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India placed itself in a commanding position by stretching its overall lead to 249 runs at stumps on the second day. Check India vs England highlights here
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India placed themselves in a commanding position by stretching its overall lead to 249 runs at stumps on the second day of the second Test against England at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday.
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At the close of play, Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara were batting on 25 and 7 respectively, as India reached 54 for one in their second innings on a day when the English batsmen were at sea against the home team's spinners, especially Ravichandran Ashwin, who returned excellent figures of 5/43.
Thanks to senior off-spinner Ashwin's effort, India bowled out England for 134 in their first innings for a massive first-innings lead of 195 runs. India was all out for 329 in their first essay.
Debutant left-arm spinner Axar Patel picked up two wickets, including the big one of England's in-form captain Joe Root. In fact, Root turned out to be Axar's maiden Test wicket.
Lead pacer Ishant Sharma also took two wickets while there was one for Mohammed Siraj.
Wicketkeeper Ben Foakes top-scored for England with 42 not out off 107 balls even as his teammates struggled to get starts at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Earlier, India added only 29 runs to their overnight score of 300 for six as Mooen Ali finished with 4/128 and Olly Stone 3/47 after Rishabh Pant's enterprising 58 with seven fours and three sixes.
India 2nd innings scorecard
| Batsmen | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
| Rohit Sharma | not out | 25 | 62 | 2 | 1 |
| Shubman Gill | lbw b Leach | 14 | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | not out | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| Total: 54-1 in 18 Overs | |||||
| Bowlers | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |
| Olly Stone | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jack Leach | 9 | 2 | 19 | 1 | |
| Moeen Ali | 7 | 2 | 19 | 0 | |
| Batsmen | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
| Rory Burns | lbw b Ishant | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic Sibley | c Kohli b Ashwin | 16 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| Dan Lawrence | c Gill b Ashwin | 9 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Root | c Ashwin b Axar | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | b Ashwin | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Ollie Pope | c Pant b Siraj | 22 | 57 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Foakes | not out | 42 | 107 | 4 | 0 |
| Moeen Ali | c Rahane b Axar | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1 |
| Olly Stone | c Rohit b Ashwin | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Leach | c Pant b Ishant | 5 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | b Ashwin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: 134-10 in 59.5 Overs | |||||
| Bowlers | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |
| Ishant Sharma | 5 | 1 | 22 | 2 | |
| R Ashwin | 23.5 | 4 | 43 | 5 | |
| Axar Patel | 20 | 3 | 40 | 2 | |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 6 | 1 | 16 | 0 | |
| Mohammed Siraj | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| Batsmen | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
| Rohit Sharma | c Moeen b Leach | 136 | 190 | 16 | 2 |
| Shubman Gill | lbw b Stone | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | c Stokes b Leach | 21 | 58 | 2 | 0 |
| Virat Kohli | b Moeen Ali | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | b Moeen Ali | 67 | 149 | 9 | 0 |
| Rishabh Pant | not out | 58 | 77 | 7 | 3 |
| R Ashwin | c Pope b Root | 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Axar Patel | st Foakes b Moeen | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Ishant Sharma | c Burns b Moeen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | c Foakes b Stone | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammed Siraj | c Foakes b Stone | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: 329-10 in 95.5 Overs | |||||
| Bowlers | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |
| Stuart Broad | 11 | 2 | 37 | 0 | |
| Olly Stone | 15.5 | 5 | 47 | 3 | |
| Jack Leach | 26 | 2 | 78 | 2 | |
| Ben Stokes | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Moeen Ali | 29 | 3 | 128 | 4 | |
| Joe Root | 11 | 3 | 23 | 1 | |
First Published: Feb 14 2021 | 8:10 AM IST
