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EspncricinfoThe England team is going to face India today in the fifth and final Test match of the series. England started the series with a fantastic win in the first match. But even then England lost three matches in a row and lost the series as well. England lost every match due to poor batting. The batsmen are not able to do well against the Indian bowlers on this Indian pitch.
In the last match we saw that the England players batted well in the first innings. They collected 353 runs. But in the second innings England team lost all the wickets to collect only 145 runs. and gave a target of only 192 runs. It is impossible to win against India by giving such a small target. Naturally, India won very easily.
India team played against Australia on this pitch of Dharmashala in 2017. And India won the match by 8 wickets. It is difficult to bat well in the second innings on this pitch. If the batsmen of England bat badly in this match as in the previous matches, then the team will lose the series 4-1. The batsmen must play well if England are to win.
The host India will take on England today in the fifth and final Test match of the series. Team India has already lost three out of four matches and won three consecutive matches to seal the series. The win-loss of the fifth Test match will not affect the series win as India has already won the series. Having won three matches in a row, Team India is much ahead of England in terms of confidence. Team India will look to perform in the fifth and final T20 match as they have done in the last three matches. If the performance is normal then the result of the fifth Test match is more likely to go in favor of India.
England team is going to be defeated in today's match out of the last three matches. England's batsmen did not think that they would bat so badly in today's match. I was hoping that in the last match maybe England's experienced batsmen could play well and finish the series 3-2. But now it looks like the series will end at 4-1.
England lost their fourth wicket for 175 runs. And England's innings stopped at 218 runs. England lost 7 wickets to collect 43 runs. We never expected England's veteran batting order to bat like this.
Zak Crawley scored the highest for England. Besides, no other batsman could bat well.
- Zak Crawley (79)
- Ben Duckett (27)
- Jonny Bristol (29)
- Joe Root (26)
- Ben Foakes (24)
Apart from these 5 batsmen, all other batsmen's batting was very bad.
Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav destroyed England's batting order today. Ashwin managed to take 4 wickets in 11.4 overs and Kuldeep Yadav 5 wickets in 15 overs.