‘We will take 6 wickets of India in the first hour’, England coach warns India
Marcus Trescothick Warning to Team India: The third Test match being played between England and India at Lord’s has reached a thrilling turn. India has got a target of 193 runs to win the match, in response to which the Indian cricket team has scored 58 runs in the second innings till the end of the fourth day. India is still 135 runs away from the win while they have only 6 wickets in their hands.
In such a situation, the first session of the fifth day will be very important. One -sided India will expect a return to India while Stokes will start bowling to complete his fifth over. At the same time, before the last day, England’s assistant coach Marcus Tracothic warned India that his bowlers aim to end the match in the fifth and last hour.
Addressing the press after the fourth day’s play was over, Trescothic said, “That last hour made the match amazing. Everyone focused their full attention, the audience was also with the team. The movement around the grounds has increased the enthusiasm of the players. The first hour will depend on tomorrow. How positive India will be, how much dominance India will maintain. Hopefully we will take six wickets in the first hour tomorrow.
At the same time, if we talk about the fourth day game, India dismissed England for 192 runs in the second innings thanks to spinner Washington Sundar’s brilliant spell. Sundar took four wickets for 22 runs while bowling brilliantly. Apart from Sundar, fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj also took two wickets each, while Akash Deep took one wicket. Now on the fifth day, the Indian batsmen will eye and the first one hour will tell in which direction this match will go.