Yashasvi Jaiswal’s sensational knock saved India in a snug place on the of Day 1 of the second Take a look at match towards England on Friday. Jaiswal registered his highest rating in red-ball cricket by smashing an unbeaten 179 however England made a late comeback with a few wickets to limit the hosts to 336/6.
After a shock loss within the first match, India made three adjustments to their enjoying eleven with uncapped Rajat Patidar making his Take a look at debut forward of Sarfaraz Khan. Mukesh Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav additionally got here into the workforce for the hosts whereas England recalled veteran James Anderson and gave a debut to younger spinner Shoaib Bashir.
Rohit Sharma gained the toss and elected to bat first at Visakhapatnam’s Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium. Rohit and Yashasvi added 40 runs for the opening wicket with the previous struggling to search out momentum for the short runs.
Debutant Bashir dismissed Rohit on 14 runs to offer England a breakthrough they wanted. Yashasvi saved the runs flowing from one finish however India saved dropping wickets from one finish. The likes of Shubman Gil land Shreyas Iyer struggled for giant scores regardless of getting a wonderful begin as soon as once more.
Yashasvi added a 49-run stand for the second wicket with Gill after which a powerful 90 runs with Iyer for the third wicket. Rajat Patidar impressed on his Take a look at debut by scoring 32 runs off 72 earlier than getting bowled out by Rehan Ahmed in an unlucky method.
India appeared in full whole management going into the final session however England managed to tug three massive wickets after Tea to steadiness the sport a little bit bit. Jaiswal remained unbeaten on 179 off 257 balls with Ravichandran Ashwin on the different finish when umpires known as stumps on Day 1 after 93 overs of play.
India Taking part in 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 Taking part in 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