Hello and welcome to the analyst inside cricket with me Simon Mann, but no Simon Hughes today.

Simon is away today, but I've got a very able replacement and it is Prakash Wakanka, Indian commentator who joins me from India and we'll hear from Prakash in just a moment.

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with TNT Sports who are the exclusive rights holders for this India-England series and what a

series it has been so far. Where is this game going? Two days left. England are 67 for one. They need

399 to win this test match. I'll give you the context

for that run chase in just a moment. But let's get the thoughts of Prakash. Now Prakash, we had a bit of

communication yesterday evening and I said game over and you said absolutely not game over.

So where is it after three days, Prakash?

Well, I think it's certainly moved a little bit closer to India.

I'd say, Simon, I mean, this morning when India started batting, for a while there,

it looked like what I said last night might be actually truer than otherwise,

as Jimmy Anderson knocked over the first two wickets,

and we felt that the ball was doing a bit.

But then I think one of the rare occasions where I've seen Ben Stokes

maybe just let the game drift a little bit with the twin spin

and allowed Ayer and Gill.

And look, Shubman Gill must have had something special last night

because he had more than a share of luck, more than one occasion.

But certainly, right now as it stands with one wicket down,

you know, the difference, I think, Simon, is that this England

team is not like any other I've seen before. You and I have done enough test matches in India,

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