India vs England: Spin win for India: Hosts crush England in second round, 1-1 | Cricket news

NEW DELHI: Ravichandran ashwin he was India’s high-impact player, bat and ball, in his field, as India crushed England by 317 runs in the second test to level the 4-game series 1-1 in Chennai on Tuesday.
Chasing an unlikely goal of 482 in a vicious turn, England surrendered to the Indian spinners in the second session on Day 4, falling out of 164 in their second inning. This also ended England’s six-game winning streak away from home.
England fell 3 overnight and lost their last 7 wickets in 35.2 overs on Day 4.
With this resounding victory, India also climbed to second place with 69.7 percentage points on the World Test Championship table, reinforcing its chances of reaching the final in June. England, on the other hand, fell to fourth place. New Zealand has already qualified for the Lord final to be played from June 18.
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Ashwin, in front of his local audience, outperformed the likes of Gary Sobers and Jacques kallis to become the second most successful off-roader in a test match, behind Ian Botham, in terms of exemplary performance with both bat and ball in a single test. Ashwin has now scored one tonne three times and taken five wickets in one test. Botham had done it five times.
With the victory, Ashwin an Co. also took revenge for the humiliating defeat in the first Test at the same venue.

By welcoming fans to the stands after a long break due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Ashwin delighted the Chennai crowd. After taking a fifth in the first inning to knock England out 134, Ashwin hit his fifth test ton in the second inning for India, silencing critics of Chepauk’s pitch, who felt the track was simply not possible to hit . The 34-year-old took three wickets in England’s second inning.
The victory also saw Rohit Sharma return to form after a series of low scores. The hitman smoked 161 classy to set the stage for a grand total for the hosts in his first innings after India won a crucial pitch.

With England resuming Day 4 at 58/3, India needed 7 wickets to win the Test on a track that was helping the spinners a lot. Ashwin started the day perfectly for India, eliminating Dan Lawrence on his first trade. The 34-year-old put an end to Ben Stokes’ resistance (8 of 51 balls) before Axar patel and Kuldeep Yadav took a window each before lunch.
After the break, Axar and Kuldeep (2/25) quickly collected the remaining three wickets to finish the match in 55th. England’s ten wickets in the second inning fell to spin. Axar, who finished 5 of 60 in the second inning, became the sixth Indian to make a fifth in the test debut for India.

The party also saw Ashwin passing Harbhajan Singh (265) for most wickets at home. He currently has 269 lots on Indian lands.
Captain Virat Kolhi also showed off his hitting prowess in the second inning in a range change, scoring 62 in India’s second inning, but his wait of more than a year for a century, in all formats, continues.
The 96-run tiered between Kohli and Ashwin was the seventh highest wicket partnership against England in the second inning, beating Developer Kapil Y Syed kirmaniAssociation of 82 administered in 1985.

Chepauk’s release was also a major talking point during the Test with former greats like Sunil gavaskar Y Shane warne advancing to defend the court against players like Michael Vaughan and Mark Waugh.
With fans once again coming to the stadiums to watch cricket heroes, there was also a small incident of a bio-bubble burst on Day 3, when a class X student managed to enter the park. The authorities subsequently let him go after his game pass was revoked.
The victory was also a special occasion for skipper Kohli, as he snapped a four-game losing streak as captain. Kohli now has 28 victories as captain of India, just 2 behind MS Dhoni’s record in India of 30.
With the series now tied at 1-1, both India and England will head to the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, which will host the remaining two rounds before the limited overs series begins.
The third test in Ahmedabad, which starts on February 24, will be a day and night event: the second test of the Indian pink ball at home.