Reflecting on the day's play, Aaron said, "I think India are in a good position. The wicket of Sai Sudharsan could have been avoided, but it was a great delivery -- there wasn't much he could have done."
At the end of the day's play, India was 204/6, with Nair (52*) and Sundar (19*) unbeaten, having stitched a 51-run stand so far after the visitors had stumbled to 153/6.
Captain Shubman Gill and young Sai Sudharsan stitched India's comeback after England made early inroads in the opening session of the first day in the fifth Test at The Oval on Thursday.
India went with Sai at No.3 in the series opener, but he made zero in the first innings and 30 in the second. He was dropped from the side, and Karun was promoted up the order. However, in three Tests, Nair has mustered only 131 runs at an average of 21.83.
As the series stands, Gill has already amassed an unbeaten 722 runs, surpassing Yashasvi Jaiswal's 712 against England at home just last year. Only Sunil Gavaskar has scored more in a single Test series for India, with his 774 runs in the 1971 away tour of the West Indies and 732 at home in
Only twice have India batted out more overs in the third innings to save a Test after conceding a first innings lead of 300-plus: (476/4 in 180 overs vs NZ, Napier, 2009) and (318/4 in 148 overs vs ENG, Lord's, 1979)
The number three debate was once again up following a shaky start to India's second innings at Manchester. Aiming to overcome a 311-run deficit, Chris Woakes sent opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sudharsan both packing for ducks. In the previous innings though, Sudharsan had shown signs of promis
Despite these, he doesn't see it as a major concern, highlighting Sai's good batting in the first inning of the fourth Test at Manchester as a positive aspect. India went with Sai at No.3 in the series opener, but he made zero in the first innings and 30 in the second.
This is England's second-highest total against India, only behind 710/7d at Edgbaston, 2011. India had a poor start to their second innings, losing Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan in the first over for ducks each. India were 1/2 at Lunch with KL Rahul 1* and Shubman Gill 0* unbeaten on th
Following scores of 0 and 30 in the first Test and his consequent omission from next two matches in favour of Karun Nair, Sudharsan established his claim as India's next number three with a technically solid 61 in 151 balls, consisting of seven fours.
On day one of the fourth Test, Stokes finished with figures of 2/47 in 14 overs, getting valuable wickets of skipper Shubman Gill for just 12 and a well-set Sai Sudharsan for 61 runs. Stokes started off the day with a five-over spell, then followed it with a four-over spell and concluded the
"Yeah, of course. After the first game, Shubby (Shubman Gill) had a conversation with me that because of the combination, and since we were playing at Edgbaston, which is a different kind of wicket but he came and gave me the complete picture, what happened behind the scenes," Sai said.