For Virat & Co., the fourth and deciding match starting on Thursday is very important. This match will decide whether Team India will play the title of World Test Championship or Lord Australia against New Zealand in June.

The Indian team leads 2–1 in the four-match series, so even if the Indian team draws this match, they will also qualify for the World Test Championship. England is out of the race for the finals. But if it wins the Test then it will also get India out of the title game and the Tim Paine-led Australian team will get a chance to play in this match.

Likewise, Captain Kohli’s record in the ICC tournament is not good. He has not won any major titles yet. In such a situation, India’s most successful captain Kohli would like his team to qualify for the World Test Championship with a record 11th victory and then become the champion at the historic Lord’s. This will also wash away the stains of not winning the ICC Trophy on him.

At the same time, nothing is at stake in this match for the England team. The team would like to save their reputation by drawing a series with a win in this match.

Akshar-Ashwin has jerked 42 wickets: Akshar and Ashwin have taken 42 wickets in the series so far. Kohli would like to see his wickets increase further. Indian spinners have taken 49 of England’s 60 wickets in the first three Tests. Kohli has no complaints with the spinners who have performed as expected. He will however be expected to do better than the batsmen.

Batsmen disappointed: Indian batsmen have so far failed to dominate the series. Rohit Sharma has scored 296 runs in the series so far, which is 120 runs more than the second-best batsman Ashwin’s 176 runs figures.

Apart from Rohit, no Indian batsman has played confidently on spin-friendly pitches so far. Kohli has hit two fifties but so far he has not played dominating innings on the bowlers for which he is known. Rahane, Pujara, and Gill have played only one good inning in three Tests.

Umesh may return: Indian team will field without pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah in the final match. In such a situation, Umesh Yadav may return to playing XI. It will have to be seen if their partner will be Ishant Sharma or Mohammad Siraj.

England can land with two spinners: England’s poor batting has also been a part of poor team selection. Captain Joe Root (333 runs) scored a double century in the first Test but there is a 187-run difference between him and Stokes (146) who became the second-highest scorer.

Root also took a career-best career in bowling in the third Test, taking five wickets for eight runs. The team may land in the final Test with two specialist spinners.

Left-arm spinner Jack Leach (16 wickets) has impressed but has his own limitations and he bowls at an average of 10 km / h less than Akshar. Given the possibility of a spin-friendly pitch once again, he could get along with Dom Bess. Bess impressed in the first Test in Chennai but did not get a chance to play after that.

Characters can break Harbhajan’s record: Akshar made his debut in the current series against England in Chennai. In this, he took two wickets in the first innings and five wickets in the second innings. In the third Test, he had a total of 11 setbacks, including six in the first innings and five wickets in the second innings.

If Akshar takes 5-5 wickets in both innings of the fourth Test, then Harbhajan Singh (5 wickets in 4 innings) will leave behind. England’s Charlie Turner (6) holds the record for taking the most five wickets in consecutive innings in Tests. He did so in 1888.

Team India to become the fourth team to play 550 Tests: Indian team has played 549 Tests so far. Team India will become the fourth team to play 550 Tests along with playing the fourth Test. England (1,033) is first, Australia (834) is second and West Indies (552) is third.

Teams: India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Riddhiman Saha, Mayank Agarwal, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, and Lokesh Rahul.

England: Joe Root (captain), James Anderson, Joffre Archer, Johnny Bairstow, Dominic Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jack Crawley, Ben Fox, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Dom Sibley, Ben Stokes, Ollie Stone, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood.