IND vs ENG: Although Team India had a score of 6 wickets and 332 runs on the first day of the second Test, the match of the day went to the name of the opposing team. England’s bowlers kept India’s top order under control on a batting pitch. Apart from Yashasvi Jaiswal, no other batsman of Team India could stay at the crease for long in favorable batting conditions. Captain Rohit Sharma has increased the maximum tension of Team India. Rohit Sharma scored just 14 runs in the first innings. Furthermore, Rohit Sharma failed to score a half-century once in the last 8 Test innings.
Gill and Iyer’s poor form also adds to Team India’s problems. When Rohit Sharma got out early, Gill tried to play cautiously. Gill also seemed to be in good form after scoring 34 runs. But once again he returned to the pavilion after touching Anderson’s outbound ball. Iyer’s failure continued in the second Test and he was bowled out after scoring 27 runs.
Patidar, playing his debut match, along with Jaiswal tried to control India’s innings. However, Patidar was unlucky and was bowled for 32 runs. After that, Akshar Patel took charge. However, like other batsmen, Akshar too could not extend the innings and was eliminated after scoring 27 runs. After that, KS Bharat was in attack mode on home soil and also hit a six. But just before the end of the day, Bharat also left the game after scoring 17 runs.
England has a chance
In this way, England’s inexperienced attack also managed to control Team India’s batsmen. England came on the field with three spinners. Of these, this is Rehan’s third Test, Hartley’s second and Bashir’s first. Despite this, England’s spinners kept India’s top order at bay.
This is good for Yashasvi Jaiswal. Thanks to this, Team India was saved from the end of the first day of the match. Jaiswal played an unbeaten innings of 179 runs off 252 balls. Jaiswal single-handedly managed to score more than half of India’s runs on the first day. If Team India fails to take the score to 450 runs on the second day, then England has a great chance of taking a 2-0 lead in the series.