India vs England, Live Cricket Score, Second Test Day 2 Live Updates – IND 163-6: FOUR from this and the commentators can’t keep their cool in the face of Virat Kohli’s brilliant technique and stance. He is arguably among the best hitters out there and his back foot play has risen to the top level that is expected to serve him well in Chennai.
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Tone Report: Study’s Mark Butcher says the window is crumbling further. Feel things will get even better for spinners. He adds that the spinners of England will have to see how the Indian spinners have exploited the surface for their purposes. Says they need to roll a little fuller on this wicket.
India is leading by 249 at the moment and has 9 wickets in the pot. Rohit Sharma appears to be in solid contact and has Pujara to the company. Do you know how Rohit can hit and you know how long Pujara can bat. England bowlers or, say, England spinners will be looking to use the surface to their advantage and attack early to keep the score rate under control as well. So another brilliant day of test match cricket awaits us.
So far the script has worked perfectly for India, who won the all-important opening day draw and put a decent total in a dust bowl as they try to level the series. India, who had taken four wickets in the morning, claimed another four in the post-lunch session to leave England gasping at 106-for-eight at tea.
Day 2 report: The demons came out on day 2 of the second test between India and England in Chennai. After only six wickets fell on opening day, as many as 15 wickets were lost today on a field that played all kinds of tricks at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The day belonged to the Indian spinning duo of R Ashwin and Axar Patel. While the spinner champion returned with another fifteen at home, Axar, on his debut was a brilliant supporting act and chose two huge wickets, including Joe Root’s. England were eliminated by 134 in just under 60 overs, giving the home team a huge lead in the first inning of 195 races. India had moved to 54-for-1 on stumps, which meant they had an overall advantage of 249. The first hour of day 2 belonged to England, who chose the last four wickets of India to fall for just 29 more runs in the day. While Rishabh Pant re-impressed with the bat with an undefeated 58-of-77-delivery fine, a hit that included 7 fours and 3 sixes, the bottom order collapsed without any contribution. Moeen Ali was expensive going over 4 races over, but he came back with 4 wickets. Olly Stone was the most impressive fast pitcher for the visitors and pocketed three windows.
England got off to a terrible start when Ishant Sharma caught Rory Burns’ leg before the wicket in the first over of innings. From then on it was the Ashwin and Axar show. With the wicket offering sharp turns and rebounds and exploding with puffs of dust very often, the Indian spinning duo were on top of the England batters all staring out to sea against them. Ashwin got the big wicket from Dom Sibley, who has been magnificent in his last innings in Asia, making the starter the first batter in innings to fall on the sweep. Axar Patel started off brilliantly on his Test debut: his first ball induced the edge of Root’s bat while his second simply missed the outside edge. It was getting fast. Root’s favorite shot abandoned him for once – he was caught in the short, thin leg trying to sweep Axar away, but the extra spin and rebound took him down. England were tattered 23 for 3 in the eleventh second. Axar had delivered a massive blow on his second switch. Ashwin and Axar continued to increase the pressure until lunch and also into the second session. Dan Lawrence’s awkward stay in the middle ended when Ashwin sent him packing for 9 and shortly thereafter Ben Stokes was castled by a peach from a roulette hand delivery, going in and out to hit the stump.
Mohammed Siraj continued to impress and hit his first ball of the day as Rishabh Pant made an excellent jump catch to his left. Axar fired Moeen Ali while Ashwin chose two more to take his 29th test cricket. Over the course of his five wicket run, he also surpassed Harbhajan Singh to become the second largest wicket catcher in India after Anil Kumble and also accomplished the feat of firing 200 left-handed batters. England were defeated by 134 in just under 60 overs, giving India a massive 195-run lead in the first innings. The home team lost Shubman Gill, but without further damage they finished the day 54-1 with an overall lead of 249. India is in the driver’s seat and with the wicket offering a sharp and fast turn, especially with the new ball, India has already done so. enough on the board. Aside from Ashwin and Axar on the ball, Pant was brilliant behind the stumps and received two catches. In light of England’s poor bat performance, Rohit Sharma’s brilliant 161 on Day 1 takes on even greater significance. He scored 27 more than the entire England team combined. India should conclude this match and level the series at the end of Day 3 or in the first half of Day 4.
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