Ashwin and Jadeja Get India in Control of Test vs England, Again

India began the day 271/6 three runs ahead of England and a massive effort from their tailenders undid the good work the tourists had done with the ball on day two.

After winning the toss in this match, England have failed to make it count and are suffering from their first session when the top order collapsed. In a career paused by the World War II, he went 12 years and 190 days between his century against England in Mumbai in 1933 and his fifty at Lord’s in 1946.

The first Test in Rajkot ended in a draw before India won the Visakhapatnam game by 246 runs.

Nightwatchman Gareth Batty was lbw to let-arm spinner Jadeja to the second ball he faced on day four.

If it wasn’t for Johnny Bairstow it could have been worse, as he continued his remarkable 2016.

They now trail India by 56 runs with six wickets in hand.

The India fast bowler first hit Woakes on the helmet with a screamer, before, another short ball had the England all-rounder fending and top-edging an easy catch to Parthiv.

Remarkably, nearly inexplicably, in the hour after tea on Day 2, England brought themselves into this match.

“Yeah he (Ashwin) is bowling nicely but it’s not that he has got 10-for in every innings he has played against or things like that so as unit he is just as Yadav”.

Superstar R Ashwin once again put up a brilliant show first with the bat and then with the ball as he picked up three wickets to leave England struggling at 78 runs for the loss of four wickets here on Monday. They now have England on the ropes, and looking set to double their lead in the 3rd Test. Which means they can fully concentrate on working them over rather than worry about finding the right pace to bowl for the conditions, something England’s bowlers have had to do.

Today, on the third day of the Mohali Test, Ravichandran Ashwin trapped Stokes in front, and despite umpire’s denial, Indian team successfully reviewed to send the English batsman back.

Jayant and Umesh Yadav then took India passed 400 with the former going to his maiden test half century.

Top-ranked India surpassed the 103-run target in the final session of the fourth day at Mohali with recalled opener Parthiv Patel (67 not out) hitting the winning runs. The match would play out to a predictable conclusion.

Since January 2015, India’s lower order batsmen i.E. partnerships for the seventh wicket or lower have averaged 25.22 while scoring 2144 runs in 89 innings, including two century stands and nine fifty-plus – the best amongst the Test-playing nations, followed by Zimbabwe (23.06) and England (22.52). He will be flying home to England and a replacement will be named shortly. It would take stubbornness that would be impressive even for this England management team to go back to Gary Ballance or Ben Duckett, but they might.