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Ravichandran Ashwin leads 5-43 as England made 134 in 59.5 overs and India takes full control of the second test in Chennai on day two; Virat Kohli’s team takes a 249 run lead on matchday three as they attempt to level the four-game series at 1-1
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India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin won 5-43 as England packed 134 on the second day of the second test (Image Credit – BCCI)
England face an almighty challenge to save the second test after being eliminated 134 by India on a field suitable for bowlers on day two of 15 fields in Chennai.
Ravichandran Ashwin won 5-43 and rookie Axar Patel drew 2-40, starting with England captain Joe Root, who made just six after hitting 228, 186 and 221 in the first innings of his first three Test matches this year. winter.
Ashwin’s scalp featured Ben Stokes (18), thrown by a luscious ball that slid in and drifted away to hit the stump, while Ben Foakes (42nd) set the highest score in England’s first inning. in India.
Ben Foakes best scored for England with 42 not out (Credit Pic – BCCI)
Foakes helped England avoid any danger of being asked to follow, but India led with a whopping 195 in the first inning, an advantage that increased to 249 by stumps, with first-inning centurion Rohit Sharma (25th) leading. his team to 54-1 after enduring a series of scares.
Rohit received a lifeline at 20 when Foakes missed a great opportunity, survived a lbw review at 21 and the third referee decided he had played a shot against Moeen Ali after being knocked off the line by a ball that would have hit. stumps, and then voiding an lbw layoff of Jack Leach at 22.
Shubman Gill (14) is the only man out so far in India’s second inning – lbw to Leach – with Virat Kohli’s team in excellent position to continue and level the four-game series after being defeated by 227 runs in the opening of the series.
Virat Kohli’s India is in an excellent position to continue and level the four-game series at 1-1 (Credit Pic – BCCI)
India had started batting day as well, but was only able to add 29 runs to their 300-6 overnight, with Moeen (4-128) and Olly Stone (3-47) sharing the last four wickets, leaving Rishabh Pant stranded at 58 not out.
Ali had Foakes stumped Axar in the day’s second over after deflecting a delivery past the southpaw drive and then Ishant Sharma (0) was caught sweeping a full pitch two balls later.
Stone, impressive in his first overseas test, also hit twice in an over, the eighth in the morning, to polish India’s innings: tailenders Kuldeep Yadav (0) and Mohammed Siraj (4) trapped behind by Foakes.
Olly Stone picked up two wickets in an over in the morning when India was eliminated by 329 in their first innings (Credit Pic – BCCI)
Pant completed a 65-ball trial sixth over half a century between Moeen and Stone’s dual punches, toning Moeen for six and two fours and also depositing Root in the stands for maximum length on width.
England would have been optimistic about the change in innings, with India losing their last seven wickets for 81 runs, having been 248-3 on the first day as Rohit Sharma (161) and Ajinkya Rahane (67) added 162.
However, any hopes the visitors had of getting close to India’s total evaporated when they fell to 52-5 shortly after lunch: Stokes’ fifth man was knocked out while playing on the wrong line and was brought down by Ashwin.
Rory Burns (0) was out lbw on the third ball of the inning, just as India’s starter Gill had done with Stone on the first day, when Ishant pinned him in the crease with a nip-backer that would have hit the stump. of the leg. .
Ishant Sharma fired Rory Burns from the third ball of England’s first inning (Image Credit – BCCI)
Dom Sibley, who featured on a decent hitting while doing 16, was caught after Ashwin by Kohli on a leg slip, and India’s successful review showed the ball had hit the back of the opener’s bat after hitting his pad.
Sibley walked before her fate was sealed and three overs later, Root also stumbled away, having swept Ashwin on a short thin leg while left arm spinner Axar got an additional bounce off the deteriorating surface. .
Dan Lawrence (9) became Ashwin’s third victim when he slashed the last ball before lunch to Gill on the short leg to end a 52-delivery stint in the fold: England’s innings in tatters at 39-4 after the morning session.
Stokes, so often England’s talisman, couldn’t lead a comeback, but Foakes and Ollie Pope (22) added 35 for the sixth wicket before Pope gloved the first ball of Siraj’s match behind a diving pant.
India goalkeeper Rishabh Pant made two fantastic shots behind the stumps (Image Credit – BCCI)
Pant made an excellent catch jumping to his left to eliminate Pope and leave England with six under, something he repeated after tea, against Ishant this time, to discard Leach (5) and end the 25-run alliance of the batter with Foakes and reduce the tourists to 131-9 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Ashwin concluded the innings, pitching to Stuart Broad on the second sweep ball when he fired a left-handed batter for the 200th time in test cricket and ensured that England were eliminated in 59.5 overs.
Ashwin had made Stone (1) his fourth scalp of the day when the tailender was caught in the midwicket with a hit of tea, after Axar had Moeen (6) hit him by a plummeting Rahane as he slipped through a deviation of the thigh pad from Pant.
Ajinkya Rahane caught Moeen Ali in a slip after Axar Patel’s delivery was deflected from Pant’s thigh (Image Credit – BCCI)
The Foakes compound earned itself a red inker and ensured that India couldn’t immediately reinsert England, although it seemed unlikely Kohli would do so anyway with so much time left in the game.
India’s only imperfections were the waste of their reviews, all three shattered within 46 overs once they appealed for Foakes lbw to Ashwin on the 16th.
Follow the text commentary of the third day of the second test between India and England in Chennai on skysports.com and the Sky Sports app starting at 3.50am on Monday.
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