Ravindra Jadeja's unbeaten 81* puts India (421/7) in command as they lead by 175 runs over England (246) at stumps on Day 2

[Champ_Pal]

The strength of Indian batting in Subcontinent is the lower order trio of Jaddu, Ashwin and Axar. They are proper batsmen when playing spin and with the ball they matchwinners.

They proved this many times that they are no less than any top order batsman in spin friendly conditions.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Bumrah picked 2 wickets. His inclusion is understandable. Not sure why Siraj is there in the team.

He can strike quick blows in the 2nd innings. He has the capacity to do that.

 

[deltexas]

Mohammad Amir is all praise for team India's performance today against England.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1750880892262760756

Still need a British passport to get involved in ipl.or other ind sponsored leagues no matter how much you flatter to the ind cricket team lol

 

[deltexas]

Exciting day tomorrow :we can expect Axar 50,Jadeja 100,Hartley 150,Wood 50, maybe Root 100 too! All in India's first innings !

 

[Croma]

WOah! 175 run lead with Jadeja on 81* and Axar 35*.

I dont see any way for England to come back in this match.

 

[deltexas]

WOah! 175 run lead with Jadeja on 81* and Axar 35*.

I dont see any way for England to come back in this match.

But surprisingly if any team can come out of this hole- it is eng ironically. One or 2 bazball innings from their batsmen and a lead of 150+ and who knows what can happen in the 4rh innings. Even aus is not capable of that as they bat more traditionally.. but again extremely tall odds.. eng totally against a wall here. Also ind will try to cook them even further in the heat which eng players are not used to and that saps a lot of your energy

 

[deltexas]

Still need a British passport to get involved in ipl.or other ind sponsored leagues no matter how much you flatter to the ind cricket team lol

But honestly what a shameless guy he is. Never a good thing to say about the pct team he played for or the pak team members he played with..

 

[jnaveen1980]

This Rehan guy has a bit of potential. But his landing requires a lot of practice. When he gets it right he looks okay.

 

[sweep_shot]

But surprisingly if any team can come out of this hole- it is eng ironically. One or 2 bazball innings from their batsmen and a lead of 150+ and who knows what can happen in the 4rh innings. Even aus is not capable of that as they bat more traditionally.. but again extremely tall odds.. eng totally against a wall here. Also ind will try to cook them even further in the heat which eng players are not used to and that saps a lot of your energy

If any team that can come out of this hole, it is Australia. Not England.

This England seem far less spirited.

 

[Human786]

This Rehan guy has a bit of potential. But his landing requires a lot of practice. When he gets it right he looks okay.

It is like saying when I am good I am nice - he needs to bowl 2k overs more in FC before playing Tests - a spinner without control is like being Malik in BPL

 

[Human786]

England is Toast , all who disagree react to this obvious fact !

 

[jnaveen1980]

It is like saying when I am good I am nice - he needs to bowl 2k overs more in FC before playing Tests - a spinner without control is like being Malik in BPL

I mean he is not looking innocuous like the other guy. That guy even after landing well looked mediocre.

 

[Human786]

I mean he is not looking innocuous like the other guy. That guy even after landing well looked mediocre.

buddy if you mean Hartley by the 'other guy ' he was picked in hope by Stokesy/Baz that he replicates Axar which is a major mazzak imo - they have better spinners in U19 WC than Rehan !

 

[JattMaula]

But surprisingly if any team can come out of this hole- it is eng ironically. One or 2 bazball innings from their batsmen and a lead of 150+ and who knows what can happen in the 4rh innings. Even aus is not capable of that as they bat more traditionally.. but again extremely tall odds.. eng totally against a wall here. Also ind will try to cook them even further in the heat which eng players are not used to and that saps a lot of your energy

What cooking? Hyderabad had 26°C max temperature today with pleasant humidity. Doesn't get better that that in India.

 

[Ab Fan]

The basic knowledge for an overseas captain touring India is pick the spinners who are good else pick the best fast bowlers.

Just touring India doesn't mean you have to pick all spinners in your team. Two quality spinners are enough, if you have quality pacers then pick them and not some inexperienced innocuous spinner.

 

[WengerOut]

The pitch is getting slower and lower. Normally that would mean hard work for spinners if batsmen is intent on staying. But bazball is not about staying longer

 

[deltexas]

What cooking? Hyderabad had 26°C max temperature today with pleasant humidity. Doesn't get better that that in India.

For the Englishmen that are used to 15C in sweaters !

 

[Human786]

The pitch is getting slower and lower. Normally that would mean hard work for spinners if batsmen is intent on staying. But bazball is not about staying longer

Over before target is 50 imo .

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Rahul: We grew up playing on wickets like this

India's KL Rahul speaking on TNT Sports:

"The 100 in South Africa has given me confidence. I've been playing a lot of cricket in the last seven months since my injury. I'm batting well and we wanted to come out, assess the pitch and put runs on the board.

"We've grown up playing on wickets like this. The pace of the wicket is getting slower as the ball is getting older.

"I'm enjoying batting in the middle order. I enjoyed opening but now I get a bit more time in the dressing room, see what the pitch is like and walk into the middle with an idea of how the game is going. That is helping me play better.

"It's still the second day and we didn't really have any targets in mind. We just wanted to put as many runs on the board."

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Sky Sports Cricket's Nasser Hussain believes England would have more control against India if they would have picked stalwart James Anderson as a bowling option.

India assumed complete control of the first Test against England on day two as KL Rahul (86) and Ravindra Jadeja (81no) helped the hosts into a huge lead of 175 in Hyderabad.

India had reached 421-7 by stumps in reply to England's 246 all out.

Each of India's top five batters were the architects of their own downfall, their dismissals coming from eyeing up boundaries rather than through magic deliveries as England's spinners struggled to offer the same threat and control as Indian trio Jadeja (3-88), Axar Patel (2-33) and Ravichandran Ashwin (3-68) on day one.

Jack Leach (1-54) only bowled 16 overs on day two as he battles a "pretty serious" knee issue, while debutant Tom Hartley's figures read 2-131 from 25 overs and Rehan Ahmed, playing just his second Test, went for 105 runs from his 23, with off-spinner Joe Root (2-77) the pick of England's slow bowlers.

Nasser Hussain says England's spin bowlers Rehan Ahmed and Tom Hartley would not have liked the lack of control in their bowling against India

"I said before the game, I would have played Anderson. I was a bit surprised at the balance of the side because with Root in India it is four spinners and one seamer," Hussain said.

"Anderson gives you control. It doesn't even have to be him, it can be (Ollie) Robinson, just another seamer.

"Anderson's skills in the sub-continent has been exceptional in the last few years. Anderson is a quite a good player when he is in the side. He is England's greatest ever bowler.

"I understood why they have done it. You've got Jack Leach who hasn't bowled since May or June because of his stress fractures and then you have a debutant and someone playing in their second Test match.

"They may have been concerned about how much you can bowl Leach in that game. So, if you just go for the second spinner and they don't get it right, you are left in a tricky position."

'I would've gone to Root earlier'

England's off-spinner Joe Root struck early when he caught and bowled India's set batter Yashasvi Jaiswal (80) with the fourth ball of the day, which left spectators wondering why he wasn't introduced into the attack earlier.

“I thought yesterday with Jaiswal going well, the match up was better. Root, an off-spinner, turning it away from the left-hander who was trying to dominate. I would’ve gone to Root earlier," Hussain said.

"The problem for Stokes is that he is a great backer of his team-mates. He gave that quote about looking for the quiet player in the corner in the dressing room and in this Test match that quiet player is Tom Hartley."

Hartley's first ball in Test cricket was clubbed for six by Jaiswal as the 24-year-old struggled to take a wicket on his debut.

"Anyone who knows Stokes knows when a young player hasn’t started well he is going to back him, but I thought at some point yesterday he had to look at the bigger picture when the game was getting away.

“You’re always learning as a captain but you can never be too critical of a captain trying to back a player on debut."

'England didn't bowl well'

India's Ravindra Jadeja (81no) celebrates his half-century against England
England's bowlers struggled against India who built a substantial lead with wickets falling few and far between, and mainly due to batters' errors rather than the bowler's skill.

“I don’t think England bowled well. It’s a stark difference between what we saw today. You can cut Rehan some slack because he is a wrist spinner and he will have variations but Hartley will wish he gave Stokes some control," Hussain added.

“England were probably concerned about what happened to Moeen Ali in the summer and that's why they wanted an extra spinner. Physically, after a stress fracture you have to look after someone coming back into the team."

Source: Sky Sports

 

[Advaith]

I mean he is not looking innocuous like the other guy. That guy even after landing well looked mediocre.

Rehan has potential but in test cricket mind and control is must and less capable cricketers performed well with these virtues ..He will serve well if he plays two three years of county cricket with complete dedication..The other new spinner is work in progress, he is out of Ballance when releasing the ball ..If stoke continues with him in next matches he will pay dearly ..

 

[Markhor]

Jaddu was ball watching. Ashwin ran a suicide run. Both at fault.

That was a proper Inzy-Moyo circa 1999 run out

 

[greatest]

Anderson would have reversed the ball as he did in Pakistan. Not sure how England has planned for this tour.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Pitch is getting slower, tougher to get out but run scoring will also slow down. But England believes in Bazball, not grinding, so may backfire on them. They have to swallow their ego and abandon this Bazball nonsense, otherwise they will get 5 innings defeats in this series.