Live Cricket Score, India vs England 3rd Test Day 5: India take on England on Day 5 of the third Test on Thursday (Source: AP)

India have a mountain to climb on Day 5 against England. The visitors need 333 runs with only six wickets in hand. ( Full Coverage: India tour of England)

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Day 4 recap

The Indian openers were yet to start their walk down the pavilion stairs. On the field Alastair Cook had arranged his fielders and James Anderson, after his trial run, was on top of his bowling mark. While taking each step down the slope, the uphill task ahead would have weighed on the minds of Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan. England had set India a victory target of 445 but that seemed beyond them. Vijay and Dhawan would have taken field thinking of surviving the 132 overs that still remained in the game. (Also Read: Incriminating video evidence shot in arm in Jadeja case)

Breaking down the task ahead made it look less threatening. Casual calculations showed that each batsmen would need to score 40 runs for an incredible win or play 72 balls to pull off an unbelievable draw. Very early it was clear that Dhawan wasn’t told to do a Virender Sehwag and this wasn’t going to be a repeat of Chennai ‘08 where India chased down 387. This was Southampton and 445 seemed just as far as Chepauk from here. (Also Read: It has been a good team effort, says Root)

In the space of 8 balls, forget the target, even the time for stumps on Thursday seemed light years away. Things would go from bad to worse — 26/0 would change to 29/2. As batsmen, after surviving Anderson and Stuart Broad with the new ball, kept succumbing to the off-spin of Moeen Ali or Joe Root, India found themselves in a hole at 112/4. (Again! Anderson in another spat)