India regain control after Zak Crawley's burst
03-Feb-2024 04:07 PM 7247
Visakhapatnam, Feb 3 (Reporter) India came back strongly in the post-lunch session by restricting England to 155/4 at Tea on Day 2 of the second Test here on Saturday. Zak Crawley's 76-ball 78 sent shivers down the spine of the Indian captain Rohit Sharma the English opener went about at the strike rate of 100, throwing off balance the Indian attack. India began the second session with a bang with Kuldeep Yadav having Ben Duckett caught at silly-point by Rajat Patidar after the ball jumped off the deck. But, Crawley counterpunched with a slog sweep for a six and then drove Ravichandran Ashwin to fetch his fifty in rapidity. Just as he looked ominous, Rohit brought in Axar Patel and delivered immediately, dismissing a hostile Crawley. The opener miscued a big hit, resulting in the ball ballooning to Shreyas Iyer who took an excellent catch, running behind. Jasprit Bumrah was re-employed in the hope of reverse swing. Soon he forced Joe Root to nick one to Shubman Gill in the first slip. He then cleaned up Ollie Pope with a peach of a yorker as England lost three wickets for 22 runs before Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes shipped the England innings safely to Tea break. Earlier Jaiswal scored his Talismanic maiden Test double hundred, but England managed to bowl India out inside 400 in their first innings. The hosts were bowled out for 396 after England's James Anderson produced a superb spell with the second new ball. Overnight batsman Ravichandran Ashwin cracked a couple of wonderful boundaries but nicked Anderson behind the stumps to Ben Foakes. Jaiswal started to take risky chances against the spinners, but England managed to keep the run rate under check. Anderson's seam movement played on the mind of Jaiswal, which kept the double centurion silent. As the runs came by in trickle, the Mumbaikar tried to take Anderson to the cleaners but was holed out in the deep to Jonny Bairstow after an epic 209. India's tail did not wag long with Rehan Ahmed and Shoaib Bashir dismissing them abruptly below 400. In reply, England's openers started in Bazball chic with Duckett battering a straying Mukesh Kumar. The pacer was smacked for five boundaries in a two-over spell as the openers went unbeaten into lunch...////...
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