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India innings defeat [Source: AP Photo]
The Manchester Test match has turned from bad to worse for Team India as they find themselves drowning in the deep sea. Barring Day 1, when the Indian batters dominated the proceedings, the next 2 days completely belonged to England, who outplayed the Indian side in all three departments.
In reply to India's first innings total of 358, England hammered the Indian bowlers and posted a mammoth 669 runs, courtesy of stellar centuries from Joe Root and Ben Stokes. England had a lead of 311 runs after their first innings, and Indian batters had a horror start, as they lost two wickets without even opening their account.
An embarrassing innings defeat looms large on the Indian team, as they have a mountain to climb in their second innings, especially with two wickets down. What is an innings defeat in Test cricket, and how much does India need to avoid it?.
How much does India need to avoid innings defeat in 4th Test?
An innings defeat is when a team gets dismissed twice in a Test match, and still fails to get more runs than the opposition scored in their first innings. In such a case, if India fails to overhaul England's first innings total of 669, they will lose the Test match by innings defeat.
England have a healthy lead of 311 runs, and India need to score the same amount of runs in their second innings to avoid an innings defeat. If and when India score 311 runs, they need to start piling on runs to challenge the England batters. However, the task won't be easy, since Rishabh Pant is out with an injury, and might not bat in the second innings due to a broken toe injury.
India lost the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal (0), and Sai Sudharsan (0), as the pair failed to open their account.
