India ended Day 2 of the India vs England 5th Test at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on a hugh as they lead by 255 rusn with two wickets in hand.
In the third session, India scored 97 runs and lost five wickets to finish the day at 473/8 and lead by 255 runs. England started the third session on a positive note as well, removing half-centurion Sarfaraz Khan early on. Devdutt Padikkal reached his fifty but became Shoaib Bashir's fourth scalp. Tom Hartley then took three wickets in quick succession to remove Dhruv Jurel, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
However, Kuldeep Yadav, like in the last two matches showed his batting capabilities and added an unbeaten 45 runs in 1087 balls with Jasprit Bumrah to not give England any chance of a comeback. The captaincy by Stokes against tailenders was questionable as he did not quite attack them. Eventually, when he didi, he dropped a catch of Kuldeep off Bashir's bowling.
India vs England 5th Test Day 2 First Session Report Needless to say, the first session belonged to India as they massed 128 runs in it and lost no wickets at all. They not only overhauled England's first innings total, but now lead by 46 runs with both their batters having crossed the century mark. Rohit Sharma got a chance early on when he was dropped by Zak Crawley at leg slip, off Shoaib Bashir. On the other hand, Shubman Gill was just impeccable, not even giving any chance to the English bowlers. While Sharma hit his 12th ton, Gill picked up his fourth in Test cricket.
Day 2 Second Session Report Starting the session at 264/1, India lost two quick wickets in the form of the two centurions Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. While Ben Stokes bowled Rohit on the very first ball that he bowled in the series, an Andreosn special got the better of Gill. It seemed like England would bounce back in the match, but Sarfaraz Khan and Devdutt Padikkal made sure that it did not happen. The duo added an unbeaten 97 for the fourth wicket as India went to Tea at 376/3, leading by 158 runs.
A total of 115 runs were scored in this session in 24 overs at the loss of two wickets.
India started at their overnight score of 135/1 trailing by 83 runs with skipper Rohit and Gill at the crease. The duo had already added 31 for the second wicket after the fall of Yashasvi Jaiswal on Day 1.
| England 1st Inning |
| 218-10 (57.4 ov) CRR:3.78 |
| Batter | Dismissals | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Zak Crawley | b K Yadav | 79 | 108 | 11 | 1 | 73.15 |
| Ben Duckett | c S Gill b K Yadav | 27 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 46.55 |
| Ollie Pope | st D Jurel b K Yadav | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 45.83 |
| Joe Root | lbw b R Jadeja | 26 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 46.43 |
| Jonny Bairstow | c D Jurel b K Yadav | 29 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 161.11 |
| Ben Stokes (C) | lbw b K Yadav | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Foakes (WK) | b R Ashwin | 24 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Tom Hartley | c D Padikkal b R Ashwin | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Mark Wood | c R Sharma b R Ashwin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoaib Bashir | Not out | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 50 |
| James Anderson | c D Padikkal b R Ashwin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | 5 (b 2, Ib 1, w 0, nb 2, p 0) |
| Total | 218 (10 wkts, 57.4 Ov) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | ECO |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 13 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 3.92 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 8 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 11.4 | 1 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 4.37 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 15 | 1 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 4.8 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 10 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1.7 |
5th Test: India vs England Playing 11
India Playing 11 for 5th Test: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
England Playing 11 for 5th Test: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson, Mark Wood
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