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At the end of the second day of the first test, England collected 555 races for 6 terrains. This is England’s third highest race on Indian soil so far. Dom Bass is hitting 28 and Jack Leach is 7.
Route, who matched himself in the masterclass entries at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai, stopped at 216 on Saturday. He became the only hitter in history to score a double century in his 100th test.
Root has touched a few more pages of the record in the course of this post. He is now the third highest run scorer in English Test history, beating Alec Stuart.
Root, the third English hitter to score a double century on Indian soil, is the first to be captain. His innings are the highest of any England batsman in India.
England started the day with 263 races on three terrains. At the beginning of the day, Ruth got a little involved. Return to the team with Ben Stokes. The pair averaged 124 runs, most of which came from Stokes.
In the second hour of the day, the English captain touched 150 of 260 balls. Stokes 63 says fifty. England passed the first session safely at bat from these two.
The pair broke up in the second session after Stokes’ departure. Thameen Shahbaz Nadeem, a two-time English all-rounder, was caught with a long leg while doing a sweep. They finished their 72-run innings with 10 fours and 3 sixes on 117 balls.
Continue the route with Oli Pope. Keep increasing the team’s career. England got 6 runs on two terrains. Meanwhile, Indian Ravichandran Ashwin hit a 6-of-341 ball to put his foot in the coveted double century.
This is the English captain’s second double century in the last three Trials. Fifth in the test race. The duo have teamed up with Alastair Cook to achieve England’s highest double century. Wally Hammond has the most double centuries in England, 6.
Pope came back with 34 runs in lbw against Ashwin. Nadeem’s victim path in the next step. Their nine-hour, 38-ball fight ended. The visiting captain’s entries included 19 fours and two sixes.
Then Joss Butler and Base resisted. Ishant Sharma broke his 47-race partnership. After pitching Butler, the similarly experienced fast pitcher fired Zafra Archer.
At the end of the day, Bess and Jack Leach didn’t leave the team in danger.
Short score:
England 1st Innings: 555/6 in 160 overs (263/3 the day before) (Route 216, Stokes 72, Pope 34, Butler 30, Base 26 *, Archer 0, Leach 6 *; Ishant 26-7-52-2, Bumrah 31- 4- 61-2, Ashwin 50-5-132-2, Nadeem 44-4-18-2, Sundar 26-2-98-0, Rohit 2-0-6-0).
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