 and 144/6 at Lunch (Shubman Gill 50, Virat Kohli 45 batting; James Anderson 3/8) need 276 runs more vs England 578 and 178.IND vs ENG: India 144/6 at lunch on Day 4