On the third day of the ongoing Visakhapatnam Test match between India and England, Team India’s second innings was limited to 255 runs and thus England had to face a huge target. By the end of the third day’s play, England had scored 67 runs at the loss of one wicket and needed 332 runs to win.

Meanwhile, Kevin Pietersen believes that India will have to be cautious of the England team chasing a mammoth target of 399 runs in the fourth innings on February 5. He said the Ben Stokes-led side performed well on Sunday and will continue to bat forward with a baseball approach.

Talking about the fourth day, Kevin Pietersen wrote on ‘X’, how well did England play today? 10 wickets were needed and he took 10 wickets. The captaincy and team were good. Now the Indian team will have this thing in their mind that the wicket is still good and England will try to win this game tomorrow. This is going to be fun.

Let us tell you that the biggest target in the fourth innings in India is 387 runs, which the host team chased against England in Chennai in 2008. In that match, Sachin Tendulkar scored an unbeaten century and Yuvraj Singh scored an unbeaten inning of 85 runs.

Shubman Gill’s bat

Earlier today, on the third day of the game, Indian opener Shubman Gill’s bat spoke loudly. After consecutive flops in Test cricket, he played a century, which was highly appreciated on social media.

After the day’s play, England’s most experienced player James Anderson said, I think he was nervous today. Looking at the way he was batting, it seemed that he did not know how many runs were enough. They were very cautious, even when they had a big lead. Last night the coach said that even if they are ahead by 600 we will still go for it. I know there are 180 overs left in the game but we will try to do it in 60 or 70.