Published 21:24 IST, February 8th 2021

Shane Warne furious at England's approach in second innings of Chennai Test match

Spin legend Shane Warne was annoyed at England's approach during their second innings of the ongoing first Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai

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Australian spin legend Shane Warne was unimpressed with  England's approach in third and final session on day four of first Test against India at MA Chidambaram Stium, Chennai. 

Warne was surprised with visitors' decision to t declare in second innings even after having a mammoth le and on top of that, former leggie was also fumed at England's slow approach with bat on fourth day of series-opener.

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'England's mindset is...': Shane Warne

Taking to micro-blogging site, 51-year-old wrote that England's mindset is t to lose this Test match rar than thinking of what’s best way to win this test match and how many overs could y need to do needful. 'Warnie' n mentioned that this kind of batting approach is putting a lot of pressure on England’s bowlers and particularly ir spinners.

In ar tweet, 1999 World Cup winner h tagged former English skipper Michael Vaughan. Analysing four-match Test series between India and Australia Down Under, ' King of Spin' mentioned that in Australia, India played courous and brave cricket which was awesome to watch. Justifying Australia's series loss, he said that Aussies h played timid and cautious cricket. 

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Commenting on England's approach, cricketer-turned-commentator/analyst ded that Joe Root-led side are playing cautious and timid cricket.

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India who h resumed Day 4 at 257/6 could only man to d 80 more runs to ir overnight score before being bundled out for 337. Meanwhile, England in ir second innings really struggled to get going on what seems to be a tough batting surface as only Test skipper Joe Root (40) could offer some resistance as visitors were bundled out for 178 to set up a target of 420 runs for India in order to go 1-0 up in four-match series. 

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hosts in ir second innings have alrey lost big wicket of Rohit Sharma for 12. Opener Shubman Gill (15*) and number three batsman Cheteshwar Pujara (12*) ensured that re were furr hiccups as India's scorecard re 39/1 at stumps on Day 4. 

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21:24 IST, February 8th 2021