Leeds, June 23 -- When Team India takes to the field to defend a total of 371 runs, they will have a massive task in hand to deal with a 'Bazball' powered England, despite having a fine record while defending scores of 350 or more.

Skipper Shubman Gill will have a total to defend in his first outing as a captain, as centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal, himself, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant, a total of five across both innings, gave Team India a fine cushion despite lower-middle-order failure. But a crucial task will be handling the explosive openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett, rising star Harry Brook and ever-consistent Joe Root, who all have treated these run chases very well under the Stokes-McCullum era.

While defending totals of 350 or mo...