At the end of Day 2 of India vs England 2nd Test, the hosts are in trouble having lost seven wickets and still trailing by 134 runs at the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) Stadium in Ranchi on Saturday, February 24. Shoaib Bashir picked four wickets for the visitors.
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Brilliant bowling from Shoaib Bashir kept India in check after Tea. However, it was Tom Hartley who got two of the last three wickets to fall. After Sarfaraz Khan, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ravichandran Ashwin departed in quick succession, Dhruv Jurel and Kuldeep Yadav put on a great stand to take India to stumps at 219/7, trailing by 134. The eighth-wicket partnership is now 42-strong and most importantly, the duo have played 106 balls together.
A total of 88 runs came in the last session at the loss of three wickets in 35 overs and it belonged to England. The English team leads the session battle 4-1 after the end of six sessions of play at Ranchi.
India vs England 4th Test, Day 2
1st Session Report
In the morning session, England started positively as they added 45 runs in the first session to bring up the 100-run partnership for the eighth wicket between Joe Root and Ollie Robinson. The latter also got to his maiden Test fifty. However, just after that, he played a reverse sweep and was caught behind and England folded for 353, with the last three wickets falling for just six runs. Jadeja took all three wickets.
England came back with a lot of energy in the field and it translated into early success as James Anderson removed Indian skipper Rohit Sharma early. There was a chance of a catch against Yashasvi Jaiswal off the bowling of Ollie Robinson, but he survived and took India to Lunch at 34/1.
While England scored 51 in the 14.5 overs that they played, India managed to put up 34 in their 10 overs, making it an 85-run session with four wickets falling in it. The session was marked shared and it is 2-1 to England at the moment after 4 sessions in session battle.
2nd Session Report Starting the second session at 34-1. India got a healthy 92-run partnership between Shubman Gill and Jaiswal before the former was trapped leg-before wicket by Bashir. Rajat Patidar and Jaiswal then added 26 for the third wicket before Bashir once again became the reason for India's wicket fall. Patidar was also out LBW and then Jadeja hit two sixes before being caught by Pope at short leg off Bashir.
As a result, India was 131/4 at Tea. 97 runs came in the second session in 28 overs and three wickets fell as well, making it an England session and the visitors led the session battle 3-1 after five sessions.
Earlier Joe Root's century allowed the visitors to post 302-7 on a first-day wicket, and his unbeaten 71-run stand was a major cause of concern for Team India early morning today. The Ranchi wicket does provide some turn, but it is too slow, and batters have ample time to hit the ball on the back foot.
England resumed Day 2 from 302-7 with Jor Root (106) and Ollie Robinson (31) at the crease.
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