‘We can chase anything’: Tongue bullish as England look to overhaul India total

• England need 350 runs on final day to win first Test

• Centurion KL Rahul predicts ‘blockbuster finish’

After blowing away India’s tail for the second time in the game, pocketing a three-wicket maiden in the process, Josh Tongue said England were confident of scoring the 371 runs they need to claim victory in the opening Test, insisting: “With our batting lineup we can chase anything.”

England survived six overs before stumps to reach 21 without loss, leaving 350 to get on what is forecast to be a rain-affected final day. Should they reach their target it would be the highest successful run chase at Headingley – or for that matter anywhere in England – for 77 years, beating by nine the 362 they scored in the extraordinary Ashes encounter here in 2019.

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