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PremiumIndia vs England 2nd Test Day 4: IND vs ENG, India won the second Test at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Vishakhapatnam by 106 runs to level the series at 1-1. The two teams will now meet in Rajkot for the 3rd Test, which is expected to be another exciting encounter given the history of the last two matches.
Opener Zack Crawley and nightwatchman Rehan Ahmed started the fourth day's play for England against Jasprit Bumrah and Axar Patel and needed 332 runs to win the match, but the total of 399 proved too much for England.
After being hammered by Ahmed, Axar dismissed the lower-order batsman for 23 to give India their first breakthrough of the day. England, however, continued to set the tempo, scoring at around 5 an over throughout the first session. Ollie Pope began his innings on an aggressive note, hitting Axar Patel for a boundary and maintaining a strike rate of over 100 throughout his innings.
Ollie Pope was also eventually dismissed when he tried to play a shot off Ashwin and was caught at slip by skipper Rohit Sharma. Meanwhile, Joe Root started his innings in a similar fashion, hitting Ashwin for two boundaries off the reverse sweep in the first three balls of his innings. Root was eventually dismissed for 16 when he tried to step out of his crease to hit Ashwin for a big shot.
Just before Lunch, India tilted the game in their favour with two crucial wickets of Jonny Bairstow and well-set Zack Crawley and two new batters were forced to take the crease in the second session of the day.
After Lunch, Skipper Ben Stokes and Ben Foakes seemed to be making themselves comfortable at the crease in the 2nd session of the day when a direct hit from Shreyas Iyer put an end to Stokes' innings. Meanwhile, Foakes and Tom Hartley stitched together an over 50 run partnership to give a fickle of a hope to England but the English innings fell apart quickly after the wicket of Ben Foakes.
Earlier in the game, India managed to score 255 runs in their 2nd innings on the back of a brilliant century from Shubman Gill while there were some important contributions from Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel. Gill hit 11 fours and 2 sixes. Shubman Gill is now the third Indian to score a century playing at number 3 after 2018.
Even prior to that, Indian bowlers led by Jasprit Bumrah's ‘Sixfer’, dominated the DAY 2 play and restricted the visitors on a score of 255, taking a lead of 143 runs which proved to be crucial in the game.
For England Tom Hartley picked 4 wickets, Rehan Ahmed took 3 and James Anderson took 2 wickets. Debutant Shoaib Bashir clinched 1 wicket in the second innings.
India vs England Live Score: Following James Anderson's assertion that India appeared apprehensive during their second innings batting and were uncertain about a secure target to counter the formidable 'Bazball,' England substantiated their words on Monday by displaying an explosive performance.
"Coming into this last innings, (we) had full belief in ourselves that we'll chase it down," England skipper Ben Stokes said at the end of the game.
India vs England Live Score: Jasprit Bumrah was declared the Player of the Match for his excellent performance in both the innings of the match. Bumrah took 6 wickets in the 1st innings and 3 in the 2nd innings.
India vs England Live Score: The videos of Ben Stokes's dismissal are doing rounds on social media with users tagging it with the video of Ben Stokes showing a finger to Shreyas Iyer after taking his catch on third day of the match. After his deadly throw, which ended the game for Ben Stokes, Shreyas Iyer displayed a animated celebration and showed his finger similarly, which ignited a social media storm. Read More
India vs England Live Score: India's young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal created history on Saturday after becoming the third youngest cricketer to slam a double century in Test cricket. Playing on Day 2 of India vs England 2nd Test, Yashasvi Jaiswal displayed extreme composure and tied India's innings amid regular fall of wickets. At 22, Yashasvi Jaiswal is the third youngest Indian cricketer to slam a double century in Test cricket as before him Sunil Gavaskar smashed his maiden double century at the age of 21 years and 277 days. Read More
India vs England Live Score: India's star pacer Jasprit Bumrah was absolutely stunning in the second Test match at Vizag as the bowler single-handedly demolished England's batting during their first innings. With a wonderful 6/45 spell, Jasprit Bumrah also became the fastest pacer to complete 150 wickets in Test cricket.
India vs England Live Score: The 5-match India vs England series is now tied 1-1 and the victory in the second match came after some optimistic developments from Team India. Apart from Yashasvi Jaiswal's double century, another promising youngster Shubman Gill displayed his potential with (34 & 104) in the second Test match.
India vs England Live Score: Legendary Pakistan pacer Waqar Younis has heaped praise on star India pacer Jasprit Bumrah for his bowling performance in the second Test against England. During the second Test match played in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, speedster Bumrah became the fastest pacer to pick 150 wickets in the long-format cricket. He even delivered a yorker that dismantled England batter Ollie Pope's middle and leg stumps. Read More
India vs England Live Score: Rohit Sharma-led Team India on Monday defeated England by 106 runs to level the 5-match Test series 1-1. Unlike the first Test, the young Indian team didn't look complacent this time and fought till the last wicket to take the game home. Skipper Rohit Sharma was more than happy with the performance of the Indian squad but flagged the areas of concern in batting. Read More
India vs England Live Score: "The wicket was really good to bat on. That's where, if I have to point anything, a lot of the batters got the start, but didn't convert into a big score, and [that's] something that we really need to look into," ESPNCricinfo quoted Rohit Sharma as saying.
India vs England Live Score: Ahead of the third Test match at Rajkot on 15 February, Team India must answer some difficult questions about the comeback of senior players like Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, and Ravindra Jadeja. Shubman Gill also faced a minor finger injury during fielding in the second Test and remained off the field on the fourth day.
India vs England Live Score: "Being 2-0 up would have been great for us, but that's the great thing about a five-match series, it's the end of the series where everything counts," Ben Stokes told reporters.
"We're a very level-headed team and that allows us to put things behind us, move on to the next thing and concentrate there."
India vs England Live Score: "He is a champion player for us (Bumrah). When you win a game like that, you have to look at the overall performance as well. We were good with the bat. You know winning a Test in these conditions is not easy. Wanted our bowlers to step up and they did that. He looks like a good player and understands his game really well. Long way to go for him, has got a lot to offer for our team. Hope he stays humble," Rohit said in a post-match presentation.
India vs England Live Score: "We're going through a transition so I feel it's my responsibility to help them in any way I can," Jaspirt Bumrah said after winning Player of the Match award in the second Test match against England.
India vs England Live Score: "Looking at them, five or six tests between them, to bowl the way they did yesterday without Joe - what they produced was incredible," England skipper Ben Stokes said after losing to India by 106 runs in the second Test match.
India vs England Live Score: "(I am) very proud of such a young squad, to come up against a team like that. Lot of the guys are quite young in terms of playing this form of the game," Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said after the match.
India vs England Live Score: India made a stunning comeback against England as it defeated the visitors by a whopping 106 runs in the second Test match at Vizag. India wrapped up the Ben Stokes-led squad on the fourth day after young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal provided India with a comfortable lead with a double-century. England was slowly covering up the lead on the fourth day, when a wonderful direct hit by Shreyas Iyer dismissed Ben Stokes, and it became of matter of time before India clinched the victory. Read More
India vs England Live Score: “Jasprit Bumrah is one of those players where you'll put your hands up and say 'Wow, he's just too good,'" England skipper Ben Stokes on Indian pacer's brilliant spell in the second Test match against India.
India vs England Live Score: Speaking at the post-match presentation, Rohit said, Looks like a very good player, understands his game really well but he's gotta a long way to go. Coming to this side now, every opportunity he is trying to make the most out it. That was an exceptional knock what he did in the first innings… He's got a lot to offer to our team and I hope he stays quite humbled and focuses on what is needed for the team"
India vs England Live Score: Explaining the reason why he did not celebrate after getting to the 100 on Day 3, Shubman Gill said in an interaction to JioCinema, “I didn't feel like the job was done so I didn't celebrate. I thought once I got to 150 or 200, I would celebrate."
India vs England Live Score: Jasprit Bumrah was declared the Player of the Match for his excellent performance in both the innings of the match. Bumrah took 6 wickets in the 1st innings and 3 in the 2nd innings.
India vs England Live Score: Jasprit Bumrah claimed India's final wicket, removing Tom Hartley for 36. Bumrah was the pick of the Indian bowlers throughout the match, helping the Indian skipper whenever the team was in trouble. Meanwhile, Ravichandran Ashwin will have to wait a few more days to claim his 500th Test wicket. The veteran spinner currently has 499 wickets to his name.
India vs England Live Score: Mukesh Kumar gets his first wicket of the match, taking the wicket of Shoaib Bashir, who couldn't get the scoreboard ticking. Kumar has had a tough couple of days in the match, getting a lot of runs without getting the wickets he needed, but he had a big smile on his face after taking Bashir's wicket.
India vs England Live Score: Rohit Sharma brings Jasprit Bumrah back into the attack to work some magic with the 60-over old ball, and the pacer delivers in style. Bumrah bowls a slower delivery to Foakes and the right-handed batsman drives it straight into Bumrah's hand. India now need just 2 more wickets to end this match, while England need 129 more runs.
India vs England Live Score: A 50 partnership between Tom Hartley and Ben Foakes helped bridge the gap to India's 399-run total. Tom Hartley has looked confident in this innings, using a mix of aggression and intelligent batting to take some much-needed pressure off his side.
Ben Foakes 31 (62)
Tom Hartley 30 (36)
ENG 270/7 after 63.5 overs
India vs England Live Score: Comedy of errors in Vishakhapatnam, Tom Hartley is given OUT on 23 by the on-field umpire, the decision is referred and subsequently overturned on Umpire's call.
Tom Hartley was originally given caught out, but as there was no edge involved, the third umpire took the on-field umpire's decision as not out while reviewing lbw.
India vs England Live Score: A small partnership seems to be forming between Tom Hartley and Ben Foakes. The pair have put on 37 runs between them off just 49 balls to take some of the pressure off England. England have now passed the 250-run mark and need 145 runs to win the match. The more this partnership continues, the more problems Rohit and Co will face.
ENG 257/7 after 61.0 overs
Hartley 19 (25)
Foakes 29 (56)
India vs England Live Score: Hartley decides to take on Ashwin, who is sitting on 499 Test wickets at the moment. The left-handed batter steps out of his crease to hit the ball straight over the bowler's head for a SIX. The intentions are clear from Hartley and this game may be coming to an end sooner than expected.
ENG 232/7 after 55.0 overs
Hartley 6 (6)
Foakes 18 (37)
India vs England Live Score: ENG's last hope in the match, skipper Ben Stokes, departed on 11. A little hesitation on the part of the two batters to take the single and a brilliant direct hit from Shreyas Iyer brought an end to Stokes' innings. Tom Hartley is next batter on the crease.
India vs England Live Score: In stark comparison to how England played in the first session of the day, the visitors are now looking more cautious and are scoring at below three runs an over in the 7 overs bowled in the 2nd session of the day.
Ben Stoakes 9 (24)
Ben Foakes 11 (20)
India vs England Live Score: Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah are keeping the pressure going on the English batters with runs looking too hard to come by at the moment.
Ben Stoakes 4 (12)
Ben Foakes 0 (7)
India vs England Live Score: Jasprit Bumrah begins the attack for India after Lunch against the pair of Ben Stoakes and Ben Foakes.
India vs England Live Score: It is lunch time on day 4 and Rohit Sharma will be very happy with what India have achieved in this session. While England have scored 127 runs in this session, India have taken 5 wickets.
England's Bazball approach was on full display in the first session, hitting boundaries and turning the strike, but the constant fall of wickets meant that England were put on the back foot.
The session was 50-50 until the last few overs, when India picked up two crucial wickets in the form of Zack Crawley and Jonny Bairstow, meaning two new batsmen would be at the crease after lunch. From here, it will take a miracle for England to salvage this match.
India vs England Live Score: Another wicket for England, Jasprit Bumrah taking the wicket of Jonny Bairstow on 26. Bumrah gets a delivery back to Bairstow and traps him in front, the umpire giving the decision lbw. Bairstow reviews the decision only for the third umpire to uphold it.
India vs England Live Score: Kuldeep gets the breakthrough in his first over, trapping the well-set Zack Crawley on his crease and getting the decision in his favour via a referral.
India vs England Live Score: Kuldeep Yadav comes into the attack, shortly before lunch. The left-hand bowler keeps his line and length tight and keeps the English batters in check. India are currently desperately looking for a 5th wicket while England will be desperate to go to Lunch without losing any more wickets.
Crawley 73 (132)
Bairstow 26 (32)
India vs England Live Score: It looks like Kuldeep Yadav will have to wait until the second session of the day to get his hands on the ball as Axar Patel is now getting more turn off the surface after varying his pace.
Bairstow missed a couple of deliveries and the spinning ball gave the Indians more confidence.
ENG 175/4 after 38.0 0vers
Zack Crawley 67 (118)
Jonny Bairstow 13 (22)
India vs England Live Score: Zack Crawley and Jonny Bairstow are currently batting at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Vishakhapatnam, trying to put together a partnership.
Despite the lack of boundaries in the last few overs, England's batsmen have managed to keep the strike going, particularly Zack Crawley. Kevin Peterson reckons that Rohit should keep the field up for Crawley, inviting England's batsmen to continue the aggressive approach that could lead to more wickets for India.
ENG 166/4 after 35.0 overs
Crawley 62 (110)
Bairstow 9 (14)
India vs England Live Score: Ravichandran Ashwin takes his 3rd wicket of the match and is now just 1 wicket away from 500 Test wickets. Root steps out of the crease and tries to hit the ball over Ashwin's head for a big shot, only to hand it straight to Axar Patel.
India vs England Live Score: Joe Root starts his innings with a reverse sweep to Ashwin, which goes to the boundary for four. Ashwin is almost stunned to see a player of Root's calibre start his innings with a reverse sweep, but slowly, Root hits another delivery from Ashwin for a boundary.
India vs England Live Score: Ashwin picks up his second wicket of the match, dismissing the aggressive Ollie Pope for 23. Pope tries to play a shot to the off side, only to see it go straight to skipper Rohit Sharma, who takes a fantastic catch at slip.
And drinks are called after the wicket, tipping the game further in India's favour as Joe Root comes to the crease.
India vs England Live Score: Ollie Pope and Zack Crawley have not let England's momentum slip as they continue to attack the spinning pair of Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin. England are scoring at around 5 runs an over this session, thanks to boundaries and a steady rotation of strokes from the two openers.
ENG 132/2 after 27.4 overs
Pope 22 (18)
Crawley 53 (91)
India vs England Live Score: In the first bowling change for India on day 4, Ravichandran Ashwin replaces Jasprit Bumrah in the attack. Bumrah had a productive 5-over spell, keeping his line and length tight, but couldn't claim the all-important wicket of Zack Crawley. Meanwhile, Ashwin will be looking to replicate yesterday's effort and take a quick wicket in his opening overs to keep the pressure on England.
India vs England Live Score: Axar Patel has claimed India's first wicket of the day, Rehan Ahmed trying to flick a straighter delivery from Axar only to miss completely and be given LBW. Patel looked threatening all over, turning the ball both ways on this Dya 4 Vizag pitch.
India vs England Live Score: A clear strategy is emerging for England, with Zack Crawlyey seemingly content to just turn the strike, while Rehan Ahmed takes on the spin of Axar Patel. Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah looks as threatening as ever, keeping the ball on the 4th-5th stump line and leaving the batsmen guessing whether to play or leave the ball.
India vs England Live Score: Jasprit Bumrah starts with a maiden over to set the tone for Day 4 of the Test match. Bumrah keeps the line and length tight and makes Crawley unsure about where his stumps are.
India vs England Live Score: Jasprit Bumrah starts the proceedings for India against the pair of opener Zack Crawley and night watchmen Rehan Ahmed. Bumrah will aim to take advantage of the early moisture and the cracks on the pitch in order to trouble the English batters.
India vs England Live Score: Speaking at post-day match presentation, Gill said, “It felt good. I just thought the job was not done for the team. So, that's why it was a little mellowed celebration,"
India vs England Live Score: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Rajat Patidar, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mukesh Kumar
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes(w), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson
India vs England Live Score: In a post on X, the former Indian cricketer wrote, “Glad to see two youngsters, both under 25 rising to the occasion and standing out. Very likely that these two will dominate world cricket for the next decade and more,"
Yashsasvi Jaiswal scored a double century in the first innings of the match while Gill's century helped India set a mammoth 2nd innings total at Vizag.
India vs England Live Score: Speaking at post-day press conference, Anderson said, "I'm obviously delighted with the five wickets (in the match) but I think I'm more pleased with the fact I got through 35 overs in three days," said Anderson, who played his first Test in 2003. "I felt strong when I was doing it as well. All that work I was doing in the last few months has really paid off, and that's probably the most satisfying thing for me."
