Why India are better placed against England despite Bairstow:

India have a slight edge in the V test against England having bowled out England for around 284. Bairstow scored his 5th century of 2022 and was poised to take the game away from India before he got out to Shami, who in turn was a tad unlucky, as far as wickets were concerned. He had troubled Root a lot, although he didn't take his wicket. England had fewer answers to the Indian attack as the bowlers were relentless in their attack. Bumrah bowled with confidence as could be gauged from the fact he scored 35 runs in a Stuart Broad over. Infact, extras were the 3rd highest scorer in the Indian first innings. Coming back to England innings, Bairstow got out after scoring a century and Billings scored a few more runs. Batting second, Gill got out cheaply and both Vihari and Kohli too. It was again Pujara's class act that saved India the blushes and with not much batting to come, the IV wicket partnership holds the key. India need to score over 250 runs to make a good target and leave it to their bowlers to do the rest. This test therefore is really interesting!

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https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-england-2021-2022-1239527/england-vs-india-5th-test-1320741/match-report-3

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