India handed England a massive target in the Vizag Test match on Sunday, 4 February. Guided by Shubman Gill’s gritty century India helped themselves to a lead of 398 runs in Vizag before getting bowled out for 255 runs in the final session of Day 3.
England will need to put in a massive effort in the final innings of the game if they want to win the Test match and take a 2-0 lead against the hosts. This will be a record if England are able to chase the target of 399 runs in the final two days of the Test match.
IND vs ENG, 2nd Test, Day 3: Live Updates
The highest-ever successful chase in the Indian soil is 387 runs when the hosts defeated England in Chennai back in 2008. Only 5 times in the history of Test cricket has a score of 250+ been chased on Indian soil. 4 times out of those 5, the hosts have successfully chased down the target. West Indies are the only team to chase down 250+ target in India, and that came in 1987.
IND vs ENG, 2nd Test Scorecard
In the previous Test match, England had set a 231-run target for the Indian team, which the hosts failed to chase down in a slow turner at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. In the ongoing Test match, England have a Herculean task ahead of them, but it needs to be noted that the Vizag track has barely any signs of assisting a lot of spin.
The pitch however has exhibited variable bounce and has put several batters in trouble.
