Woakes 'all In' On Helping England Win - Root

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Late wickets leaves Test successful equilibrium pinch England needing 35 to triumph aft melodramatic time four

Callum Matthews

BBC Sport elder journalist

All-rounder Chris Woakes is "all in" connected helping England unafraid a bid triumph complete India contempt his enarthrosis injury, says Joe Root.

Woakes suffered nan wounded while trying to forestall a bound connected nan opening time of nan 5th Test.

On Friday, England said "at this stage, nan wounded has ruled him retired of immoderate further information successful nan Test".

England spell into nan last time connected Monday needing 35 much runs to unafraid a 3-1 bid win, pinch 4 wickets successful hand.

Woakes was seen successful nan England changing room precocious connected Sunday successful his whites, but still pinch his near limb successful a sling.

Asked by BBC Test Match Special if Woakes will bat if required, Root said: "I presume so. He is hopeless to do what it takes.

"There is simply a batch of things that person to hap earlier that."

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Woakes injures enarthrosis aft making dive astatine agelong disconnected boundary

England were good positioned successful their pursuit of 374 astatine 301-3 aft Root and Harry Brook shared 195 for nan 4th wicket.

However, Brook miscued to cover, Jacob Bethell was bowled and Root edged down pinch England still needing 37 to triumph and complete their 2nd highest pursuit successful Tests.

Bad ray forced nan players disconnected nan section soon aft earlier rainfall arrived to bring a premature extremity to time four.

The 3 speedy wickets had fixed India renewed dream and raised nan imaginable of Woakes being needed to bat.

"He's each in, for illustration nan remainder of us," Root added.

"It's been that benignant of bid wherever guys person had to put bodies connected nan line.

"Hopefully it doesn't travel to that but he had immoderate throw-downs successful present astatine 1 constituent truthful he's fresh if needed.

"It shows nan characteristic and nan personification that he is, that he's prepared to put his assemblage connected nan statement for illustration that for England and hopefully he doesn't person to, but if it does, to get america crossed nan statement and triumph america an unthinkable series."

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