Good morning and welcome to live coverage of the fifth day of the second Test between England and India which begins with India in the ascendancy and overwhelming favourites to win and level the series before Lord’s on Thursday.

India could extend their world record of wins at most Test venues if they snap their win-less streak at the Edgbaston ground in Birmingham against England on Day 5 on Sunday.

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) -India declared their second innings on 427-6 to put England in to bat in the final session of day four on Saturday, setting a daunting target of 608 to win the second test at Edgbaston.

The bat went one way. The ball went the other. One of the wildest innings in test cricket from India star Rishabh Pant came to a suitably extraordinary end against England at Edgbaston on Saturday. Attempting to pull offspinner Shoaib Bashir for six,

Rishabh Pant 's entertaining 65-run knock came to an end in the second session of Day 4 of the second Test of the ongoing five-match series between England and India. The southpaw was once again dismissed by Shoaib Bashir,

KL Rahul made a composed fifty before the aggressive Rishabh Pant threatened to make England pay dearly for dropping him twice as India strengthened their grip on the second Test at Edgbaston on Saturday.