KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant's centuries highlighted India's second innings as the visitors handed a challenging target of 371 to England in the first Test at Leeds. The two-ton makers took the visitors to 364; however, another collapse meant they did not get as many as they could probably have. Meanwhile, the hosts went back unscathed for 21 at the end of Day 4.
Pant launches attack, Rahul wears down England
However, Pant launched an all-out attack in the second session, with Rahul also hitting some classy strokes to wear England down. Both players reached their respective centuries as the hosts accumulated 155 runs in the middle session for the loss of only Pant's wicket.
Pant became only the second wicketkeeper batter to slam centuries in both innings of a Test match, while Rahul hit his third Test ton as an opener in England, the most by an Indian player in the country while opening the innings.
England punch back strong in the last session
As they did in the first session on Day 2, England began to punch back strongly in the third session on Day 4. The Three Lions had inflicted a batting collapse on India, taking the final seven wickets for 41 runs on Day as the hosts went down from 430/3 to 471 all out.
They did exactly the same on Day 4 and inflicted another collapse as the hosts lost six wickets for 31 runs this time around. KL Rahul's wicket was the fifth one down for India as they went down from 333/4 to 364 all out.
The Three Lions then had around half an hour to bat in the final session and needed to avoid a slip. They had to face the maverick Jasprit Bumrah. And their openers - Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett - did not disappoint.
The conditions seemingly did not offer great help to the bowlers on the penultimate day either. The English batters played Bumrah and co well and did not give away any wickets to go back unscathed 21/0.
There are all three results possible in the match heading into the final day. England need 350 more runs and have all 10 wickets in hand, while the visitors would believe they can bowl the hosts out. With rain predicted to fall on Day 5, a draw is also on the cards.