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

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!

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.

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?

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

· 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.

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.

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.

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)

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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