Birmingham Test Hit by Rain: Fifth Day Schedule Changed, Only 80 Overs to be Bowled
Edgbaston (The Uttam Hindu): The effect of rain was seen on the 5th day of the second Test between England and India. Due to rain, the match could not start on its scheduled time. This is the decisive day of this match, where Team India is 7 wickets away from victory. Due to the delay due to rain, the match officials have reduced the fifth day's play from the scheduled 90 overs to 80 overs. Not only this, the time of the fifth day's session has also been changed.
The Indian cricket team and fans were hoping that when the fifth day of the Edgbaston Test begins, the Indian team will come closer to victory in the first session. But due to rain, a new schedule has now been announced for the fifth day. According to the new schedule, only 80 overs will be played instead of 90 on the fifth day. According to Indian time, the first session will be from 5:10 pm to 7 pm. Lunch will be from 7 pm to 7:40 pm. The second session will be played from 7:40 to 9:40 pm. Tea break will be taken from 9:40 pm to 10 pm. The third and last session will be played from 10 pm to 11:30 pm. England has to score 608 runs to win this match.
By the end of the fourth day's play, England had scored 77 runs for 3 wickets. Ollie Pope is playing on 24 and Harry Brook on 15 runs. The Indian team has a chance to register a big win in this Test. If the rain does not interrupt the game again and the fast bowlers take 2 to 3 wickets in the first session, then India's chances of winning will increase. After the rain, the pitch will help the fast bowlers. In such a situation, captain Gill and coach Gambhir will expect from their fast bowlers - Siraj, Akash Deep and Prasidh Krishna. The Indian team has performed brilliantly in this Test. Batting first, India scored 587 runs with the help of captain Shubman Gill's 269, Ravindra Jadeja's 89 and Yashasvi Jaiswal's 87 runs. With the help of Siraj's 6 and Akashdeep's 4 wickets, Team India took a lead of 180 runs by bundling out England for 407 in the first innings. In the second innings, thanks to Gill's 161, Jadeja's 69 and Pant's 65 runs, India declared the innings at 427 for 6 and set England a target of 608.
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