India beats England in second test

The 28-year-old’s efforts – that helped India gain a 1-0 lead in the five-match rubber – has earned him 97 points and now trails New Zealand skipper Ken Williamson by 16 points and second-ranked Joe Root of England by 22 points. They are a fine bowling attack but we showed in one game that we can score runs against them, and four people scored hundreds. Jayant Yadav and R Jadeja on the other hand were a good helping hand for R Ashwin.

Chasing an improbable 405, England were bowled out for paltry 158 shortly after the lunch break to give the hosts their second biggest victory in terms of runs against the visitors. “I would love to play in Vizag any time”, he said.

Fast bowler Stuart Broad, who played with a strained tendon on his right foot from day two, and leg-spinner Adil Rashid fought valiantly by claiming four wickets each to dismiss India for 204. England were on 87-2 last night and had to bat out the whole 5th day to save the match. It was not easy for them to pick all those wickets.

After Moeen’s dismissal, Root and Ben Stokes kept India at bay for more than 11 overs before debutant spinner Jayant clean bowled Stokes with a delivery that spun and beat the left-hander’s edge. He had been so solid in defence in the first innings, and continued his tried-and-trusted methods in a 33-ball stay.

England will now look to bounce back in the third Test at Mohali which gets underway on November 26. Sure, England folded up quickly on day five but up until the end of the fourth day – when Alastair Cook was out lbw – they stood up to India’s challenge with conviction. We played some good cricket at stages in these first two games.

“It was a good toss to win (for India), no doubt”. Scoring at 1.62 runs per over, Cook’s team…

“We made India work very hard”.

Kohli’s batting has showed remarkable maturity.

“We thought they would come out with more intent to be honest”. Scoreboard pressure really counts. In-form batsman C Pujara also lost his wicket early.

There was extra bounce but Duckett’s shot selection did him in as the ball hit his gloves and hit the pad before looping into Wriddhiman Saha’s gloves. It’s always priceless those contributions and it speaks volumes of his character. “On the occasion of Diwali, I had shared a thoughtful video message on social media about our Armed personnel and I am happy that it came true today”. I knew I was striking the ball well.

“We set our stall out pretty clearly that from the start of the innings that we wanted to take it as deep as possible”, Cook told reporters.”We saw in one game, South Africa played 140-odd overs”.