IND vs ENG, Leeds Weather Live Updates: Hover Cover Is Off
India vs England, Leeds Weather Today Live Updates: It cannot be better poised than Ben Stokes and Co. needing 350 runs to win with all 10 wickets in hand for the final day of the first Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. Although they ended Day 4 with a confidence-boosting spell of 21/0 from openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley, keeping Jasprit Bumrah out on a fifth-day wicket won't be easy.
The pitch, according to KL Rahul, will behave like a 'subcontinent wicket' with dry and rough patches –which should work in India's favor by bringing Ravindra Jadeja into the picture, too. But the visitors' issues are prominent elsewhere — in uncertainty on how Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, and Shardul Thakur will perform in conditions that don't directly aid their strengths.
Both teams have dropped the gauntlet already — Rahul said that there 'definitely' will be a result today, while Josh Tongue said England aren't thinking about a draw — but we cannot discount the English weather. Rain hasn't affected the match much so far, but today, there's a real possibility of significant delays, which might force us into a shared result. Stay tuned as we bring you all the real-time updates!
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