Resolute India put up brilliant batting performance with three tons to eke out gritty draw in 4th Test

A roller-coaster of a Test series between England and India is, fittingly, going down to the wire.

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India, against the odds, salvaged a draw in the fourth Test with a show of grit and sheer defiance at Old Trafford on Sunday, and kept alive its hopes of tying the five-match series at the Oval. England leads the series 2-1.

India was 425-4 in their second inningsincluding three centuries - and 114 runs ahead when an early end to the final session was called.

This Test might not have matched the drama at Lord's when England won by 22 runs, but it was engrossing throughout five days in Manchester, with India turning the tide after looking like being swept away.

By Sunday evening, India’s collapse in the opening over of its second innings a day earlier seemed an age away. At 0-2 at that point and 311 runs behind, the series looked lost.

Not on Shubman Gill's watch. Not with an Indian batting order of such quality it has the top four run-scorers in the series.