India vs England Highlights, 1st Test Day 2: Jadeja, Axar put India in command at stumps

India vs England Highlights, 1st Test Day 2:

India vs England Highlights, 1st Test Day 2: Jadeja (81 batting) and Axar Patel (35 batting), who added 63 runs for the unbroken eighth-wicket stand, are at the crease at stumps. India's lead has now swelled to 175 runs, and England would find it tough to wipe that out once their turn to bat comes on the third day. Jadeja and KS Bharat stitched a good partnership. Bharat eventually fell on 41 off 81 after which Ravichandran Ashwin fell due to a terrible mix-up with Jadeja. This has brought Axar Patel into the middle and he started with a four off the very first ball that he faced. Jadeja crossed his half-century and then raised yet another 50-run stand for India with KS Bharat soon thereafter. The hosts have kept up a good run rate for much of the day, particularly for a large part of the second session. KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer put up 64 off 106 balls and then Rahul put up 65 off 74 balls with Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja and Rahul in particular were ruthless against the England spinners who struggled for any kind of consistency. However Rahul missed out on scoring a century, falling on 86 off 123 and after that, Jadeja reined himself in. India still have some batting left with Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin in the hut. England had started the second session but it was undone when the spinners lost control of their lines and length soon thereafter.

England had a lot of positives in the morning session, with Joe Root dismissing the dangerous Yashasvi Jaiswal on 80 in the first over of the day and Tom Hartley finally finding a reason to smile by getting the wicket of the struggling Shubman Gill. Shreyas Iyer then stuck in the middle with Rahul and saw India through to Lunch.

The first day was as entertaining as one expects this entire series to be and it ended with India as much in control as they are expected to be in the series. However, there was also enough promise in it for England with the bat, with captain Ben Stokes leading a remarkable rearguard action to take them to a score of 246 on what seems to be a pitch that was giving a lot of assistance to the spinners already.

However, the problem for England after that was Jaiswal doing a Bazball on them and racing to 76 off 70 balls at Stumps on Day 1. Jaiswal and India captain Rohit Sharma smashed 80 runs in just 12.2 overs before the latter fell to Jack Leach off a rather rash shot. Sbubman Gill, though, came in and played an innings of the opposite nature, watchful guarding one end as Jaiswal continued to go big guns at the other. Gill will start Day 2 on 14 off 43 balls and India are 119/1 in 23 overs, trailing England by 127 runs.

Jaiswal took a special liking for England debutant Tom Hartley. The 24-year-old spinner has ended up shipping 63 runs in just nine overs. Moreover, England will have to spend the rest of the Indian innings without DRS with Stokes burning through all three inside the first 14 overs itself. England opener Ben Duckett later admitted that they did not expect this kind of aggression from Rohit and Jaiswal. Earlier, the visitors had two good partnerships from their top five and Duckett was part of one of them. He put up an opening stand of 55 off 72 balls with Zak Crawley as the pair plundered runs from the initial overs bowled by pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj. The next good partnership was between Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root, who put up 61 off 105 balls for the fourth wicket.

England were losing regular wickets after that partnership was broken in the second session but Stokes held it together and made an attacking 70 off 88 balls. He was the last England wicket to fall. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin took three wickets each while Axar Patel got two. Bumrah ended up being among the wickets, picking two for his own with the second being an unplayable delivery that dismissed Stokes.

• Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel have taken India to 421/7 at Stumps on Day 2. They lead by 175 runs.
• India lose two quick wickets. Bharat is out LBW followed by the run out of Ashwin.
• India's lead has crossed 100
• Ravindra Jadeja has become the fourth Indian batter to score a half-century
• KL Rahul has been the highest scorer for India thus far with 86 off 123
• India have had four partnerships in this innings that has gone past 50
• Yashasvi Jaiswal started with a four off the second ball of the first over from Joe Root
• However, Jaiswal fell to Root two balls later on 80 off 74 balls.