Old Trafford is the venue for the fifth and final test match between England and India, the game gets under way on Friday and India lead the series 2-1.
Heading into the fourth test at The Oval last week the series was all square at 1-1 and it was India who came out on top by 175 runs and they need only to avoid defeat here to win the series.
India made just 191 batting first with Thakur (57) and Kohli (50) the top scorers whilst Woakes took 4 wickets and Robinson 3. England replied with 290 (Pope 81, Woakes 50) and at that stage they were firm favourites to win the match.
India turned things around in the second innings with Rohit Sharma's 127 the highlight of a total of 466 whilst Pujara, Thakur and Pant all made it to 50. England openers Burns (50) and Hameed (63) put on exactly 100 for the first wicket but the innings fell apart thereafter with the Indian bowlers sharing the wickets around.
Rohit's ton earned the Man of the Match award and this was how the teams lined up at The Oval.
England - Rory Burns, Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ollie Pope, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Craig Overton, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson
India - Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
As far as the Old Trafford team news is concerned Jos Buttler and Jack Leach have been added to the England squad with Buttler almost certain to start after recently becoming a father.
Series Top Run Scorers
Joe Root 564 (7 innings)
Rohit Sharma 368 (8 innings)
KL Rahul 315 (8 innings)
Pujara 227 runs (8 innings)
Series Top Wicket Takers
Ollie Robinson 21
Jasprit Bumrah 18
James Anderson 15
Siraj 14
(all have played 4 matches)
The Venue Old Trafford, Manchester
Over the course of the last decade England have played 8 test matches at Old Trafford, winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 1.
One of England's wins came against India, by an innings and 54 runs in August 2014
The most recent test match at this venue came against Pakistan 13 months ago and England won by 3 wickets. England made scored of 219 and 277/7 to
Pakistan's 326 and 169 and Chris Woakes was Man of the Match, unbeaten on 84 in England's second innings recovery.
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The Betting - 5th Test
England are currently trading at around 2/1 to win the game with the draw a 17/10 chance and India can be backed at around 19/10
As far as the top 1st innings bat markets are concerned Joe Root is 15/10 favourite for England and Virat Kohli is 5/2 for India
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict
The series has swung one way, then the other and now back towards India so you can understand the match result quotes with little difference between all 3 outcomes and I'll wind my series up in the Man of the Match and Player Performance markets.
Whilst Virat Kohli hasn't been at his absolute best in the series there are signs a big knock is on its way and he gets my Man of the Match vote.
After he came up just short in the fourth test I will stick with Rishabh Pant in the Player Performance market.
Bets: Man of the match, Kohli 7/1
Player Performance Rishabh Pant, over 96.5 points at 8/10
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