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India vs England Highlights, 1st Test Day 2: Jadeja, Axar put India in command at stumps
India vs England Highlights, 1st Test Day 2: Ravindra Jadeja has scored a half-century and India are grinding England down.
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.
...Read MoreEngland 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.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Stumps
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Another boundary to the end over and the umpires have decided to call for stumps. A 15-run-over to end the day, that pretty much sums up the story of this Test match and for debutant Tom Hartley. India end the day at 421/7. They lead England (246) by 175 runs.
Jadeja (81*) and Axar (35*) will resume duties on Day 3.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: FOUR! SIX!
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: A superb drive straight down the ground for four, followed by slog sweep for a six - this is Axar Patel at best. 50 partnership comes up between him and Jadeja. Now, one gets the feeling, England want to go to stumps as soon as possible. This is now a one-way traffic.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: India cross 400
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Full toss from Rehan Ahmed and Jadeja flicks it with power to beat the two fielders on the on-side. The ball races to the fence. This also brings up India's 400.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Axar and Jadeja stay positive
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: The lights are fading, the umpires are looking at the watch but nothing is stopping the Indian batters from being positive. Axar and Jadeja are not shying away from punishing the bad balls.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Some banter between Gavaskar and KP
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: There is some banter going on between Sunil Gavaskar and Kevin Pietersen regarding the nature of this Hyderabad pitch. Gavaskar says teams should come expecting that the ball would turn from Day 1. His comments came after KP said the way Jadeja was turning the ball right from the onset was not a good reflection of a Test pitch.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Important runs
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: 7 runs of that Mark Wood over - four of them leg byes but these are all very important runs for India. They now lead by 139 and if Jadej and Axar can manage to bat till Stumps today, it will be another dominating day in the office for the hosts.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Axar looking good
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Silken cover drive from Axar Patel. Gets to the pitch of the ball and drills it past two fielders to collect his second boundary. Axar Patel is too good for a No.9, you would think. He actually is.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: FOUR!
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Rehan Ahmad made a very good effort at the boundary but the replays show that his hand touched the boundary pads while he caught the ball. India are finally down to their last recognised batting pair with Axar Patel coming in at No.9 and he has hit a four off the first ball that he faced.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: MIX-UP AND RUN OUT!
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Oh the spin twins Ashwin and Jadeja end up at the non-striker's end but they have the bats in hand. Ashwin has to go, he stopped short of ground his bat at the crease. Ashwin tucked it to the covers and started running looking at the ball. Jadeja too started running looking at the ball and then suddenly turned back. Both batters were oblivious to each other and now Ashwin has to go. A wicket out of nowhere for England.
Ashwin run out (Hartley/†Foakes) 1 (11)
IND vs AUS Live Score: India 358/7 in 90.3 overs
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: OUT! Bharat's stay ends
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: And finally the DRS doesn't go India's way today. Big appeal against Bharat and the umpire raises his finger. It is that man Root again, he has been asking a lot of questions in this session. Bharat checks his position and then goes for the review. Dragged down by Root but it straightens sharpy, Bharat goes for the sweep, misses it entirely so no bat on it. The ball tracker holds up the umpire's review. Bharat was looking good and he is visibly disappointed with that.
Bharat lbw b Root 41 (81)
IND vs ENG Live Score: India 356/6 in 88.2 overs, lead by 110 runs
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: India lead by 100 runs now
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: A single off the second ball of the 87th from Root does the job. That lead reaches 102 by the end of that over with Jadeja on 59 off 96 and Bharat on 35 off 75.
IND vs ENG Live Score: India 349/5 in 87 overs
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: England take the new ball
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Joe Root will bowl the first over with the new ball. If you have been watching this match while following the commentary in the Indian broadcast/stream, do ignore what Ravi Shastri and Murali Kartik have been saying about England's reviews being reinstated after they take the new ball. That rule was scrapped by the ICC seven years ago. Strange how Shastri missed that considering he coached the Indian Test team till 2021. Kartik can't really be excused either, he has been an active commentator all this while. Jadeja is on 54 off 87, Bharat is on 30 off 66.
IND vs ENG Live Score: India 339/5
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: 50 for Jadeja!
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: And there is the sword celebration. The crowd here has been waiting for the last 10 balls to see that celebration. Jadeja runs three and then whips out his bat/sword. He is on 52 off 84.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: FOUR! England being hurt by their loose deliveries
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Well this is getting out of hand. Rehan with dragged back delivery for the fourth ball that is just about saved by Mark Wood at the boundary. Then Ahmed drags it back again and this time, Bharat nails that shot. He has moved to 29 off 60, Jadeja still stuck on 49 off 81 balls.
IND vs ENG Live Score: India 333/5, lead by 87
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: FOUR!
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: A rare half-tracker from Joe Root and Bharat slaps it across the line to the boundary. A nice freebie there from the former England captain.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: The players return
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Joe Root to start the bowling in the third session as well, Jadeja is on strike. Here we go then, what can India get up to in this session.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: The second session
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: This is the first session of this match in which less than 100 runs have been scored. It has been that kind of a match. But that doesn't mean the batting was slow by any stretch of imagination. Rahul and Iyer put up 64 off 106 balls and then Rahul put up 65 off 74 balls with Jadeja. Now Jadeja and Bharat have faced 67 balls for 21 runs.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: TEA! India 309/5, lead by 63 runs
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: The scoring rate has gone down since Rahul was dismissed but that is as much because of Jadeja mellowing down now that India are into their last five wickets. This is not going well for England at all at the moment. They need a collapse in the final session to get to parity at the moment.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Last over before Tea now
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Rehan Ahmed to bowl it. Jadeja is on 40 off 66, Bharat on 9 off 33.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: India cross 300
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: 72 overs have been done now. Jadeja has reigned in the big shots now, considering the turn that the England spinners are getting it seems pretty safe to say that India stand a chance at an innings victory if they can get their lead past 200.
IND vs ENG Live Score: India 303/5 in 72 overs
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: 70 overs gone
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Jadeja is on 36 off 49, Bharat at the other end on seven off 20. It is Wood and Leach alternating now. India still have two more recognised batters after this. It is this batting depth that has given the Indian top five to bat with the freedom that they have in this innings. The hosts currently lead by 52.
IND vs ENG Live Score: India 298/5 in 70 overs
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Wood returns
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: And once again, it is Leach who has been taken off the attack. This is quite baffling tactics from Stokes, India have been the most careful around Leach but Stokes has avoided giving him long spells. Or else he could be just changing ends, who knows.
IND vs ENG Live Score: India 292/5 in 67 overs
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: OUT! No century for Rahul
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Oh how disappointed is Rahul going to be with that. He has thrown away the century after a truly wonderful innings. Rahul sees this dragged back and tries to go big but he ends up putting it straight into the hands of deep midwicket.
Rahul c Rehan Ahmed b Hartley 86 (123)
IND vs ENG Live Score: India 288/5 in 64.5 overs
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: SIX!
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: Well it was only temporary halt to the boundaries after all. Second ball of the 65th from Hartley, Jadeja skips down the track and smashes him into the stands.
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: A maiden over
India vs England Live Score, IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2: The flow of boundaries seem to have come to a temporary halt it seems and Leach managed to keep Rahul quiet throughout the 64th over. Rahul is on 86 off 122, Jadeja on 27 off 34.
IND vs ENG Live Score: India 281/4 in 64 overs
