IND vs ENG Live Updates: Shubman Gill and KL Rahul shoulder the responsibility as India look for edge in balanced match

By HT Sports Desk , Kartikay Dutta
IND vs ENG Live Updates, India vs England Test Series Day 4: Shubman Gill walks out to bat earlier in the Test match. He will try to replicate his form from the first innings as India gun for a strong total for England to chase.
IND vs ENG Live Updates, India vs England Test Series Day 4: Heading into day four, the first Test match of the newly-anointed Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy feels remarkably balanced. It truly is anyone's game from here, and depending on how day four goes, it is set up to be a real cracker. India are effectively 96/2, their first innings performance having been whittled down to just a 6-run lead after sloppiness in the field and a slew of missed chances meant England were able to string together strong partnerships. Will India grow to heavily regret those missed chances? If their batting falls apart on day four, almost certainly, their safety net having been untethered by their own hands. But with an in-touch KL Rahul batting on 47* joined by captain Shubman Gill, fresh off a terrific century in the first innings, the hope will be that the team can bat through the majority of the day. ...Read More
Against this English team, anything short of 250 will almost certainly not be enough, even if the pitch begins to deteriorate. India must look at a score well in excess of 300 to have any sort of run-pressure, and that means that batting at least two of today's sessions will be integral. On what has been a pretty flat deck so far, that might seem doable. But there was enough bite and venom in this pitch towards the end of play on day three that England's bowlers will be interested. Both Brydon Carse and Josh Tongue have seemed to settle into a solid rhythm after being a touch expensive on day one, and that means they will be a threat, particularly early in the day. Add to this Ben Stokes and his unorthodox bowling that tends to produce results, and Shoaib Bashir also finding purchase in the pitch, and it's not that straightforward a question for India.
The hope for the visiting team will be to have the overnight pair take this total closer to 200, before allowing Rishabh Pant to do what he does by playing his typical attacking cricket to push it even further. Of course, that is easier said than done: two early wickets for England, and they will be immediate favourites for the remainder of this match, with a shaky lower middle order to follow. With that in mind, both Rahul and Gill might look to take it easy and very safe early on, to ensure that India's in-form batters are at the crease when the afternoon session rolls around.
At this point in time, it feels almost as if all three results are equally possible, which means this match is heading towards being a potential classic. But what will decide the direction it swings is how the teams perform in the first session in particular, which will set the gameplan and the tactics for the remainder of this match. It is quickly turning into a can't-miss Test match — and if this is the entertainment and knife's-edge cricket that is promised for this tour, it will be a can't-miss series. Buckle up for a hugely important day of Test cricket.
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June 23, 2025 12:19 PM IST
IND vs ENG Live Updates, India vs England Test Series Day 4: Hope all. of you are rested up for what promises to be another day of truly compelling cricket, with all three results not only possible, but arguably equally likely. In a match full of important sessions, none will be as important as the morning session of day 4.
Can India provide a daunting target for England to try and hunt down? Or will England get a chaseable score that they can track down easily themselves? All on the line, as we prepare for a key battle.

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