England will need nine wickets on the final day to defeat India after preparing its victory push on Day 4 of First Test in Chennai.

India, which faced 13 bonuses, lost the opening match of Rohit Sharma to Jack Leach.

Shopman Gil and Chicheshwar Bogara arrived at the close without defeat on 15 and 12 respectively.

England has been reluctant to try to put India a tough goal – scoring 178 out of 46.3 times.

They initially hit positive – based on the progress of 241 rounds in the first round locked earlier in the day – but their scoring rate dropped to a crawl after tea.

Instead of declaring, they did a punch, which allowed for the overloads to be lost from the game – the sums they would need when trying to take nine wickets on Day Five.

India started Day 4 at 257-6 in their first innings and added 80 rounds before they were sent off for 337 shortly before lunch.

Washington Sundar scored an amazing 85 while James Anderson and Leitch took two wages each.

If England manages to secure a victory and advance 1-0 in a series of four Tests, that would mean a second defeat for India at home since 2013.

England remains on top despite the strange day

England’s road to the position was intriguing, but they were still the favorites to claim one of their most famous wins in recent years.

There was enough on the field, especially with the new ball, for England to be confident of victory.

India, led by Sundar, made a strong start in the morning, but when the new ball was taken, the last four wickets fell for 32 runs.

The home side opened with a spin on both sides and Rory Burns won the opening match for the England national team from the first ball in the second round for England.

He lost to Ravichandran Ashwin, who also sent out Dom Sibley for 16 times with a ball that turned around and rebounded and found a slippage in his leg. The hitting was hard. India’s non-spinning team finished 6-61.

Fast-paced bowlers in India found an uneven bounce on their introduction, which is another boost to England’s chances.

Esshant Sharma Dan Lawrence sacked lbw with a ball kept low for his 300 wicket and Gaspreet Bomrah did the same with Joe Root, after the England captain achieved 40 breezes.

England was oddly flat most of its late times with the ball; Guofra Archer does not offer breakthrough first roles.

But Rohit’s share of Leach was a great delivery offered to the middle trunk and hit, highlighting the difficulties India would face.

Should she have announced England sooner?

If England does not win, questions will be raised about their handling of bats.

They were 130-5 after 28.3 plus, apparently beating at a good rate for advertisement, before Ole Bob’s dismissal led to an apparent change of approach.

Dom Pace got in and repeatedly kicked the ball off the field. There was little attempt to quickly continue recording. India, too, was happy to lose time and its excess rate slowed.

As the score slipped off, more wickets fell but no announcement was made.

India’s goal was already over 328 goals which became famous for their chase in Australia last month and quickly surpassed the 387 goals scored by the hosts in the fourth round to beat England on this ground in 2008 – the highest chase in the fourth round in the country.

England was still unaffected.

Their logic seemed to drift away from the game, depriving India of time to reach their goal, while also giving themselves a second new ball burst Tuesday morning.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan, speaking on The Cricket Social, said he wished England had “received the carrot” with an earlier announcement.

“He [Root] “He thinks it’s hard to wade into the last day with no winning element at all,” Vaughan said, adding, “My belief is to keep it and publicize.”

English bowling advisor John Lewis defended the tactics after the game.

“It’s clearly the first game in the series, and while you want to get off to a really strong start, you don’t want to give India a chance to win,” he said.

“You also want to have attacking players all day long, especially for our rollers, going around the bats, so keeping the rate high for them seems like our best chance of winning the match.”

Leach was a “fatal blow” – a reaction

Former England captain Michael Vaughan: “England played great. None of us gave them a chance to win this series and if they go 1-0 up I still think India will come back strongly.”

“If England sits in this dressing room in 24 hours and it’s 0-0, I don’t think they’ll be back from then on.”

BBC Cricket Reporter Jonathan Agnew: “Jack Leach’s wicket was a non-playable delivery spun around the torso of the leg and hit – the kind of ball you would get on that field that sends a shiver down the spine to the hitting side. It was a big hit.”