IND vs ENG 2nd Test Day 4: After the first session of the fourth day of the ongoing second Test match in Visakhapatnam, host India has made a strong hold on England. The Indian team is now just 4 wickets away from victory in this test match.

On the third day of the game, India set a strong target of 399 runs for England to win, but at the end of the day, England lost 1 wicket for 67 runs. After this, today on 5 February, England lost five big wickets in the first session of the game, due to which it has come on the back foot in the match.

Jack Crawley (29*), who remained unbeaten on the first day, was seen struggling a bit, if he could have stayed at the crease for more time then the result of the match might have been different. Crawley was LBW by Kuldeep Yadav on the score of 73 runs.

Apart from this, at the beginning of the day, Axar Patel got Rehan Ahmed (23) LBW in the 22nd over of England’s second innings, after this Ashwin got Ollie Pope (23) in the 29th over and veteran Joe Root (16) in the 31st over. England were dealt a huge blow by getting him out at regular intervals.

However, the biggest thing for England was that they lost the wickets of Jack Crawley (73) and Jonny Bairstow (26), who had set their sights on the wicket, in the two overs before lunch on the fourth day. Bairstow trapped LBW by Jasprit Bumrah.

India four wickets away from victory

After the first day’s session, England has scored 194 runs at the loss of 6 wickets after 42.4 overs. Ben Stokes is currently present at the crease. England needs 205 runs to win from here, while India needs 4 wickets. So far in the second innings for India, Ravichandran Ashwin has got 3 wickets and Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel have got 1 wicket each.

Well, now it will be interesting to see how quickly the Indian team wins the match?