Prasidh, Thakur Lead India's Fightback

Ben Duckett's 149 took England closer to the 371-run target, but India fought back through Prasidh Krishna and Shardul Thakur. The duo picked up two wickets each in the extended post-Lunch session, keeping the Test in the balance heading into the final session on Day 5.

England scored 152 runs in this session but lost four wickets, requiring another 102 runs to clinch victory. The session saw a persistent drizzle, with Indian seamers led by Mohammed Siraj finding some seam movement early on.

Duckett and Zak Crawley withstood the initial storm, playing elegant on-drives off Jasprit Bumrah to get the runs flowing. Crawley brought up his 50 soon before Duckett fortuitously edged one for four through the vacant gap between the 'keeper and first slip.

Duckett raced to 94 with successive reverse-sweeps off Jadeja, but the nervous nineties almost consumed him in the next over. He moved to his sixth Test ton with another reverse-sweep before the rain halted proceedings.

After the short break, Prasidh ruled the roost with two quick wickets, getting Crawley (65) to nick one to first slip and followed it up by castling Ollie Pope (8). Duckett continued to be at his attacking best, even taking on Bumrah. He smashed two more fours off Prasidh before playing a superb reverse-sweep for six.

One run short of his 150, Duckett played an uppish cover-drive and was caught by Nitish Reddy off Thakur before Brook was caught down the legside off the next delivery.

Brief Scores
England 465 & 269/4 (Ben Duckett 149, Zak Crawley 65; Shardul Thakur 2-28, Prasidh Krishna 2-69) need 102 runs to win against India 471 & 364.