After an explosive begin to their first innings, England witnessed a surprising collapse on Day 2 of the second Take a look at match in opposition to India on Saturday, February 3. Jasprit Bumrah produced among the finest spells in red-ball cricket with a five-fer to place India in a snug place within the Vizag Take a look at.
Bumrah introduced India again within the sport with invaluable wickets of Joe Root and Ollie Pope within the second session after which delivered the massive wicket of Ben Stokes with a surprising supply. Stokes was making an attempt so as to add some essential runs to England’s stumbling innings and was taking away momentum by smashing 47 off simply 54 balls.
Rohit Sharma launched Bumrah when Stokes and Tom Hartley added 47 runs for the eighth wicket. Bumrah delivered immediately with a sensational supply to Stokes that ripped off stump. The supply took Stokes abruptly as he clearly was anticipating some bounce on the ball.
English captain dropped his bat in frustration and raised each palms to point out his disbelief.
After Stokes’ departure, Bumrah additionally eliminated Tom Hartley, who scored essential 21 runs, after which put England out of distress by claiming his sixth wicket of the innings. Bumrah produced his greatest figures of 45/6 on Indian soil and Kuldeep Yadav picked three to bowl out England on 253.
With a 143-run lead within the first innings, India stay in a robust place to win the Vizag Take a look at and equal the five-match sequence to 1-1.
India Enjoying XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Rajat Patidar, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mukesh Kumar
England Enjoying XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson