Joe Root's 218 helps England reach 555/8 at Stumps on Day 2 in the 1st Test against India

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[Hitman]

We need quick wickets or we can forget about winning this match.

 

[shah_1]

One thing is for sure that Jadeja is the most impactful player of India in SC conditions

 

[Justcrazy]

Big session here , if Poms can win this , they will have more control on the game

 

[Hitman]

One thing is for sure that Jadeja is the most impactful player of India in SC conditions

Agreed.

 

[Justcrazy]

So Bumrah and Ashwin start the proceedings here , two bowlers most likely to get wickets

 

[Ab Fan]

Jadeja's relentless accuracy always produces a wicket or two irrespective of the conditions and on turning wickets in Day 4-5, he becomes even more scary taking 5-fers for fun.

Last time in Chennai vs England, he took a 7-fer in second inning and was also more successful than Ashwin in 1st inning.

 

[Justcrazy]

England despite are three down are not on top , they have not scored much to feel comfortable.

 

[Justcrazy]

Jadeja's relentless accuracy always produces a wicket or two irrespective of the conditions and on turning wickets in Day 4-5, he becomes even more scary taking 5-fers for fun.

Last time in Chennai vs England, he took a 7-fer in second inning and was also more successful than Ashwin in 1st inning.

Jadeja is a very overrated player, he privides very good balance to every XI he plays.

 

[Hitman]

Jadeja is a very overrated player, he privides very good balance to every XI he plays.

Overrated or underrated?

 

[Justcrazy]

Four

Root gets that away , every run is crucial.

 

[Ab Fan]

Jadeja is a very overrated player, he privides very good balance to every XI he plays.

I still recall in Sydney test a month ago, Australia were 200-2 in first inning with Smith and Marnus set and were heading for 400+ total. But then Jadeja came and ran through their lineup. He took 4 wickets and Australia ended up under 330, and not to forget that run out of Smith was brilliant throw by him as well.

 

[pillionrider]

Cut shot of the highest quality

 

[Justcrazy]

Overrated or underrated?

Sorry , it was typo .

 

[Oligochaetes]

If England can reach lunch without losing a wicket I presume they will ensure they wont lose this game, then the pressure will be on India. Pitch is very good for batting

 

[Ab Fan]

Day 2 should be much more interesting than Day 1 as we will get to watch Stokes, Buttler, Pope, Root, Rohit and Gill bat on this flat wicket.

 

[jiduguravindra]

Why england always get roads in india but it's other way around when india tours there.

 

[Oligochaetes]

Day 2 should be much more interesting than Day 1 as we will get to watch Stokes, Buttler, Pope, Root, Rohit and Gill bat on this flat wicket.

Do you think England will be all out today or declare?

 

[Ab Fan]

Do you think England will be all out today or declare?

England shouldn't declare until they get to 600. I think they will be all out before getting to 500.

 

[Chrish]

Jadeja's relentless accuracy always produces a wicket or two irrespective of the conditions and on turning wickets in Day 4-5, he becomes even more scary taking 5-fers for fun.

Last time in Chennai vs England, he took a 7-fer in second inning and was also more successful than Ashwin in 1st inning.

Knock it off.. Jadeja isn’t here. Period. You can only play what is in front of you. If England manages to win this, there shouldn’t be any pathetic excuses from any fans.

Bowling attack of Bhumrah, Ashwin and Ishant is one of the best there is.

 

[Justcrazy]

17 dot balls in a row !!!

 

[Ab Fan]

Knock it off.. Jadeja isn’t here. Period. You can only play what is in front of you. If England manages to win this, there shouldn’t be any pathetic excuses from any fans.

Bowling attack of Bhumrah, Ashwin and Ishant is one of the best there is.

Lol, if they win this, there won't be any excuse. But I doubt if they will win.

Also I would argue that the reason India are not dominating this is because they are missing Jadeja and Shami. Otherwise, we would have probably dominated the series like we did in 2016.

 

[Justcrazy]

Do you think England will be all out today or declare?

There is NO point in declaring , at the rate they are going even if they bat out the day , they would not be in a position to declare

 

[jiduguravindra]

Knock it off.. Jadeja isn’t here. Period. You can only play what is in front of you. If England manages to win this, there shouldn’t be any pathetic excuses from any fans.

Bowling attack of Bhumrah, Ashwin and Ishant is one of the best there is.

If india loss no excuses.There are over the board reactions after the series win in australia from players and coaching staff which i didn't like.

 

[Sir-fraz]

Pitch is pretty flat still, india need to keep it tight and follow the plan ot dots balls, wicket will come.

After stokes england batting is below par

 

[Justcrazy]

If india loss no excuses.There are over the board reactions after the series win in australia from players and coaching staff which i didn't like.

I do not think Poms have the spinners to get 20 Indian wickets here , unless it becomes a minefield on last day

 

[Slog]

We need quick wickets or we can forget about winning this match.

Either team could get rolled over on 4th day when pitch breaks up

 

[Chrish]

Lol, if they win this, there won't be any excuse. But I doubt if they will win.

Also I would argue that the reason India are not dominating this is because they are missing Jadeja and Shami. Otherwise, we would have probably dominated the series like we did in 2016.

Mentioning Jadeja in every other posts suggest otherwise. He shouldn’t be mentioned. He is not playing.

Period.

 

[Justcrazy]

India has bowled tight here , just like yesterday , not giving away too many runs

 

[Sir-fraz]

I do not think Poms have the spinners to get 20 Indian wickets here , unless it becomes a minefield on last day

Yea i agree, indian top 5 is very strong plus pant is in great form. I dont see their spinners taking 20 wickets, on top of that the pitch is slow so their fasr bowlers wont be that much of a threat.

Archer maybe can produce a good spell but he hasnt done much in tests yet.

 

[Chrish]

Were there any dropped catches? Yesterday?

 

[Justcrazy]

Four

Stokes smacks this one !

 

[Justcrazy]

Yea i agree, indian top 5 is very strong plus pant is in great form. I dont see their spinners taking 20 wickets, on top of that the pitch is slow so their fasr bowlers wont be that much of a threat.

Archer maybe can produce a good spell but he hasnt done much in tests yet.

Archer is overrated bowler , in sub-continent it will not help if you fill up the team with spinners , what you need is quality spinners to win games. If you do not have them , you would want the pitch to really break in final innings and hope to take advantage of that

 

[Justcrazy]

Four

Root moves on to 142 here

 

[Justcrazy]

Four

Four

Finally 300 up for England here

 

[Justcrazy]

303 . 3

That is drinks , Poms would be happy with the effort so far

 

[James]

So far so good then for England....

 

[Justcrazy]

India would want a wicket here , they would not want Stokes to bat long here

 

[MenInG]

1st Test • England tour of India, 2021

ENG 311/3 (106.4)

IND

Day 2: 1st Session

 

[Justcrazy]

50 runs partnership

 

[guna]

Ashwin will bowl until his hand falls off.

 

[guna]

Either team could get rolled over on 4th day when pitch breaks up

This is Chennai. It’s batsmen’s paradise. Score as many runs as possible and pad stats.

 

[Ab Fan]

Ashwin will bowl until his hand falls off.

Ashwin is no better than Kumble. He will go for 150 runs like he went for last time around.

 

[James]

First signs of variable bounce....

 

[James]

Nearly another totally needless run-out from England! Their pinching of singles seems to have got more suicidal in the last couple of seasons for some reason, it’s definitely a development area and they need to keep their heads out there....

 

[Robert]

Rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot

 

[LegendAli]

Nadeem bhai should come bowl for Pakistan in PSL. 0-100 (26.0)

 

[Robert]

Great to see Stokes on form right away too with a comeback fifty.

England’s two best players at the crease.

 

[Ab Fan]

Last time in Chennai, India vs England 2017:-

England 480 all-out

Moeen 146
Root 88

Ashwin 1-151
Jadeja 3- 105

India 759-7

Moeen 1-192 (lol)

England 220 all out

Jadeja 7- 48
Ashwin 0-56

 

[Protea Fan]

Nadeem bhai should come bowl for Pakistan in PSL. 0-100 (26.0)

He didn't bowled not that bad today....But stokes not allowing him to settled in

 

[Mesozoic]

It's going to be a boring draw.

 

[Robert]

This is Chennai. It’s batsmen’s paradise. Score as many runs as possible and pad stats.

The ball is turning and bouncing on the morning of day two. This is a result wicket.

 

[Mesozoic]

Last time in Chennai, India vs England 2017:-

England 480 all-out

Moeen 146
Root 88

Ashwin 1-151
Jadeja 3- 105

India 759-7

Moeen 1-192 (lol)

England 220 all out

Jadeja 7- 48
Ashwin 0-56

Not gonna happen.

Jadeja is a huuuge miss on Indian wickets. He's like two and half players in one. Nadeem looks like he won't even make it to the Bangladesh A side.

This game is going nowhere else than a draw. I don't expect English spinners to pick 20 Indian wickets and Indian batters to score that quickly to have enough time to win by an innings.

 

[DeadBall]

Can England do an India?

 

[Belawal2014]

Has Bumrah changed his run-up?

 

[Robert]

Yorker! Root keeps it out. Smile from Jasprit, smile from Joe. Good spirits, game played right.

 

[Mesozoic]

The ball is turning and bouncing on the morning of day two. This is a result wicket.

But it's a very slow turn. Batsman has enough time to play it out.

You need guys like Jadeja who can fire it in at >90 kPH with brilliant accuracy and guile. Both these teams have none of that type. I'll be really surprised if we get a result.

 

[Belawal2014]

"C'mon Bhai logon" - Pant.

 

[Mean&Green]

Not gonna happen.

Jadeja is a huuuge miss on Indian wickets. He's like two and half players in one. Nadeem looks like he won't even make it to the Bangladesh A side.

This game is going nowhere else than a draw. I don't expect English spinners to pick 20 Indian wickets and Indian batters to score that quickly to have enough time to win by an innings.

Runs must have been scored really quickly in that game or something how do you lose after scoring 500 lmao? Or any other reason I could think of is that it was a typical doctored Chennai wicket designed to be a rank turner in the 5th day I’m sure if this match doesn’t go India’s way it’ll be the same thing in the next match ?

 

[Mobashir]

Day 2 should be much more interesting than Day 1 as we will get to watch Stokes, Buttler, Pope, Root, Rohit and Gill bat on this flat wicket.

Hopefully we will also see Kohli and Pant...

 

[Ab Fan]

All said and done, it takes lot of concentration to score a big hundred and that is what Root is doing. Credit must be given to him. England would look to try and put 600+ in this inning so that they don't get to bat again or else it ends up at a draw.

 

[Robert]

Has Bumrah changed his run-up?

It looks smoother. He doesn’t look as quick as before. Could be he is bowling within himself before a wicket goes, then he will rev up again?

 

[Mesozoic]

Runs must have been scored really quickly in that game or something how do you lose after scoring 500 lmao? Or any other reason I could think of is that it was a typical doctored Chennai wicket designed to be a rank turner in the 5th day I’m sure if this match doesn’t go India’s way it’ll be the same thing in the next match ?

Yes. Scoring rate was pretty high for the first 4 days.

And the wicket didn't even crumble much on day 5. It was just sheer individual brilliance from Jadeja that won us the game. He picked like 7 wickets in one session.

 

[Dingolfy]

Runs must have been scored really quickly in that game or something how do you lose after scoring 500 lmao? Or any other reason I could think of is that it was a typical doctored Chennai wicket designed to be a rank turner in the 5th day I’m sure if this match doesn’t go India’s way it’ll be the same thing in the next match ?

Most subcontinental pitches deteriorate at day 5. And dust bowls bite you in the backside as it makes Okeefes look like Shane Warne if you lose the toss and bat last as we saw in Pune. India is good with the kind of pitches they rolled out to England last time.

 

[James]

Very good session for England.... pretty poor one for India.

 

[Buffet]

Talk about Eng losing last time despite scoring big in the first inning is fine, but an opposition scoring 700+ in such a quick time does not happen every day. It was a freak performance and Jadeja somehow picked up wickets last day on a flat track to force a win.

Eng does not need 600+ to draw. They should not lose the game from here.

 

[Belawal2014]

It looks smoother. He doesn’t look as quick as before. Could be he is bowling within himself before a wicket goes, then he will rev up again?

Yes seems like it.

 

[MenInG]

 

[Robert]

Talk about Eng losing last time despite scoring big in the first inning is fine, but an opposition scoring 700+ in such a quick time does not happen every day. It was a freak performance and Jadeja somehow picked up wickets last day on a flat track to force a win.

Eng does not need 600+ to draw. They should not lose the game from here.

Yeah, who was that guy who came out of nowhere and got 300?

 

[Ashmal]

Yeah, who was that guy who came out of nowhere and got 300?

Yeah that was a freak knock...that guy hasn't scored anything ever since that game

 

[JimmyGetsBuckets]

Yeah that was a freak knock...that guy hasn't scored anything ever since that game

What happend to Karan Naur?

 

[jiduguravindra]

Yeah, who was that guy who came out of nowhere and got 300?

Karun nair lol.. He scored so many runs against eng and failed to score against aus in 3 test matches played in india in 2017,he was dropped and his career is over.

 

[Manunited18]

Excellent session for England, awesome from Joe Root to think the concentration in that heat and if you include his majestic batting in Sri Lanka Joe really leading from the front.

 

[sam_ahm]

Just the 2nd day of the series and you can already see the difference in class between England's batting line up against Australian batting line up. Aussies would probably have bundled out for 250 and we would have been 125/1 by this stage on same pitch, same conditions.

 

[Mesozoic]

Just the 2nd day of the series and you can already see the difference in class between England's batting line up against Australian batting line up. Aussies would probably have bundled out for 250 and we would have been 125/1 by this stage on same pitch, same conditions.

Lol no they wouldn't have. I know they're struggling a bit at the moment but let's not jump the gun here.

This is a lifeless wicket with nothing for the bowlers. Warner and Smith both would have scored daddy hundreds.

 

[Mean&Green]

Lol no they wouldn't have. I know they're struggling a bit at the moment but let's not jump the gun here.

This is a lifeless wicket with nothing for the bowlers. Warner and Smith both would have scored daddy hundreds.

There is a difference of class now tides have turned Australia isn’t that Australia no more India and England are elite teams above them

 

[Ab Fan]

There is a difference of class now tides have turned Australia isn’t that Australia no more India and England are elite teams above them

No really sure about that, Australia have the Ashes with them since 2016. Even a Ben Stokes masterclass wasn't enough for England to retain the Ashes at their home conditions last time.

 

[Mamoon]

No really sure about that, Australia have the Ashes with them since 2016. Even a Ben Stokes masterclass wasn't enough for England to retain the Ashes at their home conditions last time.

Root in prime touch changes the equation considerably. He was the reason England won the Ashes in 2015 and his poor form in 2019 was the major reason why the series ended 2-2.

 

[Mean&Green]

No really sure about that, Australia have the Ashes with them since 2016. Even a Ben Stokes masterclass wasn't enough for England to retain the Ashes at their home conditions last time.

Australia still didn’t win the series they drew retaining the ashes is like if India drew the test series in Australia they would have retained the border gavaskar trophy anyways. But no one would have remembered that but it’s gonna be remembered forever because they work that series and beat Australia .

 

[Robert]

Stokes is an ugly batsman to watch, but he is very effective.