Test 2 Day 2 Review- India all over England

India making a statement on the 2nd day of the Test

Never doubt the Indian spinners, India in a commanding position at the end of Day 2. Ashwin & co. got on the England batsmen nerves.

Have a detailed look at how the day unfolded :  

Virat departed early

Virat Kohli was gone in the first hour of the morning session, by Moeen Ali. Just a ball earlier Ashwin was dropped by Ben Stokes, a simple catch in the slips and he dropped letting Indian batsmen complete a single. On the very next ball he took Virat Kohli's catch, a rather tough catch. 

Virat scored 167. India were on 351/5.

Use of DRS still needs to be sorted out 

16 runs were added then India lost a couple of wickets in a single over of Moeen Ali, in the form of Wriddhiman Saha and Ravindra Jadeja, both LBW. Saha reviewed the decision which looked out clearly and Jadeja didn't, but the replay showed that Jadeja should have reviewed it as the ball went onto to missed the stumps. 

Crucial Partnership 

R. Ashwin and debutant Jayant Yadav took India out of the chaos, as they added 52 runs together to take India across 400 mark, reaching 415 runs at lunch. 

Jayant Yadav proved his worth by scoring some important runs and building a partnership with Ashwin for the 8th wicket. 

Post Lunch session

England needed to wrap up things quickly but stubborn Ashwin and Jayant were not taking any chances. Ashwin completed his 8th Test fifty, and was looking to score big. But at the score of 58 he edged the ball into the hands wicketkeeper Bairstow. Ben Stokes took his wicket. India were 427/8.

After Ashwin's wicket it seemed, it was just a matter of time before India got bowled out but still they managed to add some runs and managed to cross 450 run mark. 

Umesh Yadav was the last one to got out and India finished their 1st innings at 455. 

India strike early

After putting up a big score of 455, India needed to control the tune of the match. They needed an early wicket to do so and Mohammad Shami did it for India. The ball just drifted slightly inside and managed to sneak under the bat of Alastair Cook and his off stump was out of the ground. The ball hit so hard that the stump was broken in two pieces. 

Joe Root tried getting England out of the trauma

Indian spinners were in full swing. Jadeja and Ashwin bowled some good deliveries and troubled both Hameed and Root. Root managed to hit few boundaries to take some pressure off and he made sure England didn't lose another wicket before tea. England ended the session at 34/1.

India strangled England batting 

After tea, Indian bowlers were all over English players. Hameed was run-out trying to take the second run but Root denied, and a quick throw from debutant Jayant and a neat finish from Saha made sure Hameed didn't make it. He was given out directly by the leg umpire Rod Tucker. 

Ashwin didn't let England batsmen settle down, meanwhile Root completed his yet another Test fifty, he is already the highest run getter in tests this calendar year. 

Ashwin clean bowled a struggling Ben Duckett and soon after he sent Joe Root also in the pavilion, who, tried to hit the ball on the on-side but the ball didn't turn as expected and a leading edge took the ball in the air with Umesh Yadav completing the catch. 

England were reduced to 80/4. 

Soon after drinks, debutant Jayant Yadav got his first International Test wicket, in some style, Moeen Ali stepped down the pitch, but the ball hit the pads, an appeal was made but Kumar Dharmasena turned it down, Jayant was confident so he asked skipper Kohli to go for DRS. His confidence proved correct and he managed to pick his first intl' wicket with the help of DRS. Virat Kohli looked exuberant after the dismissal. 

It looked like India will pick a wicket in every over from then. But England managed to get through with the help of Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow.

Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow both remain not-out at 12. 

England finished the day at 103/5. 

So India will probably be raring to go on the pitch and finish England off tomorrow. The Indian team had been brilliant today and showed why they are the No.1 Test playing nation in the world. 

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