With still no wickets lost in the third innings of the match, the fifth day of the first Test between India and England in Rajkot doesn't look like one that will produce a result. The pitch hasn't yielded too much for the spinners just as yet. Whatever turn was generated, came from wide of the stumps. It rendered Ravichandran Ashwin quite ineffective in the last session, with a majority of the patches being formed well outside the left-hander's off stump.

India delayed the introduction of Amit Mishra even as Ravindra Jadeja posed a few problems for Alastair Cook from the aforementioned patches. But players from both teams have not given up hope of producing a result on this pitch, just as yet.

"I think all three are possible," said Adil Rashid, who picked up 4 for 114 in India's first innings. "There's still a lot of cricket to be played tomorrow (November 13). First we got to come out, get the runs on the board and see what position we are at lunch time. if we are in a good position we might just give it a bowl and see what happens."

"It's still a pretty good wicket, it has gone slower and there is assistance for the spinners. So hopefully we can put some pressure in the morning session, get some wickets and you never know," Murali Vijay said in the post-day press conference, before adding that the game could yet turn out to be an interesting one.

"I'm not thinking anything like that, as long as we take wickets in the morning, that's more concern for us than what England is going to do. That is our main aim," he replied, when asked about a possible target that England might set.

The India opener was also happy with his team's effort to get to 488 in reply to England's 537. "Definitely yes because we got closer to their target and we still have a chance. As I told you, if we get three-four quick wickets in the morning session, maybe last session we can score 200 runs, we can go for it. It will be an interesting game," Vijay said.

That India reduced the first innings deficit to only 49 was mainly due to Ashwin's knock of 70, that included vital partnerships with the lower-order. Runs from the lower-order is increasingly becoming a trademark of this Indian team and this Test hasn't proved to be an exception. Over the last year,