India vs England highlights 1st Test Day 2: England reach 555/8 at stumps in Chennai

India vs England highlights, 1st Test, Day 2: Jack Leach and Dom Bess put on late resistance to take England to 555/8 at stumps. It will be interesting to see if England will be declaring at the start of Day 3 or will they be going after 600. Follow updates of IND vs ENG.

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• 6 Feb 2021, 04:43:07 PM IST

  End of day's play

  Great late resistance from Dom Bess and Jack Leach on Day 2. Tough day for India this one. England reach 555/8 at stumps on Day 2.

  
  

  Will England be declaring at the start of Day 3, or will they be going after 600? Find out tomorrow!

• 6 Feb 2021, 04:40:43 PM IST

  Final over of the day

  Bess, Leach leading England's late resistance. Brings up 550 for the visitors. Final over of the day is next. Bumrah will bowl this one.

• 6 Feb 2021, 04:33:36 PM IST

  Jasprit Bumrah into the attack

  Here comes Jasprit Bumrah into the attack. He had picked a wicket on the final ball of the day yesterday. Can he pick two here?

• 6 Feb 2021, 04:29:14 PM IST

  Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess - FOUR!

  FOUR! Ishant Sharma misses his line and Bess punishes him with a flick for a boundary. England 541/8

• 6 Feb 2021, 04:23:37 PM IST

  DROPPED!

  Rohit Sharma has dropped an absolute sitter - it was straight into his hands - and it just slipped out. Washington Sundar missed out on getting his maiden home Test wicket. ENG 537/8

• 6 Feb 2021, 04:11:03 PM IST

  England might not be declaring today

  It seems that England might not be looking to declare today - unless it would be the perfect time to do so with 8 overs left in the day.

• 6 Feb 2021, 03:56:27 PM IST

  Ishant Sharma strikes again!

  GONE! Ishant Sharma cleans up Jofra Archer for a golden duck. Ishant on a hat-trick.

• 6 Feb 2021, 03:54:13 PM IST

  Ishant Sharma strikes!

  GONE! Ishant Sharma strikes and gets his first wicket in the match. He cleans up Jos Buttler. England 525/7

• 6 Feb 2021, 03:48:36 PM IST

  Dom Bess unleashes

  FOUR! FOUR! Dom Bess hammers Shahbaz Nadeem for two consecutive boundaries. The message from the dressing room is clear. Score as many as you can because England may be declaring soon enough. Likely India will be getting a few overs to face before stumps today.

• 6 Feb 2021, 03:44:20 PM IST

  Sundar to Buttler - FOUR!

  FOUR! Jos Buttler is dealing in boundaries as he is quickly trying to score runs as he knows sooner rather than later, declaration will be coming.

• 6 Feb 2021, 03:34:42 PM IST

  Massive appeal!

  Rishabh Pant went straight up, Washington Sundar went straight up for a caught behind. They cannot believe it was not given out - India have no reviews left. That looked out.

  
  

  500 up for England, by the way.

• 6 Feb 2021, 03:23:16 PM IST

  Buttler on fire!

  Jos Buttler ups the ante. FOUR! FOUR! He goes after R Ashwin as he smashes two boundaries. England reach 493/6

• 6 Feb 2021, 03:15:56 PM IST

  England crawling to 500

  England are crawling towards 500 and at this point, it seems upon reaching that mark will Joe Root be thinking about declaring the innings.

• 6 Feb 2021, 03:02:17 PM IST

  Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root - LBW!

  Shahbaz Nadeem traps Joe Root on the pads. Huge appeal, the umpire gives it OUT. Root goes for DRS immediately. Is there bat involved? Nope. Three reds. OUT!

• 6 Feb 2021, 02:54:19 PM IST

  Ashwin to Pope - OUT!

  R Ashwin strikes! Ollie Pope has been trapped LBW here - will he review? Nope, he decides against it and walks back. It looked close. Expecting the ball to turn, played down the wrong line. That is out. ENG 473/5.

• 6 Feb 2021, 02:48:30 PM IST

  In the air...

  Where is Rishabh Pant going!?? Ashwin bowls a full toss - and Pope hits it in the air, gets a leading edge. Pant was going ahead - but the ball was going in the other direction! Hilarious!

• 6 Feb 2021, 02:40:17 PM IST

  Ashwin into the attack

  R Ashwin comes into the attack as India look to maybe get a wicket or two here before England eventually declares. One can feel if Root gets out here, then the declaration may come sooner rather than later.

• 6 Feb 2021, 02:29:43 PM IST

  Back after Tea

  Joe Root and Ollie Pope comes back to the middle. Now the final session of Day 2, the chess begins. Are England going to declare, are they going to bat on? Expect some unexpected things now.

• 6 Feb 2021, 02:11:22 PM IST

  Tea on Day 2

  Joe Root and Ollie Pope have taken England to 454/4 at Tea.

• 6 Feb 2021, 02:07:43 PM IST

  450 up for England

  Joe Root and Ollie Pope have taken England past the 250-run mark. 27 overs have been bowled in this session and England have score 97 runs with a loss of just one wicket of Ben Stokes. Good batting show from the visitors.

• 6 Feb 2021, 01:58:53 PM IST

  More stats on Joe Root

  · Joint 2nd most double-centuries by an English player in Tests along with Alastair Cook (5) and behind Wally Hammond (7).

  · 1st English captain to score 3 double-centuries in Tests.

  o No other English captain has scored more than 1 double century in Tests.

  · 13th English batsman to score a double-century against India in Tests.

• 6 Feb 2021, 01:57:27 PM IST

  Stats attack

  200 for Joe Root

  · 1st player to score a double-century on 100th Test.

  · 2nd English captain with a double-century against India in Tests after Graham Gooch’s 333 at Lord’s in 1990.

  · 5th double-century for Joe Root in Tests.

• 6 Feb 2021, 01:57:05 PM IST

  Joe Root - 200!

  SIX! Joe Root crosses the 200-run mark with a cracker of a shot for the maximum. This is Root's 5th double hundred in Tests, 3rd as captain.

• 6 Feb 2021, 01:50:07 PM IST

  Stats attack

  Joe Root (191*) - highest individual score for an England captain in India. In all Ind-Eng Tests, only English captain to score more is Graham Gooch (333 at Lord's, 1990)

  
  

  Source: Cricbuzz

• 6 Feb 2021, 01:43:30 PM IST

  India lost third review!

  India lost their third review after Virat Kohli opts for a review for a caught behind appeal. Kohli was not sure, but was convinced by the team. Bit of a desperation call. ENG 421/4

• 6 Feb 2021, 01:38:24 PM IST

  CHANCE!

  There was a mix-up between the wickets between Ollie Pope and Joe Root, but luckily, no harm done. PHEW! There have been a few nervy moments between these two in last five overs.

• 6 Feb 2021, 01:31:12 PM IST

  Spin from both ends

  Ashwin and Sundar bowling in tandem now. The 21-year-old successfully bowls his first maiden over of the innings. Meanwhile, Ashwin has overstepped here, taking India's no-ball count to 14. Doesn't matter to Root though, who smacks the off-spinner for back-to-back boundaries.

• 6 Feb 2021, 01:29:28 PM IST

  Sunil Gavaskar not happy after India drop Stokes twice

  “Just like they practice the pull shot, the cut shot in the nets, I think the fielding coach must also try and give them these caught and bowled situations as if the bowler has bowled and then he looks up and the catch comes. It is an important aspect. India have been missing a fair few caught and bowled opportunities. I don’t know how they will be able to practice that but they need to do that,” Gavaskar said on the post-lunch show on Star Sports.

• 6 Feb 2021, 01:10:44 PM IST

  400 up for England

  Nadeem oversteps. Almost has Pope drawing into a false shot next ball. Goes for a flashy drive and nearly plays on. None the less, England bring up their 400. This has been a remarkable batting performance from them and by the look of it, a big total seems likely.

• 6 Feb 2021, 12:58:03 PM IST

  Joe Root closing to 200

  Joe Root is batting at 171 - he is inching closer to 200 here - and if he reaches the mark - it would cement him in the conversation of top Test batsman again, probably.

• 6 Feb 2021, 12:47:02 PM IST

  Nadeem strikes!

  GONE! Shahbaz Nadeem strikes as he bowls on the leg stumps, Ben Stokes goes high, did not middle it. Pujara takes a catch in the deep. Finally a breakthrough. ENG 387/4, Stokes gone for 82.

• 6 Feb 2021, 12:42:12 PM IST

  Stats attack

  Century partnership for 4th wicket between Root and Stokes

  · 5th century stand between Root and Stokes in Tests.

  · 9th pair to have a century stand for 4th wicket at Chennai.

• 6 Feb 2021, 12:36:24 PM IST

  Bumrah to Stokes - FOUR!

  Pitch perfect yorker from Bumrah - but Stokes expected it and just used the pace of the ball to hit it for a boundary. Predictable.

• 6 Feb 2021, 12:31:25 PM IST

  Nadeem to Stokes - 100!

  HUNDRED! Ben Stokes hammers a six off Shahbaz Nadeem and that is the perfect shot to show intentions. He has crossed 70, and could well be on his way to a glorious ton.

• 6 Feb 2021, 12:25:20 PM IST

  Stat attack

  Only the second time in 35 home Tests by India since Jan 2013, 100+ partnerships have been registered for successive stands. The previous one was by SA in Vizag in 2019/20 (115 for 5th wkt & 164 for 6th wkt).

  
  

  Source: Cricbuzz

• 6 Feb 2021, 12:20:14 PM IST

  Shahbaz Nadeem on the other end

  Shahbaz Nadeem has joined Ishant Sharma on the other end. India looking to target Ben Stokes' wicket here and go from there.

• 6 Feb 2021, 12:10:35 PM IST

  Back after Lunch

  The first session completely belonged to England but India would hope to bounce back in the 2nd session. But things would not be that easy, as Stokes and Root are in tremendous form.

• 6 Feb 2021, 11:29:16 AM IST

  Lunch on Day 2

  Joe Root and Ben Stokes take England's total to 355/3 at Lunch on Day 2. This has been England's session through and through. England could well and truly reach 600 by the close of Day 2. And then the real drama would begin.

• 6 Feb 2021, 11:18:50 AM IST

  Lunch in 10 minutes

  The first session ends in about 10 minutes - and if this continues - then it would be well and truly England's session. Fantastic start to the day.

• 6 Feb 2021, 11:10:42 AM IST

  Stats attack

  Fifty for Ben Stokes

  · 23rd Test half-century for Stokes.

  · 12th Test half-century outside England.

  · 6th Test half-century in Asia.

  · 3rd Test half-century against India.

  · 2nd Test half-century in India.

  · 1st fifty for Stokes after 3 intervening innings.

  o His last Test fifty was of 78 runs vs WI at Manchester in 2020.

  · 1st fifty for Stokes against India after 4 intervening innings.

  o His last Test fifty against India was of 62 at Nottingham in 2018.

  · 1st fifty for Stokes in India after 7 intervening innings.

  o His last Test fifty in India was of 70 at Vizag in 2016.

  ENG: 336/3

• 6 Feb 2021, 11:09:35 AM IST

  FIFTY FOR STOKES!

  FIFTY! Ben Stokes brings up his 23rd half century on Day 2 in Chennai. Fantastic batting this one from England's key players.

• 6 Feb 2021, 11:03:21 AM IST

  Stats attack

  150+ scores in consecutive Tests

  4 Kumar Sangakkara (2007)

  3 Wally Hammond (1928-29)

  3 Don Bradman (1937)

  3 Zaheer Abbas (1982-93)

  3 Mudassar Nazar (1983)

  3 Tom Latham (2018-19)

  3 JOE ROOT (2021) *

• 6 Feb 2021, 11:01:06 AM IST

  Joe Root - 150

  Joe Root brings up his 150!

• 6 Feb 2021, 10:53:47 AM IST

  DRS Review taken - AGAIN!

  Shahbaz Nadeem struck Joe Root on the pads - and India go for a review yet again. Umpire is not interested. Nope, missing the stumps. India are desperate to get a wicket here - it seems. India lost two reviews in less than 2 overs now.

• 6 Feb 2021, 10:50:04 AM IST

  DRS Review taken

  Original decision is NOT OUT - that is off the glove. It was a clear decision, a desperate call from India. Worrying signs for India.

• 6 Feb 2021, 10:47:02 AM IST

  Joe Root is going really slow

  Joe Root has been particularly slow today - so it means he is pacing himself for a longer innings today. India need to get him out ASAP. He is holding the play here.

• 6 Feb 2021, 10:41:34 AM IST

  Spin from both ends now

  R Ashwin replaces Ishant Sharma. He is brought into the attack as India look to get a wicket here. This has been England's season so far.

• 6 Feb 2021, 10:35:15 AM IST

  300 up for England

  FOUR! FOUR! Ben Stokes hits Ishant Sharma for back-to-back boundaries. He has looked very comfortable since morning, and he is doing attacking batting here. Brings up 300 for England in no time.

• 6 Feb 2021, 10:24:06 AM IST

  Shahbaz Nadeem comes into the attack

  Shahbaz Nadeem has come into the attack. He can bowl at that rough patch on the left-hand side, which can trouble Ben Stokes. Stokes will be aware of that area. Interesting things could happen here.

• 6 Feb 2021, 10:16:38 AM IST

  Ashwin to Stokes - FOUR!

  FOUR! It has not been Ashwin's day so far, he has not been able to trouble Ben Stokes at all. He middles a sweep shot on a slower one for a boundary this time around.