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Test Match Breakfast takes a look at some of the biggest issues around cricket during England's huge second Test against India at Edgbaston.
Ahead of the final day of play, which will see England try and save a desperate situation - AADAM PATEL discusses India's 14-year-old sensation, a stunning fact about Warwickshire players at Edgbaston and the England fans set to travel to Australia for the Ashes.
14-year-old's dominance continues
Just down the road from Edgbaston, another Indian batter was taking England to the cleaners. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the 14-year-old who famously scored an IPL century in April, slammed a 52-ball ton for India Under-19s against England in Worcester in a 50-over game.
Suryavanshi ended with 143 off 78 deliveries, including 23 boundaries. It followed scores of 48 (19), 45 (34), and 86 (31) in the series, giving him a series tally of 322 runs with an average of 80.5 and a strike rate of 198.76. We'll be seeing plenty more of him in the coming years.
Good crowd expected
With a Wednesday start, Warwickshire would have been delighted to see this Test go into a fifth day and a healthy crowd is expected today, as India look to wrap up a Test victory in Birmingham for the first time ever.
As of last night, approximately 15,000 tickets were sold for day five so Edgbaston is expected to at least be half full, though that still means around 10,000 tickets are remaining. Tickets for Sunday are priced at £25 each for adults and £5 for juniors.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the 14-year-old who scored an IPL century in April, slammed a 52-ball ton for India Under-19s against England
He has a stunning series tally of 322 runs with an average of 80.5 and a strike rate of 198.76
We'll have a bat!
There was plenty of laughter in the Sky Sports box when word went round of the highest successful run chase in first-class history. That came when West Zone chased down a target of 536 against South Zone in the 2010 Duleep Trophy in India.
The captain for South Zone was none other than Sky pundit, Dinesh Karthik, who came to regret his declaration. Karthik actually scored 333 runs in that match, with 183 in the first innings and 150 in the second innings but it still wasn't enough.
Lack of home comforts
No Warwickshire player has ever scored a Test hundred at Edgbaston. Of the 90 centuries to date, the likes of Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott, Dennis Amiss, Brian Lara and Kumar Sangakkara have remarkably never got three figures here.
From the England side, Chris Woakes is the only Warwickshire player. He does have a Test hundred to his name, which came against India in 2018. England could desperately do with another one today…
Captain fantastic
Shubman Gill broke record after record as he finished with a total of 430 runs in the Test. He became the first player to get 200 and 150 in the same Test with his scores of 269 and 161.
Gill also joined an elite club of players to score 400 runs in one Test. The five-man list includes Lara, Graham Gooch, Sangakkara and Mark Taylor and Gill is only behind Gooch's 456 for the most runs in one Test by a player.
Gill is also on course to break Don Bradman's record of 974 runs in a five-match series. The India captain currently has 585 runs from four innings.
Chris Woakes is the only Warwickshire player in the England side - no one from the team has ever scored a Test century at Edgbaston
Shubman Gill, meanwhile, is on course to break Don Bradman's record of 974 runs in a five-match series
Over land and sea
It was telling to see just how strong the Indian support was as the tourists dominated yesterday.
Looking ahead, Tourism Australia are expecting around 60,000 travelling English fans to make their way to Australia for The Ashes this winter. The Barmy Army have sold approximately 3,000 travel packages alone.
'This is set to be the biggest away Ashes, in terms of participation,' says Simon Finch, Barmy Army Trumpeter. 'We've block-booked hotels all across Australia and we're doing Christmas lunch for 1500 people in Melbourne.'
