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England and India are heading towards a thrilling finish on day five of the first Test of a five-match series at Headingley, Leeds. Chasing a target of 371 runs, England are slowly heading towards the target in the final session while India also need five wickets to win. However, despite an intense game, Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant couldn’t stop his stump-mic banter as he once again made an hilarious comment on Ravindra Jadeja for his all-round brilliance.
As Ravindra Jadeja was getting ready to bowl his over, Rishabh Pant started commenting near the stump mic for star India all-rounder. "Yeh keh rahe mera hi game, mera hi ball, mera hi umpire, meri hi field, aur fielding bhi mein hi karunga. Jaddub bhai kya baat hai (He is telling it is my game, my ball, my umpire, my field, and I will only do fielding as well. Jaddu wow what a thing)," Pant was quoted as saying on stump mic.
Ben Duckett scores 149 as England are in strong position to winn
Talking about the match, England have crossed the 300-run mark and are slowly heading towards the target of 371 runs on the final session of day five. Zak Crawlwy was first to lose his wicket after scoring 65(126) runs. After a couple of overs, Prasihd Krishna gave India a second breakthrough as Ollie Pope got out for just eight runs. After England reached the 250-run mark, Shardul Thakur struck twice for India as he took big wickets of Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope.
Duckett lost his wicket after a well-made 149(170) runs hitting 21 fours and a six. On the very next delivery, Thakur dismissed Harry Brook. for a golden duck as India made a comeback in the match. A few overs after tea, skipper Ben Stokes also got out after scoring 33(51) as Ravindra Jadeja finally got his first wicket of the match. Currently Joe Root and Jamie Smith are still at the crease as England are heading towards the target with five wickets in hand.
