IND vs ENG 2nd Test Full Highlights: India defeated England by 106 runs in the second test played in Visakhapatnam. With this victory, India leveled the series at 1-1. Jasprit Bumrah, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Ravichandran Ashwin made important contributions in India winning the match. Jaiswal scored 209 runs in the first innings. Whereas, Bumrah took a total of 9 wickets in the match. The match ended on the fourth day itself.
In the match, England, chasing the target of 399 runs, was limited to 292 runs only. During this, Jack Crawley played the biggest innings of 73 runs for the team, which included 8 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, no English batsman could play a big innings, due to which they had to face defeat in the match.
India won the toss in the match and decided to bat and put 396 runs on the board in the first innings. During this period, Yashasvi Jaiswal played the biggest inning of 209 runs for the team, which included 19 fours and 7 sixes. However, apart from this also the Indian batsman could not play a big cross.
Then England, who came to bat in the first innings, got bundled out for only 253 runs. After this, India put 255 runs on the board in the second innings and gave a target of 399 runs to the English team, which they could not achieve.
England remained weak while chasing the target
Chasing the huge target of 399 runs, the England team looked very weak. Although the team got a good start. Ben Duckett and Jack Crawley made a partnership of 50 runs for the first wicket. After this, Jack Crawley and Rehan Ahmed together added 45 runs for the second wicket. Chasing the target, England lost 2 wickets for 95 runs in 21.5 overs. The first blow to the team came in the form of Ben Duckett, who scored 28 runs with the help of 6 fours. Apart from this, the second blow came in the form of Rehan Ahmed, who scored 23 runs with 5 fours.
After this, Jack Crawley along with Ollie Pope made a partnership of 37 runs for the third wicket, which ended with the wicket of Pope in the 29th over. Ollie Pope, who played an inning of 196 runs in the first match, could score only 23 runs with the help of 5 fours. After this the English team lost the fourth wicket in the form of Joe Root. Root scored 16 runs in 10 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. Then England got the fifth blow in the form of Jack Crawley, who was playing a good innings, who scored 73 runs in 132 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six.
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