Virat Kohli goes gaga over Jayant Yadav

“This is going to make Virat Kohli stronger”, he said. The Indian spin trio then made things hard for the England batsmen on the fifth day of the Test match as the pitch did not spin much but offered variable bounce which assisted Indian spinners and spell trouble for the England batsmen.

Chasing a daunting 405 on a deteriorating wicket, Cook and Haseem Hameed initially defied the Indian bowlers, who could not separate the openers in the afternoon session.

India’s spirited bowling stopped England from settling in as the visitors slumped from their overnight 87 for two to 158 all out, just 20 minutes after lunch.

The England side is filled with fluent strokemakers including Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow.

There was still time for Shami to strike before lunch as Adil Rashid top-edged to Saha. “When batting, we have a clear plan and both batsmen decide”, he said.

After stumps on the fourth day, Virat Kohli rounded up his men in a huddle and was seen speaking animatedly to them. Ravichandran Ashwin was India’s pick of the bowlers with eights wickets, while the other scalps were shared between Ravindra Jadeja (3), Jayant Yadav (4), Mohammed Shami (3) and Umesh Yadav (1).

Once the batsman did their job by putting up a daunting first innings total, the English had an uphill task to get anywhere close to the Indian total on a spin friendly wicket. Jayant Yadav (0-7) was the last of the three spinners to be deployed.

“Every time I come here I get a good feel, pretty similar to Adelaide, but in general the environment is such in the stadium that you want to play exciting cricket because so many people come to watch, and the support was priceless.

Jayant Yadav, who did not get too many opportunities to bowl with Ashwin and Jadeja in full rhythm, struck in his first over of the day as he clean bowled the risky Ben Stokes. “I’ll obviously try to get fit for the next one but, I hope, definitely be fit for Mumbai”.

England captain Cook said, “I think the toss played an important part”.

The batting effort came after Stuart Broad shrugged off a right-foot injury to claim four wickets and help dismiss India for 204 in their second innings.

Indian spinners weaved magic on the last day to give India an emphatic win over England in the second test at Vizag, but the player of the match was undoubtedly skipper Virat Kohli.