ENG vs IND: Michael Vaughan made a big prediction about the fifth day of Leeds Test

Samira Vishwas

Tezzbuzz|25-06-2025

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Vaughan said that England’s chances of victory will depend on how the team faces Jaspreet Bumrah. He also predicted that this match could be a draw.

Delhi: The fifth and last day of the first Test of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between England and India is going to be extremely exciting. In this match being played in Leeds, both teams have done well in the first four days. In the first innings, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant scored centuries, while England played Oli Pope, Harry Brook and Ben Stokes. The result of this match will now be fixed on the last day.

England have got a target of 371 runs to win this Test match. Beginning the fifth day England 21 runs without any loss. He is yet to score 350 runs to win. Meanwhile, former England captain Michael Vaughan has given his opinion about the last day.

Vaughan said that England’s chances of victory will depend on how the team faces Jaspreet Bumrah. He also predicted that this match could be a draw. Won told BBC’s Test match special, “It depends on me how he plays Bumrah in the initial session and Jadeja in the afternoon. I think this match will be drawn. It is unusual for me, because I usually talk about the victory or defeat of a team, but I think tomorrow will be a draw.”

Josh Tung spoke on the fifth day strategy

Before the beginning of the fifth day, England fast bowler Josh Tung also told how the team is making a strategy against India.

He told the BBC, “Hopefully we will not be in a position that we have to think about the draw. We will try to play aggressive in the first session, then we will see till the situation is what the situation is, after that we will decide the strategy ahead.”

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