If this match is completed, an India win seems highly probable - especially as England have no specialist spinner in the eleven to test the away side on a final day pitch.
With 9 wickets in hand, India really should win - unless, of course, the weather intervenes and gifts England a draw.
This situation has arisen largely from the rank incompetence of so many England top order batsmen combined with a series of disasters in the field.
If 'catches win matches' - then the opposite applies too. 'Dropped catches lose matches'.
Only three players have emerged from the shambles with reputations fully intact: Root who top scored in both innings including a fine century; Anderson and Robinson who mightily outbowled Broad - on his home pitch - and a rather tepid Sam Curran. Robinson is only playing in his second test!
Joe Root's century.
At times, England's two successful bowlers have wonderfully dragged England back into this match by the scruff of their necks.
Can Anderson and Robinson work a minor miracle and see England home? - I truly doubt it.
The selectors are facing huge problems for the 2nd test!
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