Both Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar waited to complete their hundreds before shaking hands with England skipper Ben Stokes to settle for a draw in Manchester.
Stokes' handshake was swiftly rejected by the Indian duo, who seem intent on reaching their individual milestones, with Jadeja on the brink of a century and Sundar steadily closing in on his.
Jadeja and Sundar reached their fifties as well just before tea with Jadeja unleashing the sword in Manchester as well.
On Day 5, India currently stands at 287/4, still trailing England by 24 runs after Shubman Gill's stellar fourth century of the series was cut short before lunch
Kerala players were rewarded for their excellent run till the Ranji Trophy final as four players from the state found place in the 16-member squad
Virat Kohli too had scored 4 hundreds during the 2014/15 Australia tour and Gill has got his name among the elites of world cricket.
With Jadeja and Sundar at the crease, England look more and more into the game and will go hard at the batters post lunch.
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Gill is also just 77 runs away from Sunil Gavaskar's all-time highest runs scored by an Indian player in a Test series record
Half-centuries to Cameron Green and Josh Inglis led Australia to a three-wicket win over West Indies and extended its lead to 4-0 in a five-match Twenty20 international series.
Gavaskar firmly believes that team decisions must be made by the captain, independent of external influence, including that of the head coach.
Kohli, who held the record with 655 runs against England in Tests, has now been overtaken by India's newly appointed skipper as he battles on England pacers to help India cut down England's lead.
More than three decades on, Root now finds himself second only to Tendulkar in the list of all-time Test run-getters as he reflected on the Indian maestro's legacy.
Kapil Dev encouraged Bumrah to play freely without being burdened by retirement thoughts, though he did acknowledge the physical strain Bumrah endures for the team.
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Rahul and Gill have now also set the record for the highest partnership in Test cricket after a team lost its first two wickets without scoring.
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As reported earlier, India and Pakistan are placed in same group with Oman and UAE being the other two teams in Asia Cup 2025.
England were looking a little desperate for wickets which costed them 2 reviews as well as Stokes' decision making was slightly tipped over in the favour for the bowlers.
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