mumbai england must register their first win in a pinkball test abroad if they are to keep their hopes alive of qualifying for this years world test championship final when they faceoff against india at the worlds largest cricket stadium from wednesdaynew zealand have already booked their spot for the inaugural wtc final to be held at lords later this year leaving india england and australia vying for the otherread alsoi dont play for numbers i play to win ishant on playing 100th testveteran fast bowler ishant sharma fondly known as the dilli ka lambu will become only the second indian fast bowler after kapil dev to play his 100th test when he turns out for india against england at motera from wednesday but at a media interaction via zoom on monday ishant stressed that allthing about being a test batsman is that you handle all conditions ben stokes on pitchesahead of the daynight test starting wednesday ben stokes wondered how the newlyrefurbished motera strip would behave but at the same time stressed that topflight cricketers should be able to deal with whatever they are faced withlooking at bigger picture rotation policy has merit james andersonengland did not play jonny bairstow and mark wood in the first two tests but have brought them back for the final two tests as a part of rotation policy while firstchoice keeper jos buttler is back home after the opening test to help players cope up with life inside the biobubblethe fourtest series between india and england is currently tied at 11 at the halfway stage and joe roots men will need to win the remaining matches to qualifythe task appears a tad simpler for virat kohlis side with the hosts needing to win at least one test and avoid defeat in the otheraustralias cancelled trip to south africa means that tim paines side are dependent on india and england and would need a drawn series or a 21 win in favour of the touring side to set up a wtc final clash against their transtasman rivalsengland have slightly more experience of playing daynight tests than their hosts but do not have an exemplary record outside their home comfortsthey beat west indies at birmingham but lost in adelaide and auckland and the feb 2428 test under floodlights at ahmedabads motera stadium will be their fourth outingthe refurbished stadium with a capacity of 110000 has displaced the melbourne cricket ground as the worlds largest for cricket and will be the venue for the remaining testslocal authorities have allowed 50 capacity for the daynight match only the second in india after the one against neighbouring bangladesh at eden garden in kolkata in 2019india won that match in a little over two days but suffered a defeat in their next one against australia in adelaide where they also suffered the ignominy of posting their lowest ever test innings of 36players from both sides said last week that the sample size of daynight test matches was too