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Stuart Broad has not given up hope of playing in the third Test in Mohali despite suffering an injury to the tendons in his right foot in Visakhapatnam. The England seamer revealed that he will wear a protective moon boot to try and aid his recovery, with four days between the second and third Tests.Broad sustained the injury diving in the field in the opening moments of the match but still produced an impressive performance. He claimed four wickets in Indias second innings and then called upon England to do something special on the last day to try and salvage the second Test.Its been a pretty sore Test, Broad said of his injury. I dived for the ball and my toe slipped the wrong way and Ive done some damage to my tendon, which has been a bit awkward. If you do that in the second over of a Test, youve only got one option and thats to keep playing or you stuff the team a little bit.There are plans is to get a moon boot on at the end of this game for a few days to try to offload the tendon. Weve about 17 days before the fourth Test in Mumbai, which is quite a long time. But its less for the third Test in Mohali.Its annoying to miss any Test and I dont know that I will miss it yet. But hopefully Ill definitely be fit for Mumbai.England could go to Mohali 1-0 down after being challenged to survive for a minimum of 150 overs if they were to save the match - which, on a deteriorating wicket, seemed an improbable scenario. But, having reached stumps on day four for the loss of only two wickets, Broad said the whole side had taken encouragement from the performance of their opening batsmen and still felt the draw was achievable.Everyone believes it can be done, Broad said. When you watch the way we batted this evening: 60 overs for two wickets; weve only got another 90 to go. It shows you can bat on that pitch if you apply yourself.If two or three batsmen get stuck in like the openers did today, we will save the Test. Thats quite exciting. Youve a chance of doing something - I wont say heroic, but doing something quite special. A bit different. It might not be 100 off 150 balls, but it might be 20 of 150 balls that helps your team get in a great position.Weve got the characters, the players and the depth of batting to do it. The key is breaking it down into small partnerships: whether its 15 minutes, whether its 15 balls, or five runs, these sort of things slow the game down for you so it doesnt feel as if youre climbing up a mountain.Englands hopes took a substantial blow when Alastair Cook was trapped leg before to the last delivery of the day. But his partnership with Haseeb Hameed had defied India for 50 overs and, according to Broad, shown the rest of the team what was expected of them on the final day.Its always disappointing when you lose a wicket in the final over, Broad said. Especially someone as dogged and strong as Cook. But we batted 60 overs for two wickets. That gives us a lot of encouragement. Weve still got wickets and a lot of batting to come in the changing room.The way Cook goes about it... the calmness he shows. The courage he shows. Hes set a precedent, if thats the word. You have to follow his lead.Broad was equally effusive in praise of Hameed, who endured a testing spell of short-pitched bowling and was finally dismissed by an unplayable delivery that scuttled along the pitch.He played a tough innings, Broad said. It reminded me of the Mike Atherton knock at Trent Bridge in 1998 when Allan Donald was charging in at him. Haseeb was hit first ball, which damaged his hand, but he didnt show anything and calmly went about his business. He showed a huge amount of courage and didnt let a bit of indifferent bounce change his movements.He looks made for Test cricket. As a bowler in his team, he is an enjoyable man to see walk out to bat because you know he has a calm head on his shoulders. He just wants to bat for his team. Today runs werent on his agenda. He wanted to bat time to give England a chance to save this Test. It took a beauty of a ball to get rid of him. Not many batsmen are going to hit that, are they?Despite Englands unpromising match position, Broad felt the side could take huge credit from their fightback. After a poor session towards the end of day two, he suggested England had shown character.We had a bad hour-and-a-half at the end of day two, Broad said. But since then weve shown a lot of character. To still be in this Test going into day five from the position we were in at the end of day two is a huge credit to us.Even today, turning up to the ground 300 behind, it is very easy to throw the towel in. But we put a lot of pressure on India. We took early wickets. We didnt let India control the scoring rate and didnt let them declare. And that led us into a pretty solid batting display giving us a hope tomorrow.A lot of Tests have been saved with teams going into the last day two wickets down. And thats got to be out aim. In Auckland in 2013 we went into the last day with four wickets down and saved the game.Were very happy with today. Weve given ourselves a great chance and if we can keep things quiet for the first 90 minutes, the pressure will only grow on the Indian bowlers.Despite Broads injury, he delivered an impressive eight-over spell on the fourth day and claimed his best figures in a Test in India.It felt like a decent time to bowl, he said. 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