LIVE SCORE | INDIA vs ENGLAND | 4th TEST | DAY 2
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England will be disappointed with the way they have bowled. The pitch has been assisting the spinners but they lacked discipline to sustain any pressure. The hosts still trail by 254 runs and will hope to get as close to England's total as possible. The visitors on the other hand, will want to come back fresh, with new plans and stay in the game with a flurry of wickets. It promises to be an exciting day, do join us for all the action on Day 3 tomorrow at 0930 IST. Until then, it's goodbye and take care!
A fighting day of Test cricket that ends on even terms. England posted 400 and India have begun well to get into this position. KL Rahul got off to a brisk start but the aggression got the better of him. England would have hoped for more wickets at that time but the pair of Pujara and Vijay then saw India through with a fine unbeaten century stand.
A fighting day of Test cricket that ends on even terms. England posted 400 and India have begun well to get into this position. KL Rahul got off to a brisk start but the aggression got the better of him. England would have hoped for more wickets at that time but the pair of Pujara and Vijay then saw India through with a fine unbeaten century stand.
That's stumps on Day 2
51 overs: India 146/1. Murali Vijay 70(169) Cheteshwar Pujara 47(102)
39 overs: India 117/1. Murali Vijay 56(132) Cheteshwar Pujara 32(61)
37.4 overs: Moeen Ali to Murali Vijay, FOUR! Cut away! Wide outside off, Vijay doesn't miss out on such looseners. He cuts it past backward point for a boundary and brings up his 15th half century in Test cricket.
23.6 overs: Adil Rashid to Cheteshwar Pujara, NOT OUT! Waste of a review! Floated outside off, spins away a touch, Pujara looks to pad it away but does not seem to have picked it. It looked like a hurried decision to pad it away. Cook is convinced and goes for the review. The impact isn't an issue since he was not offering a shot. Ball Tracker shows it to be missing the stumps. Wonder how Rashid said that it was a googly since it looked like a regular leg spinner that came of the front of the hand.
23 overs: India 68/1. Murali Vijay 31(73) Cheteshwar Pujara 9(24)
CHETESHWAR PUJARA walks in at no. 3!
#WICKET Moeen Ali to Lokesh Rahul, OUT! Poor shot and Rahul departs! Floated outside off, spins in, Rahul shapes to drive it through covers but misses the line of the ball completely. The ball turns in sharply and disturbs the furniture. Moeen is delighted and why not, that was well bowled and he got good turn on that one. Rahul departs for a low score again. He looked too eager at times today.
10 overs: India 26/0. Murali Vijay 10(32) KL Rahul 22(34)
4 overs: India 11/0. Murali Vijay 5(10) KL Rahul 6(14)
As the saying goes, never judge a pitch until both sides have batted on it. Let's wait to see how the pitch behaves when India are batting. Remember, England only have a couple of spinners and they are playing four seamers. The series is at stake for England, they will want to stay on top in this game. Let's see how they go, join us in a while for India's reply.
2nd Innings
England were once again rescued by the lower order with Jos Buttler playing well for his 76. He got good support from the other end as the Indian bowlers failed to show the discipline they have so far in the series. Ashwin and Jadeja did the bulk of the bowling and shared ten wickets between them.
That ends a very good effort from England with the bat! They won the toss before but didn't make the most of it, they have posted exactly 400 here with some vital contributions. The debutant Keaton Jennings helped them get a great start and they were cruising at 230 for 2 before a mini collapse brought India back in the game.
130 overs: England 400/9. Jos Butler 76(136) James Anderson 0(4)
#WICKET Ravichandran Ashwin to Jake Ball, OUT c Parthiv Patel b Ravichandran Ashwin. England have lost their ninth wicket.
126 overs: England 380/8. Jos Butler 65(124) Jake Ball 30(52)
Welcome back for the second session of play! It is a vital one for India as they are behind in the game. They will want to wrap things up and get batting as early as possible while the visitors will want to delay it as much possible adding some quick runs. Out come JOS BUTTLER and JAKE BALL to bat. India begin with RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN. Here we go...
97 runs at the loss of 3 wickets will sum out an even session but in the context of this match and under the circumstances one would say that England have definitely won the session. The spinning duo of Ashwin and Jadeja troubled the English lower middle order and took some early wickets by sending Stokes, Woakes and Rashid back to the dressing room.
#LUNCH
125 overs: England 385/8. Jos Butler 64(122) Jake Ball 29(48)
112 overs: England 334/8. Jos Butler 42(92) Jake Ball 0(0)
#WICKET Ravindra Jadeja to Adil Rashid, OUT! Rashid leaves and has to leave now! Bowls the arm ball with a round arm action, Rashid leaves it for reason best known to him, but the ball keeps coming in. He watches the ball hit the top of off and Jadeja takes off. A brilliant ball that, Jadeja has been superb and he again gives India a timely wicket.
#WICKET Ravindra Jadeja to Chris Woakes, OUT c Parthiv Patel b Ravindra Jadeja. England have lost their seventh wicket.
107 overs: England 309/6. Jos Butler 32(81) Chris Woakes 11(26)
102 overs: England 309/6. Jos Butler 28(69) Chris Woakes 4(8)
#WICKET Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, OUT c Virat Kohli b Ravichandran Ashwin. England have lost their sixth wicket.
Game time! The players are out in the middle. BEN STOKES and JOS BUTTLER are out to continue batting. Will they attack from the start or take their time? India have a second new ball which is due and will hope to strike early and get going, they begin with RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN! Here we go...
India will want to get into the England tail as soon as possible and restrict them. The visitors on the other hand, will hope to add as many as possible since batting is going to get difficult as the game goes on. England like to score quickly and Kohli hates going for too many. Whoever wins this first session is likely to stay in control of this game.
Hello everyone and welcome to the coverage of Day Two of the fourth Test between India and England at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The game stands even at the moment with the hosts coming back strongly in the final session after England began really well winning the first two. The pitch has thrown up a few tricks and how it plays today could decide what could be a par score here.