Follow UsVeteran seamer James Anderson believes England will be drawing a lot of confidence from India's comeback in the first innings after being in a similar situation in the rescheduled fifth test at Edgbaston.
The home team are tottering at 84 for the loss of five wickets, still trailing India by 332 runs, but Anderson was confident of his side making a comeback in this encounter and backed the players to play a positive brand of cricket.
"We're in a similar situation to them, and that gives us the confidence we can do something similar," Anderson said after the second day's play.
In the first innings, centuries from Rishabh Pant (146) and Ravindra Jadeja (104) changed the complexion of the game as the duo shared 222 runs for the sixth wicket to take India to 416 in their first innings.
"We've all got a job to do down the order, and we've got to put on some big partnerships and put some pressure back on India.
"I've got a fair feeling our best line of defence will be attack," Anderson said.
Not long ago, in the second Test match against world champions, New Zealand, skipper Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow bailed England out of a similar situation.
"The way we've got ourselves out of sticky situations in the last few weeks has been by trying to put pressure back on the opposition, and I don't see this being any different," Anderson said.
"We want to score, we want to move the game forward, and that's what we'll try and do."
Despite picking up a five-wicket haul in the first innings, Anderson conceded that Pant's brilliant innings swayed the momentum in India's favour.
"I actually thought we bowled well yesterday morning and into the afternoon, and then Pant played an amazing inning.
"He's extremely talented, he's got all the shots, and he's not afraid to play them, so he's a difficult guy to bowl at."
To add to the assault, skipper Jaspirt Bumrah bludgeoned a hapless Stuart Broad for 29 runs to create a world record for maximum runs off a single over in Test cricket. Broad ended up giving away 35 runs in that over after adding the extras.
"On another day, one of those top edges goes straight to hand, and if that happens, no one talks about the over. The way it went was pretty unlucky, I thought," Anderson said.
"Sometimes it can be easier to bowl to top-order batsmen; I remember a few balls I bowled to Mohammed Siraj today where he tried to hit two out of the ground and then played a perfect back-foot defensive to the next one."
"So, it can be tricky to get into a rhythm against them. You've just got to back yourself that your best ball will get them out eventually," Anderson concluded.
(With inputs from PTI)