India (329, 286) defeat England (134, 164) by 317 runs to win 2nd Test; Series level at 1-1

[sweep_shot]

Scorecard:

India (1st innings) - 329-all out.
England (1st innings) - 134-all out.
India (2nd innings) - 286-all out.
England (2nd innings) 53/3.

England need 429 more runs to win.

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[Bilal7]

One way or another, England are going to surprise us all today.

 

[sindhiboy]

One way or another, England are going to surprise us all today.

Its possible that england could score 300-350. As the pitch has flattened out. Kind of like a new Zealand pitch except for spinners.

 

[Ab Fan]

One way or another, England are going to surprise us all today.

Stokes will hit a hundred today.

 

[Hitman]

Should be a fascinating day of cricket.

 

[jnaveen1980]

India must continue picking wickets.

 

[Justcrazy]

Today England will encounter a massive defeat

 

[Justcrazy]

Root would like to get big innings here and push towards 8000 runs

 

[Hitman]

Ashwin strikes. Outstanding work by Pant.

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms should look to get some batting practice here , it will be invaluable for next two tests.

 

[MP2011]

Ashwin gets Lawrence.

 

[Justcrazy]

Ashwin continues to dominate in India , he is a monster on Indian pitches , possibly he will end as biggest spinner in India all time , ahead of Kumble , Harbhajan , Prassana , Bedi , Chandrasekhar etc

 

[dravidthewall]

Ashwin strikes first ball

 

[MP2011]

Top work behind stumps from Pant too.

 

[Justcrazy]

Ashwin is a dream bowler for captains , in any situation you give him ball , he always gives results . Whether it is opening the bowling or middle overs or end of the day , he will be deadly everytime , unbelievable, season after season , hekeeps going yet teams have not able to pick him

 

[jnaveen1980]

Ashwin continues to dominate in India , he is a monster on Indian pitches , possibly he will end as biggest spinner in India all time , ahead of Kumble , Harbhajan , Prassana , Bedi , Chandrasekhar etc

He has far too many variations compared to any of them. He uses them perfectly as well.

 

[Justcrazy]

England likely to lose by 300 runs here , which is absolutely massive

 

[jnaveen1980]

Root is getting his sweeps right. They have to get rid of him. After a close shave y day, he probably will be more alert to those incoming deliveries.

 

[Justcrazy]

He has far too many variations compared to any of them. He uses them perfectly as well.

I think he is very good at hitting right lengths , he starts hitting the lengths very early. Also he uses the crease beautifully to create variations. Other thing I notice he has a kind of pause before he lets the ball go thus he gets to watch the initial movement of the batsman.

 

[Justcrazy]

Ashwin looks dangerous in every spell he bowls

 

[Savak]

Ashwin has mastered his variations, angles and pace on the ball.

 

[Robert]

Wasted review - Stokes was in by two feet.

 

[Justcrazy]

The ball is turning sharply, almost unplayable sometimes.

 

[Robert]

Ashwin is a dream bowler for captains , in any situation you give him ball , he always gives results . Whether it is opening the bowling or middle overs or end of the day , he will be deadly everytime , unbelievable, season after season , hekeeps going yet teams have not able to pick him

At home, yes. Outside the Subcontinent he is a good stock bowler. Just two of his 27 fivefers have come outside the Subcontinent - both in WI. No fivefers in SENA so far.

 

[MP2011]

Pant behind stumps about Stokes,

"Pareshan ho raha hai poora"

 

[Justcrazy]

If England want to have any chance in drawing this series , they need to win the Toss , otherwise this test would be replayed again.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

At home, yes. Outside the Subcontinent he is a good stock bowler. Just two of his 27 fivefers have come outside the Subcontinent - both in WI. No fivefers in SENA so far.

Many 4fers in SENA.

Just got injured in England which messed up his game.

 

[Justcrazy]

At home, yes. Outside the Subcontinent he is a good stock bowler. Just two of his 27 fivefers have come outside the Subcontinent - both in WI. No fivefers in SENA so far.

I am talking about in sub continent, where he has assistance from the surface. But the fact his that other spinners whether from India and oppositions do not get these number of wickets.

 

[MP2011]

Kohli doesn't have any confidence in Kuldeep's abilities. Yet to bowl in this innings.

 

[MP2011]

Nobody can be that bad basis 6 overs he bowled in the first innings. And if that isn't the case and he was bad before this test as well, why pick him at all?

 

[Justcrazy]

Its very difficult to score of Ashwin here , he is bowling with lot of control.

 

[MP2011]

Ashwin gets Stokes.

 

[Justcrazy]

Ashwin gets stokes , wicket number 394 !!!

 

[Hitman]

Stokes dismissed by Ashwin for 9.

 

[MP2011]

Forgettable test match for Stokes! After a long while!

 

[dravidthewall]

Stokes out two times to ashwin this test

 

[jnaveen1980]

Should i say biased captaincy? Almost like he doesn't want to use Kuldeep at all to justify his exclusion in the next test

 

[Mahee]

stokes is very unhappy

 

[pillionrider]

Disappointing useless knock from Stokes. He just sat there waiting for the inevitable. In the first innings of the 1st test, his reverse sweeps had an intimidating effect and today he just stood there hapless and waiting vs Ashwin.

Pathetic.

 

[MP2011]

Ashwin gets stokes , wicket number 394 !!!

At this rate he'll get to 400 test wickets before Lyon. lol, Lyon has been hovering there for quite some time now and Ashwin was quite behind him.

 

[dravidthewall]

overall 10 times ashwin got stokes

 

[MP2011]

Should i say biased captaincy? Almost like he doesn't want to use Kuldeep at all to justify his exclusion in the next test

This. Poor leadership from Kohli, not for the first time though he has shown these traits about players he doesn't like.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Ben stokes is becoming like Sangakkara. Getting frequently out to Ashwin.

 

[MP2011]

overall 10 times ashwin got stokes

In 19 innings.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This. Poor leadership from Kohli, not for the first time though he has shown these traits about players he doesn't like.

True. As a captain, you should back all your players, not just the select ones.

 

[MP2011]

Disappointing useless knock from Stokes. He just sat there waiting for the inevitable. In the first innings of the 1st test, his reverse sweeps had an intimidating effect and today he just stood there hapless and waiting vs Ashwin.

Pathetic.

He had resigned just hearing English 'experts' about the pitch.

 

[MP2011]

True. As a captain, you should back all your players, not just the select ones.

Yeah. Can anyone explain why even Siraj has bowled 3 overs in this innings while Kuldeep is yet to bowl a single over on this strip?

 

[MP2011]

This is why Kohli will remain a poor captain despite us winning record number of tests under him.

 

[MP2011]

Ashwin reverse swept by Root for a boundary.

 

[imranraf]

A horrible inning by Stokes comes to an end.

 

[RamLakhan]

Should Ashwin get the Man of the Match ahead of Rohit Sharma for his century and possibly double 5'fers? Still I think Rohit's century was more crucial which set up the game and put England too far behind!

 

[MP2011]

Will Ashwin take 10 wickets in this test, currently 2 wickets away from that mark?

 

[MP2011]

Should Ashwin get the Man of the Match ahead of Rohit Sharma for his century and possibly double 5'fers? Still I think Rohit's century was more crucial which set up the game and put England too far behind!

Agree with this. Rohit's innings was far more important in the context of this test with us losing wickets at regular intervals at the other end.

 

[imranraf]

Very likely

 

[jnaveen1980]

Yeah. Can anyone explain why even Siraj has bowled 3 overs in this innings while Kuldeep is yet to bowl a single over on this strip?

It is completely bizarre. We saw how older balls were becoming less and less helpful for spinners y day. If he brings Kuldeep on now, he might struggle a bit. Lose lose situation for him.

 

[MP2011]

We saw how older balls were becoming less and less helpful for spinners y day. If he brings Kuldeep on now, he might struggle a bit. Lose lose situation for him.

As per Kohli that will be the best time to bring in Kuldeep.

 

[MP2011]

Kuldeep in.

 

[Hitman]

IND 329 & 286
ENG 134 & 110/5 (43) CRR: 2.56
Day 4: 1st Session - England need 372 runs

 

[Hitman]

Pope dismissed.

 

[MP2011]

Pope taken by Axar.

 

[MP2011]

English batsmen know just 1 shot against spin and thats sweep. Sometimes they play reverse sweep as well.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Another one bites the dust.

 

[MP2011]

Another reverse sweep from Root.

 

[Robert]

English batsmen know just 1 shot against spin and thats sweep. Sometimes they play reverse sweep as well.

There are not many good spinners in England & Wales County system for them to practice against

It’s a far cry from the eighties when Gooch, Gower, Gatting, Botham were good players of spin.

 

[MP2011]

There are not many good spinners in England & Wales County system for them to practice against

It’s a far cry from the eighties when Gooch, Gower, Gatting, Botham were good players of spin.

Yeah, that's true.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

There are not many good spinners in England & Wales County system for them to practice against

It’s a far cry from the eighties when Gooch, Gower, Gatting, Botham were good players of spin.

ECB is trying to tap more in Asian diaspora. Hopefully that brings some good spinners into the system as well.

 

[MP2011]

Siraj drops Root, simple catch too. Kuldeep the unlucky bowler.

 

[pillionrider]

English batsmen know just 1 shot against spin and thats sweep. Sometimes they play reverse sweep as well.

This is what happens when you have a bookish approach. Look at Root play. He's got options (Root just got dropped now as I type playing a reverse).

The rest are like sweep shot, sweep shot. Next time it will be run down the wicket, run down the wicket

Very amusing though.

 

[Ab Fan]

Stokes is best.

 

[Mean&Green]

Not good reading after that stupid fight video dropped by siraj off kuldeep

 

[Robert]

Ouch, that was a sitter went down off Root.

 

[MP2011]

Root has been extremely lucky in this innings.

 

[Mean&Green]

Stokes is best.

Stokes wasn’t ****** cause the ball didn’t spin he was ****** cause he told team management he wants to go all out and not defend and they didn’t allow him and he still got out

 

[dravidthewall]

Has siraj drops it on purpose? Looks like not going well between kuldeep and siraj.. feel sad for kuldeep

 

[Ab Fan]

Stokes has a 100 in India, he just need a 10-fer to equal Botham.

 

[MP2011]

Root is just scratching around.

 

[Mean&Green]

Has siraj drops it on purpose? Looks like not going well between kuldeep and siraj.. feel sad for kuldeep

It’s very hard to drop a catch on purpose unless ur an excellent fixer r u hinting at spot fixing if not than don’t say stupid stuff like that

 

[MP2011]

As someone said, Root still need to score runs in India on turning pitches. So far he has benefitted a lot from flat pitches we offered him.

 

[Robert]

ECB is trying to tap more in Asian diaspora. Hopefully that brings some good spinners into the system as well.

They should have been tapping the huge pool of South Asians in the northern leagues for decades, but institutional racism stops these guys progressing.

They need to make wickets to help spinners too, as Somerset CCC have done at Taunton (bringing on Leach and Bess).

 

[dravidthewall]

It’s very hard to drop a catch on purpose unless ur an excellent fixer r u hinting at spot fixing if not than don’t say stupid stuff like that

That was simple catch. Injustice to kuldeep.