LIVE SCORE | INDIA vs ENGLAND | 2nd TEST | DAY 2


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34.2 overs: Jayant Yadav to Moeen Ali, OUT! That's hitting! Flighted on middle, Moeen comes forward to defend but gets hit on the pads. There is an appeal for a leg before but the umpire says no. India decide to take a review as they look confident. Yadav convinces his skipper and Kohli takes a quick review. Replays show it's pad first. The ball tracking technology shows the impact is in line and the ball would have hit the leg stump so that's out. Decision overturned! Jayant Yadav picks up his maiden Test wicket.

 

31.5 Overs: Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, OUT! The move to go over the wicket works! Floated outside off, Root thinks it as a chance to score, he slinks down the wicket to hit it over covers. He is too close to the ball and ends up lofting it towards Umesh Yadav at deep mid off who takes the catch happily. Ashwin gets the big wicket and he is all excited. England still trail by 376 runs!

27.3 overs: Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Duckett, OUT! TIMBER! Floated on middle, Duckett plays down the wrong line and is beaten all ends up. The ball goes past his outside edge and cannons into the off stump. Ashwin is all pumped up and why not. Another failure for Ben and given how he has played spin so far, could have more failures lined up unless he works on his off side game.

20.6 overs: Ravindra Jadeja to Joe Root, OUT! RUN OUT! Flatter on middle, Root clips it through mid-wicket and runs the first one hard. Jayant Yadav chases it well and stops the ball and fires the throw at the striker's end in one motion. Root wants the second but sends Hameed back late. The keeper collects the ball and despite not being in balance he manages to deflect it onto the stumps. That is out and Hameed will be disappointed big time. To get out to run out on this wicket, is criminal. It is on any wicket but this could just trigger a collapse.

There is an appeal for a run out which is referred upstairs. Haseeb is the man there. He looks gone! India are celebrating already.

20 overs: England 48/1. Haseeb Hameed 12(49), Joe Root 34(60)

17 overs: England 36/1. Haseeb Hameed 10(45), Joe Root 24(46)

Welcome back for the final session of play. JOE ROOT and HASEEB HAMMED are out to bat. This is a big session for them. India begin the session with JADEJA.

DAY 2 SESSION 3

There is a lot of work left, with the trail a massive 422 runs, England will know they have their work cut out. India will hope their spinners come into play more with the older ball and maintain their grip on the game. Do join us in a while for the final session of play.

A good session for England! They did not allow India to score that many runs after the lunch and Rashid wrapped up the tail in a jiffy. Umesh and Jayant hit a few to the fence to take India past the 450-run mark. Shami though gave the hosts the perfect start as he castled Alastair Cook early. Joe Root and Haseeb Hameed then came together to steady England as the both Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami began well and tested them through.

15 overs:  England 33/1. Haseeb Hameed 9(41), Joe Root 22(38)

10 overs: England 25/1. Haseeb Hameed 5(29), Joe Root 18(20)

5 overs: England 9/1. Haseeb Hameed 4(15), Joe Root 3(4)

JOE ROOT is the new man in. There is a new stump as well.

2.3 overs: Mohammed Shami to Alastair Cook, OUT! BOWLED 'EM! This is a peach! Good length ball on middle and off, nice movement there, Cook tries to defend it off his back foot but misses it completely. The ball goes through his defense and rattles the timber. He has in fact broken the stump. Crazy stuff!

1 over: England 0/0. Alastair Cook 0(6), Haseeb Hameed 0(0)

England 1st Innings

England need to bat really well here as the wicket has started to misbehave a bit. The odd one staying low, some extra bounce and some turn too. The Indian bowlers will back themselves on this wicket so stay tuned for England's reply with the bat to see how things unfold.

Earlier, it was Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara's 226-run stand which put India on the top. The Indian skipper got out after a terrific 167 and Pujara smashed another ton. For England, Anderson was the pick of the bowlers yesterday as he picked three wickets but today he didn't bowl that much. Moeen Ali got three wickets in the first session today while Rashid got two in this one. So India will be happy with their total overall.

England have wasted no time to dismiss the Indian tail in this session. Ashwin got out after his well-composed fifty. Stokes got his rewards when he took Ashwin's wicket and towards the end Umesh Yadav provided some entertainment with the bat and the last pair helped India cross the 450-run mark.

129.4 overs: Adil Rashid to Umesh Yadav, OUT! Umesh holes out! Floated outside off, Umesh looks to go for another big one but this against the turn. He finds Moeen Ali at deep mid-wicket. End of an entertaining cameo from Umesh. INDIA BOWLED OUT FOR 455!

127.6 overs: Adil Rashid to Jayant Yadav, OUT! RASHID STRIKES! Floated outside off, Jayant goes for the slog sweep but gets a top edge. He himself screams in disgust. The leading edge goes towards point where Anderson takes the catch. End of a fine knock from Jayant.



125 overs: India 428/8. Jayant Yadav 28(75), Umesh Yadav 0(4)

 


123.5 overs: Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, OUT! ASHWIN DEPARTS! Outside off, on a length, Ashwin throws his bat at it from his body and gets an outside edge. Ashwin looks back to see it carried, it had. The keeper did not even appeal, Stokes raises his hand and watches the umpire give it out. But job done by Ashwin.

 

8th Test fifty for Ravichandran Ashwin!

120.1 overs: Moeen Ali to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! FIFTY! Shorter outside off, Ashwin cuts it through the backward point region for a boundary. He brings up his fifty with that too.

Welcome back for the second session of play! India will aim to bat positively and score as many as possible. Will England go ultra-defensive or will India be aggressive right from the start. Let's see.

DAY 2 SESSION 2

Ashwin though has held one end up with a fine batting display. He has shared a 50-run stand with Jayant Yadav to take India post 400. Jayant on debut has looked compact. They will look to add as many runs as possible post lunch session, to also tire the England bowlers down. Do join us in a while for the second session.

Another dominating session for India! They have scored 98 runs in the session and despite the wickets for England, the hosts remain on top. The toss could very well be the most crucial moment won by India. England bowled tight lines to not let India run away with the game. Virat Kohli did not add much to his overnight score and departed to Ali, who struck twice in the same over to dismiss Jadeja for a duck.

118 overs: India 412/7. R Ashwin 45(82), Jayant Yadav 25(50)

113 overs: India 389/7. R Ashwin 30(67), Jayant Yadav 17(35)

105 overs: India 376/7. R Ashwin 26(62), Jayant Yadav 10(22)

105 overs: India 365/7. R Ashwin 23(52), Jayant Yadav 2(2)

104.4 overs: Moeen Ali to Ravindra Jadeja, OUT! Moeen Ali on a roll here!

RAVINDRA JADEJA walks in next without his helmet

104.2 overs: Moeen Ali to Wriddhiman Saha, OUT lbw b Moeen Ali. India have lost their sixth wicket.

102 overs: India 365/5. R Ashwin 19(46), Wriddhiman Saha 0(8)

100.3 overs: Moeen Ali to Virat Kohli, OUT! What a superb reflex catch! Bowls it outside off, Kohli looks to drive it through covers but is not to the pitch of the ball and gets an edge that flies quickly towards Ben Stokes at first slip going to his right. That was well held by Stokes. End of a superb innings from Kohli and he walks back disappointed. Moeen won't mind it at all, he got a bigger scalp thanks to the drop. Stokes threw the ball in disgust. Was not happy for the dropping a simpler chance on the previous ball.

94 overs: India 324/4. Virat Kohli 157(249), R Ashwin 10(24)

92 overs: India 324/4. Virat Kohli 151(243), R Ashwin 7(18)

91 overs: India 323/4. Virat Kohli 151(243), R Ashwin 6(12)

Game time! The players are out in the middle. VIRAT KOHLI and RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN are the two batsmen out to bat. ENGLAND begin the day with JAMES ANDERSON....

England on the other hand, will be relatively pleased with their effort. They came into the game high on confidence but their execution yesterday was far from ideal. They dropped Kohli on 56 and it could very well be a match defining moment. Anderson has picked up three on a wicket which has assisted the spinners and that should disappoint England. They will hope to restrict India as much possible since batting is only going to get tougher from here on.

Hello everyone and welcome to the coverage of Day 2 of the second Test between India and England at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. Having won the toss, India made the most of the good batting conditions to notch up a good score on board. Virat Kohli has led the charge for the hosts with an unbeaten 151 and will be itching to ensure they post a massive total. He got able support from Cheteshwar Pujara as they shared a 226-run stand. India lost both Pujara and Rahane in the final session and they will hope that the lower order can hang around with the skipper.

DAY 2 SESSION 1