| 0.0 : Hello and welcome all for the Third Test between India and England. Day-Night Test is always a fascination with the Pink Ball showing the tricks. All the talk, all the hype will turn to reality when the two teams take the field today. England coming on the back of a loss would look to correct the flaws and come with the best XI. While India after winning resoundingly at Chennai would be high on confidence and would look to unleash the best personnel on the opposition. Both teams need a win here |
| TOSS - Time for the all-important toss. Why we say it as all-important is because so far we have seen that the pitch has been really good on the first couple of days for batting so it will be a crucial one for both the teams. Virat Kohli for India and Joe Root for England are the men concerned. Javagal Srinath is the match referee. Virat being the home captain gets to flip the coin. Up it goes and Root calls Heads and Head it is. ENGLAND ELECT TO BAT! |
| England skipper, Joe Root says that they will bat first and make the first use of the surface. He syas that the surface is dry and should help the spinners. He also says that the Pink Ball lasts longer so the pacers too will have something under the lights. He says that they have four changes as Bairstow, Crawley, Anderson and Archer come in. |
| England (Playing XI) - Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley (IN FOR RORY BURNS), Jonny Bairstow (IN FOR DAN LAWRENCE), Joe Root (C), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes (WK), Jofra Archer (IN FOR MOEEN ALI) , Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, James Anderson (IN FOR OLLY STONE). |
| Indian skipper, Virat Kohli, says that they would have batted first as well. Feels this is a pitch where runs can be put early on. But tells he expects the pitch to assist the bowlers early on. Kohli says that the practice wickets have been spicy which has been a challenge and one they have enjoyed. Hopes that they play a lot more games in this stadium and in full capacity the atmosphere will be something else. Kohli admits he is worried about the lights. Tells the guys have adjusted well. Infor |
| Pitch Report - Time to know how the surface will play. Let's hear it from Deep Dasgupta and Ajit Agarkar. Agarkar says that the extra coat of pain makes the Pink Ball not reverse swing. Agarkar says that there is dry grass and there will be extra bounce which the spinners will enjoy. Dasgupta says there is some grass and there is some red soil which has been brought in from Mumbai. Agarkar adds there will be more pace than Chennai and the grass is there to hold the surface together. Dasgupta say |
| India (Playing XI) - Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (WK), Washington Sundar (IN FOR KULDEEP YADAV), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah (IN FOR MOHAMMAD SIRAJ). |
| Time for the action! But before that the players line up for their respective National Anthems. First up it will be England's followed by India's. |
| 0.1 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, Bounce and swing in the first ball! Ishant starts with a good length ball outside off. Crawley leaves it alone. The ball steeps on its way to Rishabh Pant. He fumbles but does well. It is going to be a tough test for the keepers. |
| 0.0 : Done and dusted with the National Anthems. The concerned XI for India get into a huddle as Virat Kohli has a few insights to share before they disperse onto the field. The English team too heads back to their dressing room and just the two concerned players for them, Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley stay back to start the game. For India it will be Ishant Sharma who reached a century of Tests to start with the new strawberry. Here we go... |
| 0.2 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, Full and outside off. The ball jags back in but Crawley is aware of his off pole and leaves it alone. It wobbles as it goes to Pant and this is going to be a challenge for him behind the stumps. |
| 0.3 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, Good length ball around off, Crawley taps it to point. |
| 0.4 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, Not a lot of swing on this one as this is easily left alone by Crawley. |
| 0.5 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, This one keeps low and dies on its way to Pant! Full outside off, Crawley shoulders arms to it. The ball dies on its way to Pant. |
| 0.6 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, Another one that keeps low. Good length ball on off, Crawley does well to adapt to the bounce and block it. Maiden over to begin with. Good start for Ishant on his 100th Test! |
| 1.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Bumrah gets some away movement first up. He starts with a good length ball wide outside off. It shapes away from Sibley and he is happy to let it carry to the keeper. |
| 0.6 : Who will share the attack with Ishant from the other end? It will be Jasprit Bumrah. |
| 1.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Length ball wide outside off and shaping away from the right-hander. Sibley shoulders arms to it. Two away swingers, will now be the time for the inswinger? |
| 1.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Yes it is! Late inswing this time. Good length ball outside off, Sibley leaves it. The ball comes back in but after it goes past the stumps. |
| 1.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Bumrah is coming closer to the stumps now. Good length ball pitching around off, it swings away and Sibley is yet to get bat on ball. |
| 1.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Good amount of away swing on this one. Good length ball pitching outside off and swinging away. It swings a lot. Pant does well to dive and save it. |
| 1.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Sibley gets bat on ball! Good length ball on off, this is the inswinger. Sibley defends it with a straight bat to see off the over. Good start for Bumrah too! |
| 2.1 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, Length ball around off, Crawley hangs on the back foot as he dead bats it onto the pitch. |
| 2.2 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, A fuller one from Ishant and Crawley cannot get it past the fielder as he hits it to mid on. Still no runs on the board for England. |
| 2.3 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, A shout for LBW but nothing from the umpire. Ishant slides one onto the middle and leg, Crawley looks to whip it across square leg but misses it. The ball takes the pads and goes to the square leg region. A leg bye taken. Hang on it is also a No Ball. Ishant has overstepped. |
| Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, OUT! CAUGHT! What a start from Ishant and India! Brilliant piece of bowling from him. He kept it outside off the entire previous over and this time gets the ball to land in the channel around off, Sibley hangs on the back foot as he looks to defend it. The ball though shapes away a bit to catch the outside edge of Dom's bat. It flies to the second slip where Rohit takes the catch. |
| The returning Jonny Bairstow walks out at number 3! Big game for Jonny as he has been in and out of the Test side post Ashes 2019. Can he make an impact on his return? |
| 2.4 : Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Length and around off, Bairstow makes a watchful leave. And Ishant oversteps once again. No ball called. |
| Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Back of a length and outside off, Bairstow blocks it to the off side from within the crease. |
| 2.5 : Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Coming in with the angle after pitching on a length and Bairstow safely negotiates it with a push down the ground off the back foot. |
| 2.6 : Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Good length and in the channel around off, Bairstow does not offer a stroke to it. Still no runs off the bat. |
| 3.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Zak Crawley, FOUR! First runs off the bat! Good looking shot! Crawley gets off the mark here. Just timing on this one. Full and angled on middle, Zak drives it through the gap between mid on and mid-wicket as the ball races to the fence for the first boundary. |
| 3.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Zak Crawley, Now, Bumrah bowls a length ball but the line is too wide outside off, the ball further moves away from Crawley who does not show interest to play at it. |
| 3.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Zak Crawley, Good length and around off, Zak taps it towards mid-wicket and hares for a quick single. |
| 3.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jonny Bairstow, Beautifully done! Lovely piece of bowling! Right line and length from Bumrah. Length ball a nip backer from Jasprit as Bairstow looks to defend it off the back foot. The ball just swing away past his outside edge and dips onto Pant who gets fingertips as the ball drops onto the turf. |
| 3.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jonny Bairstow, On a length and around off, Jonny taps it to the leg side this time. |
| 3.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jonny Bairstow, Length ball outside off, left alone by Jonny. |
| 4.1 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, Full and on off, Crawley dead bats it from within the crease on the surface this time. |
| 4.2 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, Length ball swinging away from Zak, Crawley just watches the ball and then decides to leave it. |
| 4.3 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, Another watchful leave from Crawley. This one though does not swing much after landing on a length but instead goes straight to Pant. |
| 4.4 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Glorious looking drive! Ishant errs in length and line as he overpitches it around off, Crawley leans and then strokes it all along the carpet past the outstretched hands of Ishant and into the fence at long off for a boundary. |
| 4.5 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, FOUR! And another! Lovely timing! The ball is leaving his bat sumptuously! Full and angled on middle, Crawley clips it through the gap between mid on and mid-wicket as the ball runs away to the fence for another boundary. |
| 4.6 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, Short of good length around leg, Crawley tucks it off his hips and towards square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 5.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jonny Bairstow, Length and angled down leg, Bairstow looks to turn it to the leg side but he misses it as the ball takes the thigh pad and rolls to the square leg region. A leg bye taken. A half-hearted appeal too but nothing doing from the umpire. |
| 5.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Zak Crawley, Just short of the fielder there! Length and around off, Crawley takes the defensive mode but outside edges it towards point where it falls short of Rahane. |
| 5.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Gorgeous hit! Crawley is looking in full flow. Bumrah dishes a fuller one and Crawley takes a full toll off it as he drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 5.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Zak Crawley, Good length and around off, Crawley is well aware of his off pole as he makes a leave. |
| 5.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Zak Crawley, And another one in the channel outside off, Crawley leaves it alone. |
| 5.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Crawley makes it look so easy! Full and on the pads, Crawley flicks it through square leg as the ball races to the fence. Poor stuff from Bumrah there. |
| Spin time. Axar Patel is into the attack now. |
| Review time! Axar Patel has got an LBW decision in his favor on the very first ball. Jonny Bairstow has decided to take it upstairs. Looks plumb let's see what the replays have to say. |
| 6.1 : Axar Patel to Jonny Bairstow, OUT! LBW! THREE REDS! Not the best of the returns for Bairstow! He departs for a duck. Arm ball from Axar Patel as Bairstow fails to pick him up. He plays for the defensive push but does not cover the line. He misses but he ball does not as it raps him onto his pads. There is an appeal and the finger goes up. Bairstow straightaway reviews it The replays roll in as the Ultra Edge comes on and shows that there is not bat involved. Now, time for Ball Tracker as |
| 6.2 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Little bit of confusion but safe in the end. Floated on leg, Root turns it behind square on the leg side. They look for a run but then opt against it. |
| 6.3 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Ohh! Didn't carry! Quicker and shorter on middle and off, Root looks to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pad. The ball falls just short of the man at short leg. |
| 6.4 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Good leave! Risky but good. Flatter trajectory delivery outside off, Root leaves it. The ball turns in and misses the off pole by just a little. |
| 6.5 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Floated on off, Root pushes it to cover. He wants the run but once again a little confusion and Crawley sends him back. |
| 6.6 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Root is off the mark! Shorter on off and middle, Root whips it through mid-wicket and gets a couple. End of a superb first over from Axar Patel. A wicket to begin with and a brace to end. A lot of questions asked between those two events. |
| 7.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Zak Crawley, Length ball around off, Crawley taps it to point. |
| 7.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Zak Crawley, BEATEN! Nearly another wicket! Full and around off, swinging away from Zak. Crawley leans and goes for an expansive drive but is beaten all ends up. |
| 7.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Zak Crawley, Length and around off, Crawley nudges it to the leg side now. |
| 7.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Zak Crawley, Good length and on off, Zak blocks it to the off side. |
| 7.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Zak Crawley, Length ball angled on middle, Crawley looks to tuck it to the leg side but gets in a tangle there as the ball drops in front of his boots. |
| 7.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Zak Crawley, Good length ball outside off, played to gully this time. |
| 8.1 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Tossed up on off, Root defends it out. |
| 8.2 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Floated on middle, Root blocks it off the inner half of the bat as the ball rolls to square leg. A single taken. |
| 8.3 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, On middle, kept out by Crawley. |
| 8.4 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Flatter on off, Zak is forward in defense. |
| 8.5 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, And again Zak is happy to dead bat this tossed up ball from Patel. |
| 8.6 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Crawley blocks this flighted ball around off to see off the over. |
| 0.0 : Skipper Joe Root walks out at number 4! The captain will need to play a captain's innings here as his side is in troubled shores. |
| 9.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Length ball around off, Root stands tall as he defends it out to the off side. |
| 9.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Fuller and angled on off, Root has no issue in tapping this one back down the ground to mid on. |
| 9.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Uneven bounce! Good length and around off, the ball rares from there as Root lines up to defend. The ball hits his fingers. He does well in the end to take his one hand off the bat as he defends it in the end. He looks to be in some pain there as the physio rushes out to the middle. |
| 9.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Short of good length around off, Root gets on top of the bounce as he plays it to gully. |
| 9.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Length and outside off, late away swing this time for Bumrah as Root leaves it for the keeper to do the rest. |
| 9.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Fuller and around off, Root tries to play it late as he waits for the ball to defend it to point. A maiden over from Bumrah. |
| 10.2 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Spin for Axar! That is venomous! Arm ball pitched on off, the ball grips the surface and the ball turns away past the outside edge of Crawley's defensive push. |
| 10.1 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Flatter and around middle, Zak blocks it off the back foot. |
| 10.3 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Simple gorgeous! Full and around off, Zak leans into the drive as he caresses it through covers for a boundary. |
| 0.0 : The physio is out in the middle to have a check on Joe Root. Looks like he has hurt his finger. It looks like the umpires have also signaled for DRINKS! Smart call this to utilize the time. India have started off well and are on top at the moment. They have seen the back of Dom Sibley and Jonny Bairstow and have looked good with the ball. They will look to strike at least another one before the end of this session to stamp their authority. Root holds the key here for England. Early days for hi |
| 10.4 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, On middle, kept out off the front foot. |
| 10.5 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Floated on off, Zak defends it out safely. |
| 10.6 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Looped up ball around off, Crawley is happy to block it out. |
| 11.1 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Length and outside off, from Ishant in his new spell. Root has no business to play at it. |
| 11.2 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Another length ball outside off, no movement on this one as Root has an easy leave to make. |
| 0.0 : Change in bowling! Ishant Sharma is back into the attack! 3-12-1, his numbers so far. |
| 11.3 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Good length but the line is well outside off, Root won't even look at them as he makes yet another leave. |
| 11.4 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Fuller one on off, Root strokes it back to the bowler. Ishant tries to field in his followthrough but the boot gets stuck in the surface as he tumbles on the ground. |
| 11.5 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Nothing doing for Root on this length ball outside off. Just leave it alone. |
| 11.6 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, FOUR! That is Roooooot! Full and around off, Root hangs on the back foot and drives it straight down the ground to long off for a boundary. That should do a lot of good for the English skipper. |
| 12.1 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Darted on leg, tucked to mid on for a quick single. |
| 12.2 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Big turn there! Tossed up outside off, spinning away from Root, Joe goes for the drive but is beaten as the ball bounces a bit extra to beat the outside edge. The keeper too fails to collect as the first slip takes it. |
| 12.3 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, On middle, turned to the leg side for a single. |
| 12.4 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Tossed up on middle and turning down leg, Zak misses his defensive push to get hit on the pads. Half an appeal from the bowler but nothing doing. |
| 12.5 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Floated on off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 12.6 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Short and wide outside off, Crawley cuts but cannot get it past covers. A single though taken. |
| 13.1 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Crawley is going great guns at the moment! Full and around middle, Zak Crawley flicks it through mid-wicket as the ball beats the man there in the deep for a boundary. |
| 13.2 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, On midlde, Zak pushes it to mid on. Root looks for a single but is sent back. |
| 13.3 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, FOUR! England would be happy with Crawley back in the squad. He has just looked unfluttered with anything. Full and around off, Zak leans into it and creams it to long off for another boundary in that region. |
| 13.4 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, Length and outside off, Crawley does not fiddle with it. |
| 13.5 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, Fuller and outside off, Zak controls his instincts as he leaves it alone. |
| 13.6 : Ishant Sharma to Zak Crawley, Full and on the pads, Crawley clips it to deep mid-wicket. Axar Patel in the deep does the mopping up act. A couple taken. 50-up for England. |
| 14.1 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Slower and on middle, Root turns it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 14.2 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Darted on middle, Crawley dead bats it. |
| 14.3 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, On middle, blocked out off the back foot by Crawley. |
| 14.4 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Beaten! Tossed up ball around off, Crawley is drawn on the front foot as he looks to defend. The ball turns away at the last instance from him to beat the outside edge. |
| 14.5 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, On off, Zak gets right behind the ball as he defends it out. |
| 14.6 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, On middle, turned to square leg for a single. |
| 15.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Zak Crawley, Ashwin starts with a floated delivery on middle, Crawley milks it to long on for a single. |
| 0.0 : Ravichandran Ashwin is into the attack now. |
| 15.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Darted fuller on leg, Root defends it away from short leg. |
| 15.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Floated on off, Root defends it. |
| 15.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Shorter on middle, Root dabs it in front of short leg. |
| 15.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Around the pads, Root flicks it to the leg side and gets to the other end. |
| 15.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Zak Crawley, Dot to finish the over. Unlike Axar no success in the first over for Ravichandran Ashwin. The last ball is a tossed up ball on the stumps, Crawley defends it with a straight bat. |
| 16.1 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, On the pads, Root flicks it to backward square leg. |
| 16.2 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Another shortish ball on the pads. Root dabs it to the left of backward square leg and gets a single. |
| 16.3 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Absolute beauty from Axar! Gives this one air and makes it drift away from Crawley from around off. Crawley keeps his bat at off pole and it goes past it. |
| 16.4 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, This one turns back in. It is on off and middle, Crawley pushes it to mid on. |
| 16.5 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Good running! Floated on off, Crawley pushes it to the right of mid off and takes a quick run. Washington Sundar has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. |
| 16.6 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Floated on the stumps, Root keeps it out. |
| 17.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Zak Crawley, Shorter on leg, Crawley defends it on the leg side. |
| 17.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Zak Crawley, Tossed up on middle, Crawley defends it with a straight bat. |
| 17.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Zak Crawley, Flighted on off, Crawley keeps it out. |
| 17.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Zak Crawley, Turn and bounce on this one. It is on middle, Crawley defends it off the higher part of his bat. |
| 17.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Zak Crawley, On the stumps, Crawley calmly defends it. |
| 17.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Zak Crawley, Tossed up on middle, Zak Crawley sweeps it to the leg side and keeps the strike. |
| 18.1 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, FOUR! That is a glorious shot! You can watch this in loop and you'll still want more. Half volley on off, Crawley gets on his front foot and drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 18.2 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Superb delivery! Bowls a round arm action delivery. It pitches on off, Crawley gets on his front foot to defend. The ball turns and bounces as it beats the outside edge off Zak's willow and goes past the off pole. |
| 18.3 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, FOUR! SLAMMED! FIFTY FOR CRAWLEY! This has been a wonderful knock and a perfect comeback into the side for him. It has not been easy to bat on but he has been at it from ball one. Short and spinning away, Crawley stays on his back foot and punches it through covers to get a boundary and get his fifty. He has impressed one and all in this innings but now he will need to kick on and convert this into a hundred. |
| 18.4 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, On off and short, Crawley knocks it to the off side and gets to the other end. |
| 18.5 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Appeal for LBW but a hopeful one and nothing else. Floated outside off, Root lunges forward and looks to sweep but gets hit on the pad. There is a stifled appeal but nothing from the umpire. Pitched outside off. |
| 18.6 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Flighted on off, Root keeps it out. |
| 19.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Zak Crawley, Tossed up on middle, Crawley goes for the reverse sweep but cannot get it past he man at backward point. |
| 19.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Zak Crawley, On off, Crawley defends it out. |
| 19.3 : Review time! An appeal for LBW but it has been turned down. Ashwin looks confident and he has convinced his skipper to take the review. Kohli has obliged. Let's see what the replays have to say. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin to Zak Crawley, NOT OUT! UMPIRE"S CALL! Crawley is saved by a whisker! Tossed up around off, Crawley looks to defends it but is beaten as the ball spins away from him to hit him on the thigh pad. There is an appeal but the umpire does not give it in. Kohli takes the review as the Ultra Edge comes on and there is no bat involved. Now comes the Ball Tracker which shows umpire's call on hitting the wickets. Zak is saved in the end. |
| 19.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Zak Crawley, On midlde, Zak keeps it out. |
| 19.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Zak Crawley, Another floated ball on middle, Zak is solid in defense. |
| 19.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Zak Crawley, On off, kept out safely. |
| 20.1 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, FOUR! Easy doing! Full and on middle, Root glances it fine down to fine leg as the ball races to the fence for a boundary. |
| 20.2 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Flatter on middle, clipped to mid-wicket for a single by Root. |
| 20.3 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, On off, Crawley blocks it off the front foot. |
| 20.4 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Slider around off, Zak looks to play it off the back foot but he gets an inside edge onto his pads. |
| 20.5 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Floated on off, Crawley fails to read the ball as it spins past his outside edge this time. |
| 20.6 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, On off, pushed to covers. |
| 21.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Full and on middle, driven down to long on for a single. |
| 21.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Zak Crawley, Full around off, Zak goes for the reverse sweep but plays it to cover-point for a single. |
| 21.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, On leg, clipped to mid-wicket. |
| 21.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, On middle, pushed back to the bowler this time by Root. |
| 0.0 : Big moment in this game! Root has been adjudged LBW and the England skipper has decided to take it upstairs. Let's see if the replays can save him. |
| 21.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, OUT! Crawley survives due to Umpire's call but Root is not that lucky as he falls prey to it. England in all sorts of trouble as they lose their skipper. India ruling the roost at the moment with both Axar and Ashwin asking question on every ball.Tosed up around middle, it is the straighter one from Ashwin as Root looks to defend it. He plays for the turn but there isn't any as he misses it to get hit flush on the knee roll. Root does not think he is out as |
| 21.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Edgy way to start! Floated on middle and leg, Stokes looks to defend but gets an inside edge. No short leg in place so he survives. The ball goes behind square leg and Stokes gets off the mark with a single. |
| 23.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Floated on leg, Stokes comes down the track and looks to defend but the ball hits him on his pad. |
| 23.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, On the pads, Stokes flicks it but cannot go past mid-wicket. |
| 23.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Flighted around off, Stokes lunges forward and defends it. |
| 23.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Up and over! Stokes puts on his dancing shoes and gets his first boundary of the game. Floated on middle and off, Stokes comes down the track and lofts it over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
| 0.0 : The vice-captain replaces the skipper out in the middle. Ben Stokes has walked out to bat. |
| 23.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Stokes goes back to defending and blocks this onto the ground. |
| 23.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Tossed up on off and middle, Stokes defends it. |
| 22.1 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Floated on middle, Stokes defends it off his back foot. |
| 22.2 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Flighted outside off, Stokes looks to defend but misses and gets hit on the back pad. Muted appeal but nothing serious. |
| 22.3 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Shorter on middle and off, Stokes whips it to short mid-wicket. |
| 22.4 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, On the pads, Stokes defends it to the leg side. |
| 22.5 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Tossed up outside off, Stokes lunges forward and defends it onto the ground. |
| 22.6 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Flighted around off, Stokes sweeps it to the left of deep square leg for a single. He keeps the strike. 23 overs done. England are 76/3! |
| 24.1 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Flatish delivery on middle, Crawley defends it off his back foot. |
| 24.2 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Tossed up outside off and it keeps straight after pitching. Crawley leaves it alone and luckily for him it misses the off pole. |
| 24.3 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, Turn on this one! Floated on off, Crawley looks to defend but the ball turns and goes past the outside edge. |
| 24.4 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, OUT! CAUGHT! The man who was looking well-set and has scored the bulk of the runs in this innings is out of here and India get their 4th wicket of the session. Axar gets his second of the game and India are all over England like a rash! Floated delivery pitching on middle, this one keeps straight and on a pitch where the ball is turning, the one that does not turn is more dangerous. Crawley gets on his front foot and looks to defend. He plays for the spin but the |
| India on top! England in all sorts of trouble as the well set Zak Crawley departs and he is replaced by Ollie Pope in the middle. |
| 24.5 : Axar Patel to Ollie Pope, Floated on off, Axar is making the ball dance to his tunes. He is turning them and then the next he is making them go straight. This one turns and beats the outside edge of Pope's bat. |
| 24.6 : Axar Patel to Ollie Pope, Floated on off, Pope defends it with a straight bat. Another solid over from Axar. It is a wicket maiden. |
| 25.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Tossed up around off, Stokes defends it onto the ground. |
| 25.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Flighted on off, Stokes blocks it. |
| 25.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Around the pads, Ben blocks it. |
| 25.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Drift, bounce and beaten! Shorter around off, Stokes gets on his back foot and looks to defend but the ball does not turn and beats the outside edge of Stokes' willow. |
| 25.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Flighted on off, Stokes manages to keep it out. |
| 25.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Darted on the pads, Stokes manages to block it on the leg side. |
| 26.1 : Axar Patel to Ollie Pope, This one keeps low. Floated on middle, Pope manages to defend it. |
| 26.2 : Axar Patel to Ollie Pope, On the pads, Pope flicks it to the leg side. |
| 26.3 : Axar Patel to Ollie Pope, Floated on off, Pope comes down the track and defends it. |
| 26.4 : Axar Patel to Ollie Pope, Once again Ollie comes down the track to negate the spin and defends it to the off side. |
| 26.5 : Axar Patel to Ollie Pope, Darted on middle, Pope defends it to the leg side. |
| 26.6 : Axar Patel to Ollie Pope, Pope gets off the mark in the final ball of the session. Floated on middle, Pope flicks it to deep square leg and takes a single. That will be TEA on Day 1! |
| What a session this has turned out to be for India. The game has lived upto the hype there. India slightly ahead after the first session as they send three Englishmen back including the English skipper. |
| After opting to bat, England started on the worst possible note as they lost Sibley and Bairstow for ducks. Though the returning Zak Crawley survived some nervy moments to held the fort at one end. He went onto score a well-made fifty. Root was itchy at the start as he got hit on the fingers too but was settling in slowly. Just when it seems that England would go into the break with just two wickets down Root departed when the break was just round the corner. England look in all sorts of trouble |
| With the Pink Ball India were lethal. They started with Ishant Sharma sending Dom Sibley back early. From then on it was the spin of Ashwin and Axar who troubled the English batsmen. Axar ended with a couple as Ishant and Ashwin had a wicket each. Still a lot of time there in the day and they would look to continue the wicket taking spree. |
| ... DAY 1, SESSION 2 ... |
| Right then! England are under the pump after the first session of the first day. Having lost 4 wickets they would want Ollie Pope and Ben Stokes who are unbeaten at the moment to do the bulk of the scoring with the rest of incoming batsmen too contributing with the bat if they are to post a good first innings total. India, on the other hand, would look to continue the same way in the next session and would want a few more wickets before the dew sets in and makes batting a bit easy. Join us to kn |
| 27.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Tossed up on off, Pope blocks it out off the back foot. |
| 27.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Floated on off, Pope comes to the pitch of the ball to keep it out. |
| 27.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, An appeal, a huge one from Ashwin but nothing from the umpire. Tossed up around off, Pope takes a big stride forward as he looks to defend it but gets rapped on the pads. Ashwin appeals but the umpire is unmoved. |
| 27.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, OUT! BOWLED! Ashwin strikes in the very first over of the session! Brilliant bowling as Ashwin once again spins his web around the Englishmen. Nicely tossed up ball around off, Pope prods forward to defend. He plays the original line but the ball turns away from his outside to hit the top of off pole. Half the England side is back into the hut. |
| 0.0 : We are back for the session Post-Tea. The Indian players make their way out to the middle. They are followed by the two unbeaten English batsmen Ollie Pope and Ben Stokes. Ravichandran Ashwin to start the session. |
| 27.4 : Ben Foakes joins Ben Stokes out in the middle. Saying England in all sorts of trouble would be a massive understatement. Can the two Ben's take their side out of this muddle? |
| 27.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, On off, Foakes pushes it to the off side now. |
| 27.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Floated on leg, Ben presses forward to defend it to the leg side. |
| Axar Patel to partner Ravichandran Ashwin to begin this session. |
| 28.1 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Floated on middle, turned towards the leg side by Stokes off the back foot. |
| 28.2 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Flighted on off, Stokes plays it back to the bowler. |
| 28.3 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Now pushes the ball back to the bowler off the front foot. |
| 28.4 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, On off, Ben keeps it out from within the crease. |
| Stokes has been adjudged LBW but he has referred it straightaway. So far the reviews have not saved any of his teammates, can Stokes be the first man in this game to overturn an on-field decision? |
| 28.5 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, OUT! LBW! And once again it is the Umpire's call which has become a nemesis for the English batsmen. Tossed up around off, sliding in with the angle, Ben Stokes looks to play it off the back foot but is beaten there to get rapped on the pads. Stokes reviews it immediately and the replays roll in. No bat there confirms the Ultra Edge as the Ball Tracker shows Umpire's Call on hitting the stumps. England's vice-captain departs. |
| 28.6 : Axar Patel to Jofra Archer, On off, kept out off the back foot by Archer. |
| 29.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Short around off, Foakes gets on his back foot and blocks it. |
| 29.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Flighted on off, Foakes defends it to the on side. |
| 29.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Good quick running. Tossed up on middle and off, Foakes plays it away from mid on and gets a quick single. |
| 29.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, On the pads, Archer gets his bat down and defends it to the leg side. |
| 29.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, FOUR! Archer is off the mark with a boundary! Floated on middle and off, Archer sweeps it through mid-wicket and gets a boundary. |
| 29.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, Flighted slower through the air around off. Archer looks to defend but gets beaten. |
| 0.0 : Into the bowlers now. Jofra Archer is the first of those to pad up and walk out to bat. |
| 30.3 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Flighted on off, Ben defends it off the front foot towards the off side. |
| 30.1 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Floated on middle, defended off the inner half of the bat to the leg side. |
| 30.2 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Full on off, pushed to covers. |
| 30.4 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Floated on off, Foakes defends it as the ball goes a bit uppish towards covers. Though it fell short there. |
| 30.5 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Another arm ball going with the angle. Foakes plays for the turn to get beaten. He gets rapped on the pads. There is an appeal but the umpire is unmoved and the Indians don't take the review. |
| 30.6 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, On off, kept out. |
| 31.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, Floated on off, pushed off the back foot. |
| 31.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, Fuller on middle, Archer turns it to the leg side. |
| 31.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, And again Archer turns this loopy ball to the leg side. |
| 31.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, On middle and leg, turned behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 31.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Floated on off, Foakes plays for the turn but the ball straightens to beat the outside edge of Ben's bat. |
| 31.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, On off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 32.1 : Axar Patel to Jofra Archer, Darted on leg, turned to mid-wicket. |
| 32.2 : Axar Patel to Jofra Archer, Loopy on off, pushed to the off side with soft hands by Archer. |
| 32.3 : Axar Patel to Jofra Archer, Quicker and around middle, turned to short leg. |
| 32.4 : Axar Patel to Jofra Archer, Slower through the air around off, Archer defends it to point for a single. |
| 32.5 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, On off, blocked back to the bowler. |
| 32.6 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Fuller on off, pushed to covers. |
| 33.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, Fuller on off, driven back to the bowler. |
| 33.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, Tossed up ball on off, Archer keeps it out. |
| 33.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, FOUR! Archer plays it powerfully! Short and wide outside off, Archer slaps it through point as the ball races to the fence there. |
| 33.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, Flighted on middle, Archer goes for the sweep but hits it to short leg. The ball deflects towards square leg. A single taken. |
| 33.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Full on off, Foakes dead bats it. |
| 33.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, On middle, turned to mid on by Foakes this time. |
| 34.1 : Axar Patel to Jofra Archer, Darted on off, pushed off the back foot to point. |
| 34.2 : Axar Patel to Jofra Archer, OUT! Knocked him over! Axar's straight ones are a hit here. Quicker and outside off, coming in with the angle. Don't know what Archer was thinking there as he was late to bring his bat down. The ball sneaks past his inside edge and pegs the off pole back. Just a formality remains. |
| 34.3 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, On off, kept out. |
| 34.4 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, Floated on off, Leach plays it from the crease there. |
| 34.5 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, Full on off, Leach defends it off the front foot. The ball rolls off the outside edge towards point for a single. |
| 34.2 : Jack Leach walks out to bat. |
| 34.6 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Floated on off, Foakes plays it back to the bowler. Another Axar over yields a wicket and England just three wickets away from folding up in their first innings. Still they haven't reached 100 runs on the board. |
| 35.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, DROPPED! Not really! Tossed up around off, Leach blocks it off the front foot. |
| 35.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Full on off, pushed to point. |
| 35.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Floated on off, Leach plays it to silly point. |
| 35.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, On off, kept out. |
| 35.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Flighted around off, Jack plays it safely. |
| 35.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, On off, Leach is happy to play it out. |
| 36.1 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Floated on off, Foakes defends it with a straight bat. |
| 36.2 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Shorter on off and middle, Foakes defends it off his back foot. |
| 36.3 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Flighted on off, Foakes lunges forward and looks to defend it with soft hands. The ball hits the inside edge and goes away from short leg. Single taken. |
| 36.4 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, Floated on middle and leg, Leach defends it. |
| 36.5 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, Tossed up around off, Leach looks to defend but the ball takes the outside edge and goes away from the slip fielder. Two taken. |
| 36.6 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, Shorter and just outside off, Leach looks to defend but the ball turns and beats the outside edge of Leach's willow. |
| 37.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Loopy ball on middle, Foakes flicks it behind square on the leg side and gets a single. |
| 37.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Floated on off and turns away a tad. Leach looks to defend but misses. |
| 37.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, OUT! CAUGHT! Ashwin gets his third and Leach joins his other teammates back in the pavilion. Flighted delivery on off, Leach lunges forward to defend but the ball turns and takes the outside edge of Jack's blade. It falls to Pujara at gully. He is a very good fielder at that region. He shows good reflex and takes a very good catch inches above the ground. The umpires go upstairs just to check if the catch is a clean one. The Soft Signal is out and replay |
| Stuart Broad walks in next with the bat. |
| 37.2 : Third umpire is called for checking whether it is a fair catch or no. The soft signal is out. As the replays roll in. A few replays aren't conclusive. The third umpire is asking for a better angle but there isn't. Even the stump cam is used for that and here it shows that the fingers are underneath the ball. So Leach has to depart. |
| 37.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Flighted on off, Broad keeps it out. |
| 37.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Flighted delivery outside off. Broad drives it through covers and gets a couple to get off the mark and bring up the 100 for England. |
| 37.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Flighted on off, Broad keeps it out. |
| 38.1 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Shorter on middle, Foakes defends it uppishly but wide of short leg. |
| 38.2 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Tossed up on off, Foakes keeps it out. |
| 38.3 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Tossed up on off, Foakes pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 38.4 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, On the stumps, BF keeps it away. |
| 38.5 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Floated on off, Foakes pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 38.6 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Tossed up on off and middle. Foakes looks to block but the ball takes the inner half of his bat and goes to the leg side. Away from Gill at short leg. |
| 39.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Beauty! Ashwin bowls it slower and gives this one nice air. Broad looks to defend but the ball spins and bounces away from him. Pant takes a good take behind the stumps. |
| 39.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Flighted on off, Broad lunges forward and defends it. |
| 39.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Tossed up on off, Broad looks to defend and the ball hits both bat and pad. Hits his bat first and that was the question Kohli was asking. |
| 39.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Flighted on off, Broad keeps it out. |
| 39.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Loopy and around off, pushed to cover. |
| 39.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Looped up around off, Broad sweeps it through square leg and keeps the strike. |
| 40.1 : Axar Patel to Stuart Broad, Tossed up around off, Broad hangs on the back foot to block but the ball goes past the edge. Pant fails to collect it. The ball goes to the leg side towards fine leg. A leg bye taken. |
| 40.2 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Darted on off, pushed off the back foot by Foakes. |
| 40.3 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, On off, Foakes lunges forward to defend it. |
| 40.4 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Fuller on off, driven down to long off for a single. |
| 40.5 : Axar Patel to Stuart Broad, Full and around off, Broad goes for the sweep but misses it completely. The ball was not far from the off pole. |
| 40.6 : Axar Patel to Stuart Broad, Flighted around off, Broad defends it out to the off side. The outside edge is found though but it drops short of Kohli at second slip. |
| 41.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Off spinner around off, Foakes keeps it out. |
| 41.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Tossed up on middle, Foakes defends it back to the bowler. |
| 41.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Tossed up around off, Foakes comes down the track and flicks it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 41.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Floated on leg and middle, Broad keeps it out. |
| 41.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, NOT OUT! Broad survives. The ball is missing the off pole and this is the first decision in this game that has been overturned. Excellent review from Broad. Flighted delivery pitching on off, Broad looks to sweep but misses and gets hit on the pad. An appeal follows and the umpire is quick to raise his finger. Broad reviews it straightaway. Replay rolls in and Ultra Edge first shows no involvement of bat. Ball Tracker then comes on and shows that the ba |
| England take the review. Broad is the man in question as the replays roll in. Ultra Edge first up shows a flat line when the ball is near the bat. Onto the Ball Tracker now, Missing the stumps there. Finally England manage to overturn the on-field call. |
| 41.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, NOT OUT! India lose one of their three reviews. Floated delivery on off, this is the carrom ball and it turns in to the southpaw. Broad lunges forward and looks to defend. He misses and gets hit on the pad. There is a stifled appeal but the umpire is unmoved. Kohli in the eleventh hour decides to take the review. Replay rolls in and Ball Tracker shows that the ball is missing the leg pole by another couple of stumps. |
| 42.1 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, On off, pushed from within the crease by Foakes. |
| 42.2 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Flighted around off, pushed to point. |
| 42.3 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, On middle, turned past the short leg fielder. |
| 42.4 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, On off, Foakes blocks it off the front foot. |
| 42.5 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, BEATEN! Tossed up around off, Foakes plays for the incoming delivery but the ball straightens to go past the outside edge. |
| 42.6 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, On middle, defended. |
| 43.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, On off, Broad lunges to play it to mid on. |
| 43.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, On off, turn and bounce too. Broad looks to defend it but the ball takes the thigh pad and goes to the first slip. |
| 43.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Floated around off, dabbed to the off side with soft hands. |
| 43.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Drifting around off, pushed to the off side off the back foot. |
| 0.0 : No India takes the review. Once again it is Broad who is in question. The Ultra Edge shows a flat line when the ball is near the bat. Ball Tracker once again shows the ball to be missing the stumps. |
| 43.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Bowls a carrom ball around middle, Broad looks to defend it but at the last moment plays it to the leg side. |
| 43.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Going down leg, Broad looks to flicks it but is beaten. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! India's session so far. The Indian spin duo of Ashwin and Axar have spun a web around the English batsmen. With 8 down, England huffed and puffed to get past the 100 runs. With still an hour to play before the dinner, it seems unlikely that England will survive. India might come out to bat in this session only. |
| 44.1 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Short outside off, Foakes plays it to backward point. |
| 44.2 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Tossed up on off, Foakes blocks it. |
| 44.3 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Short on the pads, Foakes looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pad away from the stumps. |
| 44.4 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Flighted on off, Foakes defends it off the outer half of his bat. |
| 44.5 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Tossed up on off, Foakes defends it. |
| 44.6 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Tossed up on off, Foakes blocks it. |
| 45.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Flighted on the stumps, Broad defends it. |
| 45.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, On the stumps, SB keeps it out. |
| 45.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Short around off, Broad defends it off the back foot. |
| 45.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Tossed up on off, Stuart defends it. |
| 45.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Tossed up on off, Broad pushes it to cover. |
| 45.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Stuart Broad, Down the leg side, Broad looks to flick but misses. |
| 46.1 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Tossed up around off, Foakes looks to defend it but ends up getting a leading edge that runs to third man. A single taken. |
| 46.2 : Axar Patel to Stuart Broad, Full on middle, turned towards mid-wicket. |
| 46.3 : Axar Patel to Stuart Broad, OUT! CAUGHT! Axar gets his 5-fer and what a place to get his second 5-wicket haul. In his home ground, in the biggest cricketing ground in the world, and what a way to kick off the stadium's first cricket game. Broad decides enough of the defending lets go for some glory. That brings about his downfall. Floated delivery around off, Broad brings out the big sweep. He does not time it. He hits it high in the air but there is a man at deep square leg. He picks him |
| Last man for England James Anderson comes out to bat now. |
| 46.4 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, On off, pushed away towards covers. |
| 46.5 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Floated on off, Foakes pushes it to mid off and gets to the other end. |
| 46.6 : Axar Patel to James Anderson, Flighted around off, Anderson plays it to point. |
| 47.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Foakes, FOUR! Introduction of seam brings runs. Full and on the pads, Foakes flicks it all along the carpet as the ball races to the fence at mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 47.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Foakes, Length and on off, Foakes keeps it out to the off side. NO BALL! Bumrah has overstepped. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Foakes, Short of good legnth and around off, Foakes plays it to the on side. |
| 47.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Foakes, Shortish ball on middle, Foakes pulls to deep mid-wicket but does not take the run. |
| 47.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Foakes, Pokes this one through cover-point and takes the single this time. 2 balls for Anderson to negotiate with. |
| 47.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to James Anderson, Short of a length ball around off, Anderson sways away from it. |
| 47.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to James Anderson, Yorker on middle, Anderson jams it out. |
| 48.1 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Floated on middle, Foakes looks to defend but does so off the inner half of his bat. |
| 48.2 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Tossed up on off, Foakes keeps it out. |
| 48.3 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Flighted on off, Foakes defends it. |
| 48.4 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, OUT! BOWLED! Axar gets the final wicket and what a superb performance this is from India and the local boy. Axar Patel finishes with a 6-fer. Tremendous from the left-arm spinner. Short and drifting in. Foakes gets on his back foot and looks to punch. He misses it completely but Axar does not. He hits the middle and off pole. ENGLAND BOWLED OUT FOR 112! |
| Brilliant show with the ball from India. The hero for them was the local boy Axar Patel. What a game he has had so far. England's batting looked mediocre. Not what we are used to see from the Englishmen. For the third time in the two Tests they have folded cheaply. |
| Opting to bat it was a poor start from England as they lost Sibley and Bairstow cheaply. Though Root and Crawley looked to resurrect the innings with a 47-run stand as Crawley brought up his fifty, But the wicket for Root opened the floodgates as wickets kept falling at regular intervals. Batsmen came and went but none could apply themselves on this testing surface. In the end, just 112 is what they could muster. |
| With the bat Axar was the star as his straighter ones were difficult for the English batsmen to pick as he ended with his career best figures of 6/38. Ravichandran Ashwin ended with 3 as Ishant ended with a wicket to their name. Overall a good display of spin bowling sees India sieze the initially hand in the Test. |
| Right then! Now it will be India's batsmen against the English bowlers. How will India's famed batting line up play against the likes of Broad, Anderson and Archer? Will Leach too get the purchase like his Indian counterparts? Answer coming up shortly with India's first innings on the other side of the break. |
| 0.1 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Edged but safe! Anderson starts with a good length ball pitching on off and shaping away. Rohit looks to defend but gets an outside edge. It goes to the left of gully but does not carry. |
| 0.2 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Another outswinger but this starts from outside off. Rohit leaves it alone. |
| 0.3 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Good ball! Carry and zip for Anderson. A little short outside off, it pitches and moves away a bit. Rohit looks to defend but gets beaten. |
| 0.4 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Length ball around off. Rohit looks to play but opts to leave. Too late as the ball hits his bat as he tries to take it up. |
| 0.5 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Good length ball outside off, Rohit shoulders arms to this. |
| 0.6 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Good length ball outside off, Rohit is happy to watch it carry to the keeper. Maiden to begin with. |
| Who will share the attack with Anderson from the other end? |
| 1.1 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, Broad starts with a length ball around off, Gill taps it to point. He plays away from the body there. Could be risky with the ball moving. |
| 1.2 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, Good ball! Length and outside off, Gill goes to have a feel for the ball as he pokes at it. Luckily for him the ball goes past the outside edge. |
| 1.3 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, Length ball around off, Gill dabs it to point. |
| 1.2 : A little halt in play as a part of light has gone off. Everything sorted now. |
| 1.3 : Has that ball carried to Stokes? The Englishman thinks he has caught it. The umpires have gone upstairs to have a look. The Soft Signal is OUT! |
| 1.4 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, NOT OUT! Gill survives a nervy moment. Broad bowls a back of a length ball around off, Gill looks to block it off the back foot but ends up getting an outside edge. The ball goes to second slip where Stokes takes the catch and in confident that he has got his man. The third umpire is asked for as the replays roll in. |
| 1.5 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, Length and around off, Gill leaves it alone. |
| 1.6 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, On off, Gill blocks it from the crease. |
| 2.1 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Length and around off, Sharma defends it out off the back foot towards covers. |
| 2.2 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Another length ball in the channel around off, Rohit plays it but cannot get it past point. |
| 2.3 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, On a length and around off, Rohit dabs it to covers for a single. Rohit off the mark here. |
| 2.4 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Length and around off, Gill plays it back to the bowler. |
| 2.5 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Length ball around off, Gill goes for the flick but is rapped high on the pads as the ball goes to point. |
| 2.6 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, On a lenght and around off, Gill gets behind the line to block it out. |
| 3.1 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, Length and around off, Sharma flicks it to the leg side this time. |
| 3.2 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, Good length and in the channel outside off, Rohit is aware of his off pole as he makes a leave this time. |
| 3.3 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, Full on off, driven straight to mid on. |
| 3.4 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Gloriously driven! Full and around off, Rohit leans on and then drives it through mid off for a boundary. Hansome looking hit from the Hit-Man. |
| 3.5 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, Good length and around off, Rohit stands tall to block it out. |
| 3.6 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, Another length ball around ofl, Sharma defends it out. |
| 4.1 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Fuller on off, Gill blocks it to to the on-side. |
| 4.2 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Back of a length and around off, Gill dabs it to the off side. |
| 4.3 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Length and around off, Gill defends it in an awkward manner towards the off side. |
| 4.4 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Length ball on off, Gill blocks it out off the front foot. |
| 4.5 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Length and outside off, Gill makes a leave. |
| 4.6 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Length ball on off, Gill keeps it out safely. THAT WILL BE DINNER ON DAY 1! |
| Another fantastic session for India. Barring the toss everything they have touched has turned to gold. They have been on top of the game so far. England are already chasing this Test on Day 1 and they will need to be at their best with the ball in the final session. |
| England have been subpar so far in this Test and they will need to make the ball do the talking in the final session. Batting under lights will not be easy and England will need to ensure they do major damage before the end of day's play. Â Can the tourists find a way to fight back? Join us for the final session to find out. Remember unlike a normal Test, the break in the second session in this Pink Ball Test is a 40 minutes one. |
| India first did the job with the ball in this session. They managed to take 6 wickets with local boy Axar grabbing up 4 and Ashwin picking up 2. The focus then was on the openers to see if they could see off the session and Gill and Rohit have managed to do that. There was a close call on Gill but he has survived the scare. |
| ... DAY 1, SESSION 3 ... |
| 5.1 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, Length ball around middle, Sharma turns it to mid-wicket. |
| 0.0 : We are back for the final session for Day 1. The England players make their way out as they are followed by Rohit Sharma and Shubhman Gill. With the dew settling in slowly. The ball might skid on and that could be lethal with the England pace trio in operation. Stuart Broad to start the session. |
| 5.2 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, Good length and around off, Sharma taps it off the back foot towards gully where Ollie Pope fields it. |
| 5.3 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! That should ease the nerves! Rohit continues from where he left. Full and around off, Rohit leans into the drive as he creams it through covers. The ball races to the fence in quick time. |
| 5.4 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, Broad drags his length back a bit as he keeps it around off, Rohit hops to defend it to point. |
| 5.5 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, Good ball! This is Broad's length. Length and in the channel around off. With a hint of inward movement. Rohit watches the ball and then leaves it alone. |
| 5.6 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, Good length and around off once again, Rohit plays it from the crease this time. |
| Will Archer get the chance to bowl from the other end? No. Anderson will continue. |
| 6.1 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Length and angled on middle, Gill somehow manages to fend it away to the leg side at the last instance. |
| 6.2 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Fuller and around off, Gill comes half forward to push it to mid on. |
| 6.3 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Anderson keeps it on a length and around off, Gill does well to defend it off the front foot and towards covers. |
| 6.4 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Short of good length on off, Gill is rooted to his crease as he blocks it off the back foot this time. |
| 6.5 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Length and around off, Gill dabs it to gully. |
| 6.6 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, On a length and around off, Gill punches it off the back foot towards point. Maiden for Anderson. |
| 7.1 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, Good length and around off, Rohit dabs it to covers and takes a single on offer. |
| 7.2 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, Short of good length and around off, Gill cuts but he chops it to cover-point. |
| Issue with the landing area. Broad is having a word with the umpire. Anderson and Root are standing alongside him. |
| 7.3 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, Full and around middle, Gill turns it to mid-wicket. |
| 7.4 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, NOT OUT! Just clipping leg! Umpire's call it is! Length and angled into middle and leg, Gill looks to flick but misses to get rapped on the pads. There is an appeal but the umpire is unmoved. Root takes the review after consulting Broad. The replays roll in and Ultra Edge confirms that there is no bat involved as the Ball Tracker comes on. Umpire's call it is and Gill survives to fight it out. |
| 7.5 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, Good length and around off, Gill watchfully plays it off the back foot. |
| 7.3 : Review time! It is for LBW against Gill. Not out is the onfield verdict but Broad was confident. He always is. He was celebrating more than appealing. Root goes with the bowler. Umpire's call on hitting the wicket. So, a good appeal but the onfield call will stay. Gill survives. |
| 7.6 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, On middle, Gill plays it to mid on to see off the over. |
| 8.1 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, In the channel outside off, left alone. |
| 8.2 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Another one wide outside off, Rohit once again lets it go behind. |
| 8.3 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, This time Rohit pokes away from his body. Good length and just outside off, it shapes away. Rohit is on the back foot as he looks to punch it on the up. Misses as the ball moves away. |
| 8.4 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Gets behind the line this time and punches it towards the off side. |
| 8.5 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Shortish and just around off, poked towards the point region. |
| 8.6 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Driven nicely but for nothing! A maiden. Fuller and wider outside off, Rohit drives it towards the cover region. |
| Broad is once again unhappy with his landing area. The ground staff is called for a bit of hammering near the landing area. Looks to be fine for now. |
| 9.2 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, What a comeback ball from Broad. This is good length and just outside off, it lands and takes off. Gill looks to force it on the off side but misses. |
| 9.1 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Crunched! Gill is finally off the mark but in style! Lovely stroke from him. A short ball, rare loose ball from Broad. Gill latches onto it and slams it through the cover-point region for a boundary. |
| 9.3 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, Around off on a length, solidly kept out. |
| 9.4 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, Good length and around off, Gill defends it solidly. |
| 9.5 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, Landed around off, just outside off. Gill comes on the front foot and blocks. |
| 9.6 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, Solid behind the line again. A testing over. |
| 10.1 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Fuller length ball from Anderson and around off, Rohit taps it back to the bowler. |
| 10.2 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Anderson keeps it on a length and around off, Rohit closes the face of the bat to play it towards square leg for a single. |
| 10.3 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Gill has a good technique against pacers as he defends this length ball confidently towards covers off the front foot. |
| 10.4 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Great shot! Short of good length and around off, Gill rocks on the back foot as he plays the short-arm jab through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 10.5 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Length and around off, Gill chops it to covers this time. |
| 10.6 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Back of a length and around off, Gill hops and drops it towards covers to see off the over. Both the openers are watchful at the moment. |
| 11.1 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, Fuller and outside off, no movement on this one as Rohit makes a leave. |
| 11.2 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, Length and around off, it hurries onto Rohit. Sharma drops it with soft hands to the leg side. |
| 11.3 : Stuart Broad to Rohit Sharma, Short and around middle, Sharma goes for the pull and hits it towards fine leg. Only a single results. |
| 11.4 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, Length and around off, Gill punches it towards cover-point and takes a brace this time. |
| 11.5 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, Fuller and targetting the base of off pole, Gill plays it to the bowler. |
| 11.6 : Stuart Broad to Shubman Gill, Length and outside off, Gill lets it be. |
| Change in bowling. |
| Jofra Archer to bowl now. |
| 12.1 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Length and around off from Archer, Rohit plays it from the crease. |
| 12.2 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Length and around off, Sharma defends it out once again. |
| 12.3 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! This man loves to pull and hook. Anything short and he will dispatch it. Short and around midlde, Rohit rolls his wrists and pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 0.0 : Again the lights go off. Yes, one section of the light panel goes off. Though it restarts again quickly. |
| 12.4 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Sharma not only plays the pull but also the cover drive to perfection. This is a length delivery bowled around off, slight width offered and Sharma punches it off the back foot through covers as the ball races to the fence. |
| 12.5 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Back of a length ball, this one jags back in. Rohit works it through mid-wicket for one. |
| 12.6 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Bangs this one short but it is wide outside off. Left alone. 9 off Archer's first over. |
| Spin time! Here's Jack Leach. |
| 13.1 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Full and around middle, Sharma drives it to long on and takes a single. |
| 13.2 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Tossed up around off, Gill presses forward in defense this time. |
| 13.3 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Slightly flatter and around off, Gill taps it off the back foot. |
| 13.4 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Some turn and bounce for Leach! Tossed up ball outside off, Gill looks to poke at it but seeing the turn there decides not to play at it. |
| 13.5 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Floated around off, Gill defends it out safely. |
| 13.6 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Floated on middle, tucked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 14.1 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, In the channel outside off, left alone by Gill. |
| 14.2 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Length ball angled in, Gill works it towards mid-wicket. |
| 14.3 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, In the air... safe! That kicked off after pitching outside off. This one comes back in from around off, Gill looks to defend but gets squared up a bit. The ball takes the leading edge and goes towards point. It is uppish but short. |
| 14.4 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Good length and around off, Gill puhses it towards mid off. |
| 14.5 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Little too wide outside off. Gill lets it be. |
| 14.6 : In comes Cheteshwar Pujara. India's number 3 warrior needs to step up here. |
| Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, OUT! TAKEN! Archer strikes and it is the short ball that does the trick for him. Gill wanted to take him on but the ball came quickly. That was short and wide outside off. Gill looks to drag it from there and deposit it out of the park via a pull stroke. He ends up getting it off the cue end of his bat. The miscued shot goes high in the air but as far as mid-wicket. Zak Crawley gets under it and takes the catch easily. A poor stroke from Gill. He did the hard |
| 15.1 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Short and wide outside off, Rohit punches it down to deep cover for one. |
| 15.2 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Pujara dances down first ball. Probably the way he is going to counter the spin. Leach tosses it up and just around off, Pujara comes down and drives it towards mid off. |
| 15.3 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated around off, Pujara this time blocks solidly. |
| 15.4 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Around off, kept out. |
| 15.5 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, OUT! LBW! 4-ball duck for Pujara and Leach has done the trick for England. That looked plumb and hence Pujara didn't go for the review. This is a massive success for England. It is the arm ball from Leach which pitches around off and skids sharply. Pujara looks to defend off the front but misses to get hit on the pad. A big appeal follows and the umpire agrees with the bowler. Only inside edge can save Pujara. But he is having a word with his partner about |
| India's icon and superhero. Virat Kohli walks in to bat now. |
| 15.6 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Floated around off, Virat lunges forward and keeps it out. End of a successful over from Leach. |
| 16.1 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Length and outside off, Sharma makes a leave. |
| 16.2 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Another pacy delivery from Archer but it is outside off, Rohit has no issue in leaving it. |
| 16.3 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Rohit goes about his business! Short and on middle, Rohit swivels and then pulls it in front of square on the leg side for a boundary. |
| 16.4 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Short of good length and around off, Rohit dabs it to gully and looks for a single but it is not there. |
| 16.5 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Fuller and on off, Rohit dead bats it solidly. |
| 16.6 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Top edge and it runs to the fence! Archer bangs it halfway into the pitch and gets it to hurry onto Rohit. Sharma goes for the pull but takes his eyes off it as the top edge flies over the keeper and to the fine leg fence for a boundary. Rohit is lucky as it could have lobbed straight up in the air. |
| 17.1 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Floated on off, Kohli defends it to the off side. |
| 17.2 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Bad ball from Leach! Full and dished down leg, Kohli looks to get bat on ball there but misses it. Ben Foakes to does not collect it. The ball runs to fine leg for a couple of byes. |
| 17.3 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Floated outside off, left alone. |
| 17.4 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, On middle, Kohli leans a bit forward and then turns it to mid-wicket for a couple of runs now. |
| 17.5 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Slightly flatter and around off, Kohli dabs it to cover-point for a single. |
| 17.6 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Full on off, Rohit blocks it out. |
| DRINKS! A good phase after the Dinner break for England. They have sent Gill and Pujara packing with Archer and Leach taking the wickets respectively. Rohit is looking good though and longer he stays, quicker the runs will flow and the Indians will get closer to the English total. With Kohli for the company, India will look to get to that number first. Can the English bowlers scalp a couple more? |
| 18.1 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Shortish and around off, Kohli hops and defends. |
| 18.2 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Length delivery, around off once again. VK is solid in defense. |
| 18.3 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Landed around off, kept out. |
| 18.4 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Just outside off, Kohli gets right behind to force it towards the gully region. |
| 18.5 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Back of a length and just outside off, poked towards the point region. |
| 18.6 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Back of a length and outside off, pushed towards the point region. |
| 19.1 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Quick single! Rohit's call and he was running to the danger end. Good running. Full and on middle, Rohit flicks it towards mid on. The fielder is on his toes and Rohit sneaks a single. Kohli was late in responding but he made it in. |
| 19.2 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Flat and turning away from around off, worked towards mid-wicket. |
| 19.3 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Trademark Kohli drive but there is a man in the deep. Overpitched and outside off, Kohli creams it through the covers and gets to the other end. |
| 19.4 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Now Rohit drives it nicely through extra cover for one. 50 up for the Indians. |
| 19.5 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Full and wide, forced to deep cover for a single. |
| 19.6 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, NOT OUT! Going over the stumps. That didn't look that way but Ball Tracker says so. Rohit survives. Floated around off, Rohit takes a big stride forward, in fact he shimmies down a couple of steps and looks to defend but misses to get hit on the front pad. A huge, huge appeal follows but it is turned down. Leach and Root talk and then the England skipper reviews. Time for the replay. Clearly bat first. Ultra Edge confirms the same. Here's Ball Tracker. Missing. |
| Root takes the reivew. Rohit Sharma is the man in question. Ultra Edge comes on and it shows no bat involved. Ball Tracker shows that the ball is missing the stumps as it is going over. Sharma stays on. |
| Ben Stokes to bowl now. |
| 20.1 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, FOUR! BOOM! Welcome into the attack, Mr. Stokes! Stokes runs in and bangs the first ball short. Kohli says ok. Swivels on the front foot and plays a crunching stroke through mid-wicket. Crawley had no clue when it flew past him. |
| 20.2 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Full and angled on middle, Kohli strokes it to mid on and takes a single. |
| 20.3 : Ben Stokes to Rohit Sharma, Length and angled on the hips, Rohit turns it to square leg for a single. |
| 20.4 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Short of good length and around off, Kohli blocks it right under his eyes. |
| 20.5 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Length and outside off, Kohli shoulders arms to it. |
| 20.6 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Short of length and around off, Kohli hops and defends it to point. |
| 21.1 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Rohit is just making it look so easy. Tossed up around middle, Rohit skips down the track a bit and then lofts it to long on for a boundary. |
| 21.2 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, On middle. stroked towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 21.3 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Oohs and aahhs! Slightly tossed up around off, Kohli looks to dab it to the off side but inside edges it past leg stump towards backward square leg. A couple taken. |
| 21.4 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Fuller and around off, Kohli drives it on the up but it falls short of the man at covers. A single taken. |
| 21.5 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Flighted outside off, Sharma makes a leave. |
| 21.6 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Fuller on middle, Sharma clips it through mid-wicket and gets a brace. |
| 22.1 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Fuller and around off, Kohli stays on the back foot as he blocks it out. |
| 22.2 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, WIDE! Stokes bowls an effort ball but he ends up getting it rise up off the surface. Kohli leaves it. Wide called. |
| Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Short and around off, Kohli pulls it but cannot get it past the man at mid-wicket. |
| 22.3 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, FOUR! This time Kohli succeeds to find the fence. Length and around leg, Kohli just works it through mid-wicket and it speeds to the fence in the deep. Quality from the Indian skipper. |
| 22.4 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Length and around off, Kohli clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 22.5 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Length and outside off, Kohli makes a leave. |
| 22.6 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Another one outside off, Virat shoulders arms to it. |
| 23.1 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Flatter and outside off, Rohit makes a leave. |
| 23.2 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up around off, Rohit taps it to point and takes a quick single. |
| 23.3 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Darted on off, Kohli comes on the front foot as he defends it out. |
| 23.4 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Fuller on off, driven towards backward point for run by Kohli. |
| 23.5 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, On middle, Rohit paddles it behind square on the leg side. Leach appeals but nothing from the umpire. A single taken. |
| 23.6 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Flatter on off, Kohli plays it to point. |
| 24.1 : Ben Stokes to Rohit Sharma, Short of good length and around off, Sharma plays the pull shot towards square leg. He takes a comfortable two. |
| 24.2 : Ben Stokes to Rohit Sharma, Length and around off, Sharma defends it off the back foot. |
| 24.3 : Ben Stokes to Rohit Sharma, Back of a length ball around off, Rohit pats it to cover-point. |
| 24.4 : Ben Stokes to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Rohit onto 49 now! Short of length ball around off, Rohit looks to force it off the back foot but ends up getting a thickish outside off. The ball flies towards third man for a boundary. |
| 24.5 : Ben Stokes to Rohit Sharma, FIFTY FOR ROHIT! Another quality knock from the Hitman. It isn't easy out in the middle but it isn't impossible either. However, when Rohit gets going, everything looks easy. He is once again looking set for a big one. Just 63 balls for Rohit to get to his half ton. Stokes runs in and bowls a fuller ball on middle and leg. Rohit flicks it down to deep mid-wicket to get to the milestone. |
| 24.6 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Length and around off, Kohli pushes it off the back foot towards cover. A single is taken. |
| 25.1 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, A fuller ball around off, pushed towards the off side. |
| 0.0 : James Anderson is back on. |
| 25.2 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Solid drive but for no run. A fuller ball outside off, VK comes on the front foot and strokes it towards the cover region once again. |
| 25.3 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Around off on a length, poked towards the gully region. |
| 25.4 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Just outside off on a good length. Left alone. |
| 25.5 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Good length and around off, Kohli is on the front foot. |
| 25.6 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Landed around off, kept out. |
| Leach is back again! 6-0-23-1 from him so far. |
| 26.1 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Floated around off, kept out. |
| 26.2 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Darted outside off, left alone. |
| 26.3 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Short and just outside off, punched towards the cover-point region for one. 50-run stand is up betwen the two. |
| 26.4 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Floated around off, Kohli is on the front foot to block. |
| 26.5 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Big turn! This one is tossed up and just around off, it lands and spins away sharply to beat the outside edge. Foakes cannot collect. |
| 26.6 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Little too full and it doesn't have the space to turn. Kohli pokes it towards backward point. |
| 27.1 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Back of a length and around middle, tucked to the man at mid-wicket. |
| 27.2 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Length and around off. Rohit blocks. |
| 27.3 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Good length and around off, comes in a tuck. It is tucked through square leg for one. |
| 27.4 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Shortish and around off, kept out. |
| 27.5 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Poor, poor ball. Too short. Too wide. Kohli is not going to miss out. He punches it through the cover region and it races to the fence in the deep. |
| The grass is getting stuck in the spikes of the English players. That is the confirmation of the fact that there is dew, plenty of it. |
| 27.6 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Just outside off on a length, poked towards point. |
| 28.1 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Floated just outside off, poked towards point. |
| 28.2 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Floated around off, Rohit is solid in defense. |
| 28.4 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Flat and around middle, kept out. |
| 28.3 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Dropped? Yes! But that was just a stunning effort. Floated full and on middle, Sharma gets down and paddles it. Pope at short leg anticipates it early. He runs to his right and then realizes the ball is the other way. He sticks it left hand out and tries to catch. Gets a hand to it but fails to hold on. Will be called a dropped chance but that was quality work from Pope. |
| 28.5 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, A ripper! That lands just around off and rips past the outside edge. Foakes makes the keeping look so easy there. He collects to his right and breaks the stumps in a flash. Kohli wasn't going anywhere though so it won't matter. Quality ball to beat the outside edge and even better take from the keeper. |
| 28.6 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Darted short this time and VK strokes it to deep cover for one. |
| 29.1 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Droppped again! Pope again! This was a straightforward chance. Anderson cannot believe it. Big, big miss from Pope. Shortish and just outside off, Kohli stays back and looks chop it on the offf side. He tries to drag his bat away at the last moment. But Kohli is late and he ends up getting an outside edge. The ball goes to the right side of Pope who is manning the gully region. He gets both hands but spills the chance. How costly will this be? |
| 29.2 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Fuller and around off, kept out. |
| 29.3 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Gets behind the line again and is solid in defense. |
| 29.4 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Around off on a length, VK blocks. |
| 29.5 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Wide outside off, Kohli watches it go behind. |
| 29.6 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Shortish and around off, Kohli defends solidly. |
| 30.1 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up and outside off, Rohit pushes it towards the cover region |
| 30.2 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Ha, ha, ha. Funny scene! A tossed up ball, Rohit was going to play the paddle sweep. Stokes from first slip spotted that early and started running to his left, from behind the keeper. However, Rohit adjusts and blocks it on the off side. Stokes smiles as he returns to the first slip position. |
| Stumping appeal taken upstairs. Looks safe. |
| 30.3 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, NOT OUT! Rohit is in and he survives again. Tossed up and just around off, Rohit comes on the front foot and looks to defend but the ball rips past the outside edge and goes behind. Foakes shows his class and collects the ball and whips the bails off in a flash. He appeals. The square leg umpire takes it upstairs. Replays roll in. Rohit has his feet grounded. |
| 30.4 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, On middle, kept out. |
| 30.5 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Play and a miss! Tossed up and outside off, Rohit looks to sweep but the ball lands and spins away. Foakes once again shows his skill and collects the ball nicely. |
| 30.6 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Darted outside off, Rohit lets it be. |
| Jofra Archer returns! |
| 31.1 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Length ball around off, Kohli drives it straight to covers. |
| 31.2 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Extra bounce there! Length and around off, Kohli looks to defend it but the ball takes the shoulder of the bat and goes to mid-wicket. A couple taken. |
| 31.3 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Fuller on off, Kohli strokes it to covers for a single. |
| 31.4 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Easily done! Poor fielding from Leach. Clearly tiring legs there. Full on midlde, clipped through mid-wicket as the ball races to the fence. |
| 31.5 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Length and around off, blocked off the front foot. |
| 31.6 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Back of a length and around off, Rohit is solid behind the line again. |
| 32.1 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Floated around off, kept out. |
| 32.2 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, OUT! CHOPPED ON! Leach gets the big wicket, just before the Stumps. Huge, huge wicket. Leach is pumped. Shake of the head from Kohli as he walks back with a dejected look on his face. This is floated nicely. It is around off, Kohli hangs on his back foot and looks to cut. That is too close for that shot but the Indian skipper does that. He ends up getting a bottom edge and the ball canons into the stumps. He did all the hard work, looked really good but has been |
| Who comes out to bat now? India's vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane walks to the middle. |
| 32.3 : Jack Leach to Ajinkya Rahane, Floated full and around off, Rahane is solid in defense. |
| 32.4 : Jack Leach to Ajinkya Rahane, EDGY! Nervy few balls for the Indian vice-captain. |
| 32.5 : Jack Leach to Ajinkya Rahane, Edged again! Tossed up and just outside off, Rahane looks to defend but the ball takes the outside edge and goes uppishly towards Stokes at first slip. Ben dives to his right but misfields. A single taken. |
| 32.6 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Rohit keeps out the last ball solidly. This one is flat and just around off, Rohit stays back and bunts it on the off side. With this, it is STUMPS ON DAY 1. |
| Axar Patel, the man who took 6, is caught for a quick chat. Smiles and says that when things go well for you, you can feel it is all easy. Tells that he just wanted to repeat what he did in the last game. Tells that bowling to the same spot is his strength and he tried to bowl wicket-to-wicket. Tells that the wicket in Chennai wasn't skidding but here it did, probably because of the Pink ball. Says that the ideal speed on this wicket should be 85 kph to 90kph. Mentions that these days with so ma |
| As was the hype leading to the Pink Ball Test it lived up to it. Just one thing went England's way and that was the toss. Apart from that nothing went their way. First, they faltered with the bat then they failed to get the ball talking. Lack of picking regular wickets has put them on the back foot as they now play the chasing game. |
| After the Dinner break, India began watchfully with Rohit and Gill. Gill though tried to take on Archer only to lose his wicket. Then Pujara was sent packing for a 4-ball duck by Leach. Since then, Kohli and Rohit have gone about their game as they stitched a crucial 50-run stand. Rohit in the meantime went past yet another score of 50 runs and looks set for a huge one. And just when it looked like these two would take India through the close of play, Leach sent the Indian skipper back in the la |
| For England, Leach was the most successful with a couple of wickets as he sent both the mainstays of India Pujara and Kohli. The other bowlers too bowled their hearts out. Among the pace trio, only Archer managed to get a wicket as he had the first scalp of Shubhman Gill. Overall it was a hard toil for them. Root though would be happy that the dropped chance of Kohli did not cost much to them. |
| Earlier in the day, after opting to bat England folded for a paltry score of 112 with Zak Crawley being their highest scorer with 53 runs. The rest of them failed to provide any stability with the bat as they came and went quickly to hand India the advantage. |
| For India, it was the local boy Axar Patel who took his career-best figures of 6/38. Ravichandran Ashwin, as usual, was brilliant with the ball in hand, as he had 3 wickets to his name. While Ishant had a wicket too in his 100th Test. Overall it was a brilliant display of spin bowling as England batsmen struggled to come to terms with the wicket. |
| Right then! Day 1 of the Pink Ball Test is done and India are in the driver's seat. England have a lot of work to do first with the ball then again with the bat. India just trail by 13 runs and that is what they would look to erase that first. How will Day 2 turn out to be? Join us for the Day 2 of this Pink Ball Test. The action begins at 1430 local (0900 GMT). Till then cheers and take care. |
| .... DAY 2 .... |
| Have you ever felt like this was someone else's world and you were just living in it? Yeah? Well, that is exactly what Axar Patel would have been feeling like ever since he made his debut in the second Test. But in this case, he would feel like this is his world and we are all just living in it. What a start he has had to his Test career. Got a fifer in his debut game and just when you thought that he could not top this, he pulled another rabbit out of the hat. |
| He snared six wickets on Day 1 and instrumented the downfall of the English batters as they fell for the measly score of just 112 and Axar ensured that Joe Root would be questioning his decision to bat first, lying on his bed at the end of the night. In response, India ended Day 1 on 99, with the loss of 3 wickets, trailing by 13 runs and the hosts would be looking to swell this lead up to a big, big one. The visitors, on the other hand, would want to come out and make the pink ball talk, right |
| PITCH REPORT - Time to know how the pitch will play out today. It's been the talk throughout the series so far. Deep Dasgupta and Ajit Agarkar are the pitch analysts for the day. Dasgupta reminds us that 13 wickets fell on Day 1 which is not unheard but tells what is unheard is 11 went to spinners. Agarkar says it was going to turn and says there was more turn from one end. Deep Dasgupta says that the ground has more pebble than dust like Chennai. Agarkar says that the nature of the soil is such |
| ... Day 2, First Session ... |
| We are all in readiness for the action to begin! The England players are in a huddle before they take their respective positions in the field on a hot afternoon. Overnight batsmen, Rohit Sharma, who is on 57 walks out with the deputy of this Indian Test side, Ajinkya Rahane. Their first aim will be to wipe out the deficit. The experienced James Anderson is all set to start Day 2 with the ball. Two slips and a gully in place as Rahane faces the first ball. |
| 33.1 : James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane, Anderson starts with a fuller ball on off, Rahane starts the day with a solid front foot defense. |
| 33.2 : James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane, Good length ball on off, Rahane defends it solidly off his back foot this time. |
| 33.3 : James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane, Fuller but not full enough on off. Rahane defends it onto the ground. |
| 33.4 : James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane, Good length ball on off, Rahane has no problems blocking it. |
| 33.5 : James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane, Much better from Anderson! Goes full outside off, a little bit of inswing late on. Rahane shoulders arms to it. |
| 33.6 : James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane, Maiden to begin the afternoon! Back of a length ball on off, Rahane defends it off his back foot and sees off the first over. |
| Who will partner Anderson with the ball? Will it be his partner in crime, Stuart Broad? Or will we see some spin early on? Spin, it will be as Jack Leach has the ball! |
| 34.1 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Flighted around off, turns away as Rohit comes ahead looking to block. Goes past the outside edge and to the keeper. |
| 34.2 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Flighted, around off, Sharma skips down the track and works this one to the mid off region for a sharp single. 100 up for India too. |
| 34.4 : Jack Leach to Ajinkya Rahane, Good turn again by Jack! Goes fuller, around off, nice loop, turns away as Rahane misses his block. |
| 34.5 : Jack Leach to Ajinkya Rahane, Flatter this time, around off, moving away too as Rahane misses his pull this time. |
| 34.6 : Jack Leach to Ajinkya Rahane, Shows the full face of the bat to this full ball and smothers this one out. |
| 34.3 : Jack Leach to Ajinkya Rahane, Loopy on middle and leg, Rahane looks to block but it looks like he has missed it and the ball takes the pad and lobs towards the square leg region. |
| 35.1 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Short of a length and around off this time from Jimmy, pushed away from the body to covers. |
| 35.2 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! First boundary of the afternoon and it comes off Rohit's bat. A gift to someone who has the batting caliber of RS! Short and wide outside off, slapped through point. |
| 35.3 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Around off, length, kept out by RS. |
| 35.4 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Rohit makes look batting look easy and his stroke now has shown that again. A bright afternoon but his batting is lighting things up early on. Short of a length around off, Sharma goes on his back foot and punches this through covers. The ball speeds away to the ropes. |
| 35.5 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, On a length and around off, Rohit Sharma pushes it back towards Jimmy. |
| 35.6 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Shows the full face of the blade to push the last ball, which is a good length one, to covers. 8 off this over. |
| 36.1 : Jack Leach to Ajinkya Rahane, Full, floated, on middle, Rahane comes ahead and blocks and the ball goes just next to the sticks as Rahane looks to push it away. It does not go onto hit the stumps though. |
| 36.2 : Jack Leach to Ajinkya Rahane, Pushed to the mid on region. |
| 36.3 : Jack Leach to Ajinkya Rahane, Full, tossed up, around off, Rahane goes on his knees and looks to sweep. Only manages to get an under edge as the ball goes on a bounce to Stokes, at first slip. |
| 36.4 : Jack Leach to Ajinkya Rahane, On off, pushed to covers. Rahane is still on 1, from 17 balls. |
| 36.5 : Jack Leach to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! SCORES ARE LEVEL NOW! Rahane gets the boundary, that he has been looking for. Jack goes fuller, on middle, nice loop, Rahane brings out the broom and sweeps this one to fine leg for a boundary. |
| 36.6 : Jack Leach to Ajinkya Rahane, A single to end the over and India ahead by a run too now. Flatter, around off, the vice-captain goes on the back foot and clips this through square leg. |
| 37.1 : James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane, Length on off, kept out. |
| 37.2 : James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane, Identical to the previous delivery, Ajinkya comes on the front foot and pushes this to short cover. |
| 37.3 : James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane, Good length, around off, pushed to short cover again. A loud and clear 'no' from Rahane, to Rohit, in regard to the single. |
| 37.4 : James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane, Short of a length ball around off, Rahane goes on the back foot and punches this one in the gap between the point and cover fielder. They take on and Rohit assumes there will be two as he was was halfway down the track. Realizes there isn't a double and scampers back. Holds his hands up to Rahane later and holds a wry smile on his face too. |
| 37.5 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 37.6 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Good length on off, blocked by Rohit Sharma. |
| 38.1 : Jack Leach to Ajinkya Rahane, Flighted on off, pushed away to the off side. |
| 38.2 : Jack Leach to Ajinkya Rahane, OUT! LBW! India lose a wicket very early on Day 2 and Jack Leach picks up his third wicket! Flatter, around off, comes on straight after hitting the deck, Rahane goes on his back foot, looking to slash this one but the ball gets his pad first and rolls to the off side. A loud appeal and the umpire agrees and raises his finger. Rahane comes ahead, and has a quick word with Rohit, from his crease. He does not think technology can help him and so he walks back. |
| 38.3 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Easy single to get off the mark. Full, loopy, on off, Pant plays this with soft hands through mid on for a single. |
| 38.4 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Flighted around off, RS prods forward. Blocks. |
| 38.2 : Rishabh Pant walks out to bat now. He is in tremendous form and will look to continue that. Also, he took a liking to Leach especially in the first Test and went after him hammer and tongs. How will his approach be in this game? |
| 38.5 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Similar sort of delivery as the last ball. Blocked out again by Rohit. |
| 38.6 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Now he comes down the track and pads the ball to the on side. A successful over for England and Leach. |
| 39.1 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, PLAY AND A MISS! Length, around off, coming in with the angle as Rishabh looks to push this one away to the off side. Misses though and Ben Foakes collects. |
| 39.2 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, In the channel of uncertainty outside off, this time, Pant is not tempted into the shot. Shouldered arms to. |
| 39.3 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Closer to the off pole and on off, making Pant get his bat across to keep this one out. |
| 39.4 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Presses forward to a full ball to block this to short cover. |
| 39.5 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Short of a length and outside off, Rishabh Pant slaps this one but can only find the point fielder. |
| 39.6 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Around off, length, Pant's block gets the ball to hit him on the pad, as the ball took the inner half of the blade. A maiden for Jimmy. |
| 40.1 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, OUT! LBW! One brings two for Jack Leach and the dangerman for India, Rohit Sharma has to trudge back. Full, loopy too, just around the off pole, Rohit Sharma thinks about getting on his knees and sweeping this one away. He misses though and seems to have got hit just above the thigh pad. An appeal and the umpire raises his finger. Sharma walks across and has a quick word with Pant. Decides to take the review. Ultra Edge is not able to save him. Ball Tracker rol |
| 0.0 : Big moment in this game. Rohit Sharma has been adjudged LBW and he has decided to review it. Can the replays save him? This will be a massive wicket for England if they can get it. |
| The centurion from the last game, Ravichandran Ashwin joins Rishabh Pant out in the middle. |
| 40.2 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Shorter and outside off, slapped away through point by Ashwin. The fielder gives it a chase and seems to have pulled it back, just before the ropes. The umpires have a look and decide that this is a clean save. Two runs then for Ash to open his account. |
| 40.3 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flighted outside off, spins away, left alone. |
| 40.4 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, played towards point. |
| 40.5 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravichandran Ashwin has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 40.6 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated on off, pushed to covers now. Another great over for England. They remove the dangerous Rohit Sharma. |
| First bowling change of the day. Interestingly it is going to be Joe Root who will bowl now. |
| 41.1 : Joe Root to Rishabh Pant, OUT! EDGED AND CAUGHT! The first ball that Joe Root bowls and he gets the big fish, Rishabh Pant. England have started off the day brilliantly as they have scalped 3 quick wickets. Root gives this one nice air and lands it around off, it lands and then turns away. Pant is tempted into having a feel of this one. All he manages to do is get a thin inside edge, which Ben Foakes gobbles up. A loud appeal and the umpire does not take long to raise his finger. Pant ha |
| 0.0 : Washington Sundar joins Ashwin out in the middle. |
| 41.2 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, Flighted around off, defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 41.3 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, Loopy around off now, Sundar again blocks. |
| 41.4 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, Flat, on off, Sundar goes on the back foot and keeps it out now. |
| 41.5 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, Pushed to the cover region now. |
| 41.6 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, Another over which will make the English players real happy. A wicket-maiden by skipper, Root. Flighted, around off, kept out solidly. |
| 42.1 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! The best form of defense? Is to attack! That's what Ashwin is probably thinking right now. Loopy, around off, Ashwin puts on his dancing shoes and lofts this one over mid on. Takes a couple of bounces and goes past the ropes. |
| 42.2 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Around off, full, blocked. |
| 42.3 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Presses forward to a fullish ball on off, to push it to covers. |
| 42.4 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Beautyyy! Peach from Leach now. Flighted around middle and leg, turns away from Ashwin as he comes ahead to block. Whizzes past the outside edge and into the keeper's mitts. |
| 42.5 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Defended to the square leg region now by Ash. |
| 42.6 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tosses this one up and lands it on middle, Ashwin is solid in his defense. |
| 43.1 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, Huge turn. Flighted around off, turns away as Sundar looks to defend. |
| 43.2 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 43.3 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, Flat, on off, kept out. |
| 43.4 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, Fuller, outside off, flighted, Sundar drives this one to the cover fielder. |
| 43.5 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, Around off, fuller, flighted, pushed to mid off. |
| 43.6 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, Fuller, outside off, nice loop as well, Sundar shoulders arms to this one. Second maiden for Root. |
| 44.1 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated around off, Ashwin comes ahead to block. The ball takes the outer half of the blade and goes to gully. |
| 44.2 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Pushed to point this time. |
| 44.3 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Presses forward to block this one to covers now. |
| 44.4 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Shortish and outside off, slapped to covers again. |
| 44.5 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! Slashed and slashed away with power. Short, wide too, poor ball to someone who can bat as well as Ashwin does. Ravichandran slams this one through point. |
| 44.6 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, blocked out. |
| 45.1 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, OUT! TIMBER! WOAHHH! Beauty of a delivery from Root and Sundar goes back for a 12-ball duck. Silence all around when the stump was hit. Root bowls this fuller and around middle, spins away sharply as Sundar comes ahead to block. He misses and the ball goes on to clip the top of the off stump. India lose another one and are staring down the barrel now! |
| 0.0 : Axar Patel is out now! |
| 45.2 : Joe Root to Axar Patel, Around off, full, pushed away to the off side. |
| 0.0 : Time for some DRINKS! What an amazing first hour of play! If you were in the England camp you would have dreamt for something like this. Their dreams have turned into a reality and they have pulled this game back from the dead. 4 wickets in the first hour of the day! WOW! India are still slightly ahead but not as far ahead as one would have thought them to be at the start of the day. |
| 45.4 : Joe Root to Ishant Sharma, Full, flighted, on middle, tucked to the leg side by Ishant. |
| 45.5 : Joe Root to Ishant Sharma, Around off, length, pushed away to the off side now. |
| 45.3 : Joe Root to Axar Patel, OUT! CAUGHT! Axar Patel has tried to take the aerial route but loses the wicket in the process. Full, loopy, around off too, Patel thinks about starting his inning off with a boundary. Skips down the track and looks to slam this one over Sibley at short cover. Does not get the elevation and Dom Sibley takes this one nicely. Root has yet to concede a single run and he has already snared 3 quick wickets. |
| 45.6 : Joe Root to Ishant Sharma, Around off again, fuller, Ishant plays this one with soft hands towards point. What an over for England and Root! Third maiden for Root, in as many overs, and also 2 wickets off this over. |
| 45.3 : My, my! What is going on with India's batting? Who comes out now? Ishant Sharma is going to be the first of the two pacers to walk out to bat. |
| 46.1 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated around off, Ashwin defends it off his front foot. |
| 46.2 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up around off, Ashwin milks it away from short cover and towards long off for a single. |
| 46.3 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Oh ho! Short outside off, Ishant lunges forward and looks to defend but pulls his bat back inside the line. |
| 46.4 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Flighted outside off, Ishant looks to leave but he is a bit late as he chops it to slip. |
| 46.5 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, This has went back to Chennai from Ahmedabad! That is how much this one has turned. Floated around leg, Ishant shoulders arms to it and the ball goes to Foakes at the fourth stump line. Foakes does well behind the stump to gather it. |
| 46.6 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Good leave! Tossed up around off and turning away. Ishant shows his skills with the willow as he leaves this one. |
| 47.1 : Joe Root to Ravichandran Ashwin, Darted full on middle, Ashwin pushes it to short cover. |
| 47.2 : Joe Root to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short on the pads, Ashwin dabs it to the right of short leg. |
| 47.3 : Joe Root to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up on off, Ashwin blocks it. |
| 47.4 : Joe Root to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! What a shot and that has seen the crowd found its voice back. First runs off Root's bowling and this is a fabulous hit. Floated on off and middle, Ashwin gets down on his knee and slaps his sweep through mid-wicket for a boundary. Takes the lead to 18. |
| 47.5 : Joe Root to Ravichandran Ashwin, On the pads, Ashwin keeps it out. |
| 47.6 : Joe Root to Ravichandran Ashwin, Nicely done! Ashwin farms the strike. Short and turning away from outside off. Ashwin runs it down away from the slip fielder and gets a single. |
| 48.1 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up on off, Ashwin pushes it to cover. |
| 48.2 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated on off, Ashwin milks it to long off but does not take the single. |
| 48.3 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short on middle and leg, Ashwin comes down the track and dabs it onto the ground. The ball goes behind, to the left of Foakes. |
| 48.4 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Darted full outside leg. Ashwin looks to sweep but misses. The ball hits the pad and goes behind. There is a muted appeal but nothing from the umpire. The batters meanwhile run two leg byes. Lead over 20 now. |
| 48.5 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated on middle and leg. Ashwin gets on his front foot and looks to go inside out over covers. The ball though hits the inner half and goes behind square leg for one. One ball for Ishant to negotiate. |
| 48.6 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, And he negotiates it! Flighted around off, Ishant looks to defend but gets an outside edge away from the man at gully. |
| 49.1 : Joe Root to Ravichandran Ashwin, Darted around the pads, Ashwin defends it. |
| 49.2 : Joe Root to Ravichandran Ashwin, OUT! CAUGHT! Ashwin departs! Good catch from Zak Crawley and Root gets his 4th. 4/5 for the England skipper! WOW! Flighted outside off, Ashwin looks to take the attack to the England skipper. He looks to go for a big slog sweep. He has to fetch out for it and there is some extra bounce as well. It sees the ball hit the upper portion of the bat and go high in the air. Crawley at deep mid-wicket judges the catch well under the sun and takes a good catch. It h |
| 0.0 : Jasprit Bumrah walks out at Number 11! For how long can Ishant Sharma and Bumrah hold the fort? |
| 49.3 : Joe Root to Ishant Sharma, Floated on off, Ishant pushes it to cover. |
| 49.4 : Joe Root to Ishant Sharma, Tossed up on the pad, Ishant flicks it to the on side. |
| 49.5 : Joe Root to Ishant Sharma, On the pads, Ishant blocks it. |
| 49.6 : Joe Root to Ishant Sharma, Ishant will now farm the strike! Floated around middle and leg, Ishant comes down the track and looks to hit it straight towards mid on. He gets a big inside edge and the ball goes towards mid-wicket. Single taken! |
| 50.1 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, SIX! KABOOM! First six of the game and it is off the bat of Ishant Sharma out of all the people. He can surely wield a bat, there are no questions about it. Floated on off, Ishant goes over long off and marks his 100th Test with a biggie. |
| 50.2 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Flighted on off, Ishant blocks it. |
| 50.3 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Another couple and the lead has increased to 31 now. Valuable runs these. They are like golddust. Floated on middle and off, Ishant sweeps it away from deep mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 50.4 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Short around off, it keeps a bit low. Ishant manages to adjust, adapt and block it. |
| 50.5 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Big stride forward from Ishant. He negates the turn and blocks it. |
| 50.6 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Nicely bowled! Tossed up ball on off, Ishant looks to sweep but the ball turns and hits Ishant on the mid-riff region. He cannot keep the strike and Bumrah will face his first ball of the game in the next over. |
| 51.1 : Joe Root to Jasprit Bumrah, Shouts for catch it but it fell away from Pope at short leg. Floated on middle, Bumrah takes a stride forward to defend but the ball hits his glove and falls away from Pope. Â |
| 51.2 : Joe Root to Jasprit Bumrah, Floated on off, Bumrah defends it uppishly to the off side but there is no silly point. |
| 51.3 : Joe Root to Jasprit Bumrah, Tossed up on middle, Bumrah hits it hard to mid on but can't get the single. |
| 51.4 : Joe Root to Jasprit Bumrah, Darted fuller on middle, Bumrah dabs it onto the ground. |
| 51.5 : Joe Root to Jasprit Bumrah, Around middle, Bumrah looks to defend but the ball goes behind square leg and they get a single. Another valuable run added to the total. |
| 51.6 : Joe Root to Ishant Sharma, Loopy ball on middle, Ishant defends it and sees off the over. He is showing his faith in Bumrah here. |
| 52.1 : Jack Leach to Jasprit Bumrah, EDGED AND DROPPED! Excellent effort from Stokes but he cannot get to the rebound. Floated around off, Bumrah goes for a big slog sweep. It takes the outside edge and flies to first slip. Stokes jumps high, gets his hand on the ball. It pops up and behind. Stokes dives but cannot get there. |
| 0.0 : Stumping appeal! Taken upstairs by the umpire. One replay is enough to see that Bumrah is as safe as house. |
| 52.2 : Jack Leach to Jasprit Bumrah, NOT OUT! Floated around off and turning away. Bumrah looks to defend but misses. Foakes whips the stump off. The umpire goes upstairs and replay finds Bumrah's feet to have gone nowhere. Â |
| 52.3 : Jack Leach to Jasprit Bumrah, Tossed up around off, Bumrah looks to sweep but misses. |
| 52.4 : Jack Leach to Jasprit Bumrah, Flighted on off, Bumrah defends it off the front foot. |
| 52.5 : Jack Leach to Jasprit Bumrah, NOT OUT! Excellent review from Bumrah. There is an inside edge before the pad and Bumrah survives. Floated on middle and off, Bumrah looks to defend but gets hit on the pad. An appeal follows and the umpire raises his finger. Bumrah instantly reviews it. Replay rolls in and it shows there is an inside edge and hence Bumrah did not hesitate even a little to take it upstairs. |
| 52.6 : Jack Leach to Jasprit Bumrah, Bumrah manages to see off Leach! Flighted outside off, Jasprit leaves it alone. |
| 52.4 : Bumrah reviews for this LBW appeal, which has been given by the umpire! Looks like there is bat on this, before it goes on to hit the pad. The on-field decision has been overturned and Jasprit survives. |
| 53.1 : Joe Root to Ishant Sharma, Confusion but safe in the end! Floated on the pads, Ishant slogs it behind square leg. Ishant wants two but Bumrah is not even looking. Ishant has to turn his bike around. Root cannot hold onto the ball and Ishant comes back in with a dive. |
| The physio comes out into the middle, just having a look at Ishant, after his dive, on the previous ball. |
| Another review by Bumrah! This time he comes across and has a chat with Ishant, before making the 'T' symbol. No bat. Ball Tracker shows three reds and the on-field decision stays on! |
| 53.2 : Joe Root to Jasprit Bumrah, OUT! LBW! Root gets his first 5-fer in Test cricket. What a spell of bowling this has been from the England skipper. All the talk was about England playing a spinner short but the captain has delivered with the ball himself. Slightly shorter on middle and off, Bumrah looks to slog it across the line. He misses and gets hit on the back pad. An appeal follows and the umpire raises his finger. Bumrah takes it upstairs and it seems like it is just a hopeful review. |
| WOW! What has happened here? India came out, starting Day 2 at 99/3 but have bundled out for just 145. They have been completely bamboozled by England's spin twins, Leach and who else, you might be wondering? Well, it was none other than skipper, JOE ROOT! He ended up with a fifer. Yes, folks, you read that right! JOE ROOT HAS A FIFER! These two have ensured that England still has a saying in the game and they have gone through the Indian batting in the first session of Day 2. |
| India started off nicely enough with the bat, as Rohit and Gill got about their business. They added 33 runs to the first wicket before Shubman departed. Pujara fell soon after as well. It was then that India's heroes for most occasions, the duo of Kohli and Sharma stitched a 64-run partnership but the skipper fell right at the end of Day 1. After that, it was a complete meltdown, they were only able to add 46 runs in the first session of Day 2 and were cleaned up for 145, leading by 33 runs. |
| With the ball, this is what Root would have been hoping for. There was just one outright spinner and so Joe Root decided to roll his arm and what a decision this turned out to be. He ended with figures of, 6.2-3-8-5, which is almost lunacy for a batter to get. Leach supported him well as he snared 4 wickets to his name. A big smile on Joe Root's face as he walked off the pitch and why not too, a brilliant performance with the cherry. |
| Right then. Definitely England's session, this. No other discussions, please. Now, they are trailing by 33 runs and will look to come out and firstly turn that into a lead and after that, turn it into a heavy and hefty one. India will come out and look to replicate their show from the first inning. A lot of onus will also be on Ashwin and Axar again to deliver. Will they be able to do so? Or will Root and company show their might with the bat? All the answers after the Tea break. Join us for tha |
| ... DAY 2, SESSION 2 ... |
| We are back for England's second session! |
| 0.1 : Axar Patel to Zak Crawley, OUT! BOWLED! Wicket off the very first delivery! Crawley who was magnificent in the first innings has gone for a golden duck. The local boy stuck in his very first ball of the first innings and he has done the same in the second innings. Terrible start for England! Perfect one for India. Axar starts with a slowish delivery pitching on off. He gives this one air, the ball drifts and does not turn. Crawley looks to defend expecting it to spin but gets beaten by th |
| Early blow for England! Jonny Bairstow comes out at Number 3! |
| England review! Jonny Bairstow has been adjudged out for lbw right on his first ball! Ultra Edge shows that there is no bat on this one. The wickets are....MISSING! Scare for Jonny, but he survives! |
| 0.2 : Axar Patel to Jonny Bairstow, NOT OUT! The review saves Bairstow! Terrible shot first up from Bairstow. He is on a pair and going for the sweep first up is a terrible choice. Bairstow has been given a lifeline here. Shorter delivery in middle, Bairstow looks to go for the premeditated sweep. He misses and gets hit on the mid-riff region. An appeal follows and the umpire raises his finger. Bairstow takes the review. Ultra Edge shows no bat. Time for the Ball Tracker and it shows the ball to |
| 0.3 : Axar Patel to Jonny Bairstow, OUT! BOWLED! Bairstow does not last long. Axar does not get the hat-trick but gets a wicket off the third ball of the innings. What a peach of a delivery this is from Axar, the local boy. Once again horrible technique from Bairstow. Floated delivery pitching on middle. Bairstow gets on the front foot and looks to defend expecting it to turn. The ball does not. Jonny leaves a 'not-so-bravo' gap between the bat and pad. The ball goes right between those and hits |
| Double blow for the English Lions! The skipper, Joe Root trudges out into the middle now. |
| 0.4 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Shorter on off, Root gets on his back foot to defend but gets beaten due to the turn. |
| 0.5 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, The skipper gets the tourists scoreboard going. Short around off and turning away. Root dabs it to backward point and gets a single. |
| 0.6 : Axar Patel to Dom Sibley, Eventful first! Floated ball on off, Sibley blocks it and gets through the first over. A run and a two wickets off the first. Perfect for India. |
| 0.3 : Will it be Axar's partner in crime, Ravichandran Ashwin from the other end? Yes, it is Ashwin! |
| 1.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Floated around off, Root drives it through covers and looks for two. The throw is at the bowler's end. Ashwin whips the bails off but Sibley is back in. |
| 1.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Darted around the pad, Root flicks it uppishly but away from short leg for one. |
| 1.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Shorter on off, Sibley defends it with a straight bat. |
| 1.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Flighted on off, Sibley flicks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 1.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Sibley gets off the pair and gets his first run of this Test! Floated on middle, Sibley flicks it through square leg and gets a single. |
| 1.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Dot to finish the over. England 5/2 after 2. They trail by 28 runs. Darted on middle and leg, Root manages to block it. |
| 2.1 : Axar Patel to Dom Sibley, Flighted around off, pushed to the mid on region by Dom. |
| 2.2 : Axar Patel to Dom Sibley, On middle, nudged to the right of the short leg fielder. |
| 2.3 : Axar Patel to Dom Sibley, Around off, fuller, loopy, Dom skips down the track and clips this one through mid-wicket for one. |
| 2.4 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Around off again, shorter in length, Root goes on the back foot and looks to block. The ball takes the inner half of the blade and goes to the leg side. |
| 2.5 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 2.6 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Floated nicely, around off, turns away and misses Joe's forward defensive push. Pant collects and whips the bails, but Root was in the crease. A brilliant start for India and another good over by Patel! |
| 3.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, IN THE AIR...SAFE! Pujara gets his fingertips to this one. Flighted, on leg, Sibley skips down and flicks this one uppish, to the left of Pujara, at leg slip, who gets his fingertips but is not able to hold on. Two runs. |
| 3.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, NOT OUT! Ashwin was very confident but the wickets were missing this time around, due to the extra bounce. Flighted around middle this time, not much turn, as Sibley prods ahead, looking to block this one out. Misses and gets rapped on the pad. An appeal. A very, very, VERYYYYY excited appeal. But nothing from the umpire. Discussions going around and Ashwin wants the review. Kohli goes for it. Ultra Edge shows no bat. Ball Tracker shows that the on-field |
| 0.0 : Kohli has backed Ashwin and taken the review at the eleventh hour! Sibley is the man in question. Ashwin thinks he has trapped him LBW but the umpire does not. After a proper discussion, Kohli signals the 'T'. |
| 3.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, The batsman has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 3.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Around off, flighted, Sibley's attempt to block only generates an outside edge, which goes to Rahane, at first slip, on the bounce. |
| 3.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Worked to the leg side for one. |
| 3.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Short, on the pads, clipped to square leg for one. |
| 4.1 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Flighted, around off, turns away sharply as Root looked to play at this, but seeing the turn, gets his bat closer to the body and lets it through to Pant. |
| 4.2 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Driven through covers for a single now by the English skipper. |
| 4.3 : Axar Patel to Dom Sibley, On middle, fuller, kept out solidly by Dom. |
| 4.5 : Axar Patel to Dom Sibley, Around off, loopy, Dom skips down and pushes this one to mid on for a quick single. |
| 4.4 : Axar Patel to Dom Sibley, Outside off, fuller, left alone now. |
| 4.6 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Outside off, short, Joe pushes this one to point for one. |
| 5.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, IN THE AIR...SAFE! Flighted on middle, Root comes down the track and flicks this one to the right of Gill, at short leg, to deep square leg, for a single. |
| 5.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On middle, clipped to the on side. Rotates the strike, does Sibley. |
| 5.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Tossed up and on middle, Joe Root gets on his knees, Sweeps it behind square on the leg side. One run. |
| 5.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On middle, turning away from Dom, to the leg side, left alone. |
| 5.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Tossed up on off, Dom comes ahead, looking to block but misses and gets hit on the pad. A stifled appeal but they know that the impact was outside off. |
| 5.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On middle, spinning down the leg side as DS leaves. |
| 6.1 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Prods forward to a full ball. Defended. |
| 6.2 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Flat, on off, Joe goes on the back foot and pushes this to point. Comes ahead but then goes back and denies the single. |
| 6.3 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Good, quick run. Flighted on middle, nudged to square leg for a quick single. |
| 6.4 : Axar Patel to Dom Sibley, Pushed to covers now. |
| 6.5 : Axar Patel to Dom Sibley, Outside off, fuller, driven but straight to the cover fielder. |
| 6.6 : Axar Patel to Dom Sibley, On off, fuller, loopy, Dom Sibley prods forward to block. |
| 7.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Flighted, on middle, turns into Joe as he goes back and punches to the left of mid on for a couple of runs. England behind by 14 runs now. |
| 7.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, On middle, tucked to the leg side. |
| 7.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Darted on middle again, spinning down leg as Root shoulders arms now. |
| 7.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Around off, shorter in length, Joe pushes this one away to the off side. |
| 7.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Flat, on off, Joe goes on the back foot and clips this one to short mid-wicket. |
| 7.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, A chance to take the catch! Flighted on middle, Root just tucks this one in front of the short leg fielder but the ball falls short. Joe has a wry smile on this face. |
| 8.1 : Axar Patel to Dom Sibley, Shortish, on off, nudged to square leg now. |
| 8.2 : Axar Patel to Dom Sibley, Tossed up and around off, Dom comes ahead and blocks. |
| Sibley has been adjudged caught behind. He though is not convinced and has decided to take the review straightaway. |
| 8.3 : Axar Patel to Dom Sibley, OUT! CAUGHT! The third wicket for Axar and England lose another one. Top decision from the on-field umpire! Axar gives this one air and lands it around off, Sibley gets on his knees and looks to slog sweep this one away to the leg side. Misses and the ball goes past him, into Pant's mitts. A loud appeal from the Indians and the umpire raises his finger. Hmm...Sibley takes the review straightaway, does not even consult Root, which would suggest that he knows he has |
| The deputy joins the skipper out in the middle. Ben Stokes walks out to bat now. |
| 8.4 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Stokes gets off the mark straightaway. Flatter, around middle, Stokes clips this one behind square on the leg side for a brace. |
| 8.5 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Short, around middle, defended to the on side. |
| 8.6 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Full, loopy, around off, whipped through mid-wicket for one. Another successful over from Axar. 3 runs but also a wicket off this one. |
| 9.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Full, floated, around off, pushed to the mid on region. |
| 9.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Short, on the pad, clipped through mid-wicket for a brace. |
| 9.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Arm ball around off, Stokes blocks. |
| 9.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, SWEEP AND A MISS. Flighted and around off, turns away and takes off after hitting the deck, Ben gets on his knees and looks to sweep this one away. Misses though. |
| 9.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, EDGY...SHORT! Tossed up and around off, Stokes looks to block but the ball takes the outside edge and goes and drops just in front of Virat, at second slip. |
| 9.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, An appeal but turned down. Full, outside off, tossed up, Ben looks to sweep but misses and gets hit on the pad. Turned down by the umpire and there is some discussion, as to whether they need to take the review. Do not go for it in the end. |
| 10.1 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Clipped to the on side for a single. |
| 10.2 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Ben Stokes goes on the back foot and blocks. |
| 10.3 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Darted on middle, shorter in length, clipped to the mid-wicket fielder. |
| 10.4 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, On middle again, kept out by Ben. |
| 10.5 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Full, on middle, shoots up after hitting the deck and hits him high on the pad. |
| 10.6 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Worked behind square on the leg side for one run. England still behind by 7 runs. |
| 11.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Full, almost yorker length, on middle, well dug out. |
| 11.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Big turn. Flighted around off, turns away with venom as Ben misses his defensive push. |
| 11.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, On off, pushed to covers. |
| 11.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, A full ball, loopy, Stokes presses forward and defends. |
| 11.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, FOUR. Much needed boundary for England. They are now behind by 3 runs. Flighted, around off, Stokes gets low and sweeps this one through mid-wicket. |
| 11.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, IN THE AIR...SAFE! Ben survives a scare. He was looking to take the charge but he does not lose the wicket on this occasion. Flighted, around off, Stokes goes for the sweep again but only manages to generate a top edge. Goes high up and lands in no man's land near mid-wicket. Two runs. |
| 12.1 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, The batsman has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 12.2 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Pushed to the off side now by Joe. |
| 12.3 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Joe Root has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 12.4 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Flighted around off, Joe pushes this one towards covers for one. |
| 12.5 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, On middle, swept away to square leg for one. England leading by one now! |
| 12.6 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Flighted outside off, Root looks to play at this one but the ball turns away and goes past the bat, to Rahane, at first slip. |
| 13.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Incredible shot! Short and around leg, Stokes gets on his back foot and punches it off his back foot through mid-wicket. It has been hit with power and it goes to the fence. |
| 13.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Reverse sweep now! Stokes has decided to take the attack now. Floated on middle and off, Stokes reverse sweeps it through point for a boundary. |
| 13.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Flighted outside off, Stokes looks to play but misses. The ball hits Pant's glove and goes to Kohli at second slip. |
| 13.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Tossed up on off, Stokes gets on his front foot and defends it onto the ground. |
| 13.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Flighted around off, Stokes looks to push it on the off side. The ball hits the outside edge and goes wide of second slip. Two taken. Takes the lead to 11! |
| 13.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Beauty to end the over. Flighted on off, Stokes looks to defend but the ball turns and beats the outside edge of Stokes' willow. |
| 14.1 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Around off, short, clipped through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 14.2 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Shorter and on the middle and leg pole, Root goes back and looks to push this one away to the leg side but misses and gets hit on the pad. An appeal but nothing from the umpire. |
| 14.3 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, The batsman has just blocked that from his crease. |
| A very hopeful review from Joe Root. He has been adjudged LBW but after a long chat with Stokes he has decided to signal the 'T' in the very end. |
| 14.4 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, NOT OUT! Root survives! A very close call but the benefit of the doubt goes to Root! Patel bowls a full, tossed up ball just around off, Root comes ahead and looks to block this one out. Is not able to do so and gets smothered on the pads. A very loud appeal by the Indians and this time, the umpire raises his finger. Joe Root comes ahead and decides to have a chat with his partner, Stokes and in the end, makes the 'T' symbol. The ball is in between the bat and the |
| 14.5 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Outside off, loopy, spins away and Joe misses his push away. |
| 14.6 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 15.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Good ball! Short and turning away with some extra bounce. Stokes looks to defend but misses and gets hit high on his back leg's thigh pad. |
| 15.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Flighted fuller outside off, Stokes pushes it to point for a single. |
| 15.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Floated on off, Root pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 15.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Darted quicker on middle and leg, Root blocks it. |
| 15.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Sharp spin and bounce. Root looks to defend it outside the line of off pole but misses and gets hit high on the pad. |
| 15.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Reverse sweep now. Floated on middle and off, Joe reverse sweeps it behind point and keeps the strike. |
| 16.1 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Short, wide, outside off, slapped away through point for one. |
| 16.2 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Tossed up and around off, Stokes gets low and looks to sweep this one but misses and gets rapped on the pad. The impact was outside off and hence, there is not much of an appeal. |
| 16.3 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, On off, played towards point. |
| 16.4 : Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, Tossed up and on middle, Ben sweeps this one to fine leg. One run. |
| 16.5 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, An inside edge this time. Floated and around off, Root prods ahead and looks to block this one out but inside edges it, onto his pad. An appeal but the umpire shakes his head. |
| 16.6 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 17.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Darted on leg, Ben looks to block but misses and get hit on the pad. |
| 17.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, OUT! LBW! Ashwin gets his bunny again and this is the 11th time that Ashwin has got Stokes in Tests! The fourth wicket falls now and Stokes' poor run in this series will continue. Ashwin bowls a full ball, gives it nice loop and lands it around off and middle, Stokes comes ahead and looks to block this one out but misses. Gets rapped on the pad and the Indians go up, in appeal. The umpire does not take long to raise his finger. Stokes walks across to his |
| DRINKS! WOW! What a fascinating watch this has been. England have lost yet another wicket and they are reeling at 50/4 with a paltry lead of 17. Just when it looked like a partnership was building between Stokes and Root, the former has departed once again to Ashwin who clearly is winning the mental battle against Stokes. England need something to play with. No matter how good the pitch is to bowl on, they need something over 100 minimum to have some chance. India will be happy with how things |
| Ollie Pope will join his skipper out in the middle. Can he continue from Stokes left off? Not an easy pitch to bat on especially when you're new at the crease. |
| 17.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Floated around off, Pope looks to push it away but fails to get any bat on this. |
| 17.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Outside off, left alone by Pope. |
| 17.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Flighted on middle, Ollie comes down the track and pushes this to the on side. |
| 17.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, FOUR. Ollie Pope gets off the mark with a reverse sweep. This is on middle, full, flighted, Pope gets low and reverse sweeps this one to the third man fence. |
| 18.1 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Floated on middle, Root defends it with a straight bat. |
| 18.2 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, Tossed up on off, Root sweeps it towards square leg and gets a single. |
| 18.3 : Axar Patel to Ollie Pope, Another beauty! Pope is dancing against the turning ball so far! Floated around off, Pope looks to defend but misses and it goes past the outside edge. |
| 18.4 : Axar Patel to Ollie Pope, Flatter on middle, Pope punches it to mid on and takes a quick run. |
| 18.5 : Axar Patel to Joe Root, OUT! LBW! The big wicket, the big fish, the England captain Joe Root, who was looking good out in the middle is out of here and England have half their side back in the hut with the lead just at 23. Axar gets his 10th of the game and playing just his second Test, he now has a 10-wicket game as well. What a bowler! No Jadeja, no problem. The local by has done the job for his nation here at his home venue. Tremendous feeling for Axar. He would have dreamt of this mom |
| 18.4 : Half the side back into the shed now and Ben Foakes comes out for the visitors! |
| 18.6 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Floated outside off, Foakes leaves it alone. |
| 19.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Shorter on off, Pope punches it to cover and gets a couple, |
| 19.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Tossed up around leg, Pope comes out in desperation and looks to whack one over on the leg side. He misses and gets hit on the pad. |
| 19.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Flighted around off, Pope turns it to square leg and gets to the other end. |
| 19.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Flighted around off, Foakes defends it off the front foot. |
| 19.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, A nicely looped up delivery on middle. Foakes flicks it to the leg side and gets his first run of the game. |
| 19.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, EDGED BUT AWAY! Floated on middle and leg, Pope looks to defend but gets an inside edge courtesy an inside edge. The ball lobs off his pad and luckily for Ollie it falls away from Shubman Gill at short leg. |
| Axar Patel to Ollie Pope, A very loopy ball around off. Pope pushes it to mid off. When he does that, there is a host of dust that puffs out of the surface. |
| 20.1 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Flighted from wide off the crease. Foakes lunges forward and blocks it. |
| 20.2 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Tossed up around off, Foakes gets on his front foot to defend but the ball turns and beats his outside edge. |
| 20.3 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Darted on leg and skidding away. Foakes looks to defend but misses and gets hit on the pad. |
| 20.4 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Quick single! Floated on off, Foakes pushes it to the right of Washington Sundar at mid off and takes a quick run. |
| 20.5 : Axar Patel to Ollie Pope, Flighted on off, Pope blocks it. |
| 21.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Floated on off, Foakes defends it to the leg side with the spin. |
| 21.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Tossed up on off, Foakes defends it to mid on. |
| 21.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Flighted on middle, Foakes pushes it to the left of mid on and takes a run. |
| 21.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Floated on off, Pope defends it. |
| 21.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, FOUR! That has beaten everyone! Oh there is some glove! Ashwin bowls this slower and gives this air around off. Pope looks to sweep but misses it. Pant misses it as well and the ball goes to the fence. Ashwin is surprised that it has been given as a boundary. |
| 21.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, OUT! BOWLED! Ashwin gets the better of Pope. AGAIN! Another one bites the dust and England are into the bowlers now. Floated delivery pitching on middle, Pope looks to defend but the ball pitches, turns and bounces away from him. The Englishman is completely squared up as the ball goes past the outside edge to hit the off pole. 6 down for 66 but effectively the tourists are 33/6! |
| 21.5 : Into the bowlers now! Jofra Archer walks out. |
| 22.1 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, EDGED BUT FALLS SHORT! Short around off, Foakes looks to defend but the ball turns and hits the outside edge. Foakes does well to dab it away from the man at second slip. |
| 22.2 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, On the stumps, Foakes keeps it out. |
| 22.3 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Tossed up on middle, Foakes pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 22.4 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Flighted on off, Foakes looks to defend but the ball grips away and beats the outside edge of Ben's willow. Pant too cannot hold onto it. |
| 22.5 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Quicker ball on the pads, Foakes looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pad. |
| 22.6 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Flighted on off, Foakes drives it through covers and gets a couple. |
| 23.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, Around off, full, kept out. |
| 0.0 : Review time! Ashwin has got his 400th wicket according to the umpire but Archer has decided to try his luck with the review. |
| Jack Leach walks out, with blade in hand now! |
| 23.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Floated on middle, Leach defends it. |
| 23.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Tossed up on off, Leach blocks it. |
| 23.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Floated on off, Leach manages to keep it out. |
| 23.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Play and a miss! Floated around off, Leach looks to play but misses. |
| 23.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, OUT! LBW! As plumb as it gets! Ashwin gets his 400th Test wicket and India or shall we say the Indian spinners have spun a web around the England batters, which they have not been able to get past. Darted fuller on middle, Archer looks to whack it across the line. He misses and gets hit on the pad. An appeal follows and the umpire raises the finger. Archer decides to send it upstairs. No saving the big man as Ultra Edge first shows no bat and then Ball |
| 24.1 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Floated on off, Ben manages to squirt it behind point for a run. |
| 24.2 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, Darted on middle and leg, Leach looks to defend but misses. Going down leg hence the muted appeal is turned down. |
| 24.3 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, Flighted around leg, Leach comes down the track and looks to whack it on the leg side. He misses and gets hit on the pad. |
| 24.4 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, Flighted on off, Leach defends it off the back foot. |
| 24.5 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, SIX! Where has that come from! Leach has put on his dancing shoes and got off the mark with a biggie! Floated on off, Leach comes down the track and whacks it with the spin over long on for a biggie. |
| 24.6 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, Shorter on off, Leach defends it off the back foot to see off the over. |
| 25.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Floated outside off, Foakes looks to whip it to the leg side but misses and gets hit on the pad outside the line of off stump. |
| 25.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Tossed up on off, Foakes defends it. |
| 25.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Good take! Short and spinning away, Foakes looks to flick but misses as the ball tums a mile. Pant does well to take the ball behind the stump. |
| 25.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, On the pads, Foakes flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 25.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, On the pads and short. Foakes flicks it behind square on the leg side. He looks for a run but does not get it. |
| 25.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Darted on the pads, Foakes looks to defend but misses and gets hit on the pad away from the stump. |
| 26.1 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, Flighted on middle and off, Leach defends it. |
| 26.2 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, Whacked over to the leg side but there is Rohit Sharma guarding the boundary on the leg side. Just a run. |
| 26.3 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Short and on off and middle. Foakes manages to get his bat down in time as the ball kept low. |
| 26.4 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, Floated on off, Foakes flicks it towards mid-wicket and gets a run. |
| 26.5 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, Floated on middle and leg, Leach defends it to the on side. |
| 26.6 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, Was that a catch? Short and turning back in. Leach looks to defend but the ball cuts him in half. It goes very close to the glove. Pant, behind the stumps, cannot hold onto it either. |
| 27.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Full, flighted, on middle, Ben keeps it out. |
| 27.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Foakes, Ben Foakes uses his feet well and flicks this one through mid-wicket, to wide long on for a single. |
| 27.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, On middle and leg, Jack looks to defend this one out but misses and get hit on the pad. |
| 27.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Short, outside off, Jack looks to go back and defend but the ball takes the thigh pad and goes to the silly point fielder. |
| 27.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 27.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Punched to the long off region by Jack for a single. England leading by 46 runs now. |
| 28.1 : Axar Patel to Jack Leach, In the air but well short! Short around the pads, Leach whips it uppishly but away from square leg for a single. |
| 28.2 : Axar Patel to Ben Foakes, OUT! LBW! Axar gets his 5th of the innings. Becomes the first bowler in Tests to pick up 11 wickets in a Day-Night Test. Ben Foakes' battle out in the middle comes to an end and England lose yet another review. Another ball that does not turn off the surface has got the wicket. Round arm delivery pitching on middle, Foakes looks to defend but misses and gets hit on the pad. An appeal follows and the umpire raises his finger. Foakes reviews it. Ultra Edge rolls o |
| 0.0 : England review! Foakes makes the 'T' straightaway, as he was given out by the on-field umpire for lbw! Will this be Axar's 5-wicket haul? The third umpire has a couple of looks at this and decides that there is not bat on this. Ball Tracker completes the formalities as this is THREE REDS! |
| 28.2 : Stuart Broad is the new batter in. |
| 28.4 : Axar Patel to Stuart Broad, Flighted on off, Broad blocks it. |
| 28.3 : Axar Patel to Stuart Broad, Flighted on off, Broad defends it. |
| 28.5 : Axar Patel to Stuart Broad, Nicely tossed up on off, Broad keeps it out. |
| 28.6 : Axar Patel to Stuart Broad, No run. Huge turn and a good take from Pant! Floated on middle, Broad looks to play the sweep but misses as the ball turns from east to west. Pant does well behind the stump not to concede the byes. |
| 29.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Floated outside off, turns away as Leach makes a calculated leave. |
| 29.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Floated around off, turns away again and misses Jack's forward defensive push. |
| 29.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, On off and middle, Jack manages to chop this one, back onto his pad. |
| 29.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, OUT! CAUGHT! Leach looked to drive and Ashwin picks up another! The end is nearing for England now. Ashwin bowls a full ball, outside off, gives it nice air, enticing Leach to go for the big booming drive through the off side. All Jack manages to do is induce an outside edge, which goes to Rahane, at first slip, who takes it nicely. India one wicket away from dismissing the visitors and England lead by 47 runs. |
| James Anderson is the last man out to bat! |
| 29.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to James Anderson, Brilliant take from Rahane but it has not kissed anything and beaten everything. Floated on middle, Anderson looks to defend but misses. The ball hits Pant's glove. Rahane dives to his right and takes it on the full. |
| 29.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to James Anderson, Flighted on off, Anderson plays it well to defend it. |
| 30.1 : Washington Sundar to Stuart Broad, Floated outside off, Broad looks to defend but misses. |
| 29.6 : First change of the evening for India. Washington Sundar to bowl now! |
| 30.2 : Washington Sundar to Stuart Broad, Flighted outside off, Broad leaves it alone. |
| 30.3 : Washington Sundar to Stuart Broad, Short and spinning away. Broad plays it with the spin towards backward point for one. |
| 30.4 : Washington Sundar to James Anderson, OUT! CAUGHT! That is the end of England's innings! Anderson has been given caught behind and they are out of reviews so Anderson cannot do anything. Floated outside off, Anderson looks to play the reverse sweep but gets a feather on it. Washington Sundar takes a very good catch and Sundar ends the game with a wicket in the solitary over he bowls. ENGLAND BOWLED OUT FOR 81! INDIA NEED 49 TO WIN! |
| Wow, wow, WOWWWW! Just when you thought that nothing could top England's bowling show in the first session, Axar and Ashwin come out and they decided that they were going to drop a masterclass. Take a bow, Axar! Take a bow, Ashwin! Brilliant bowling and the visitors have been knocked over for just 81 and now India needs the low score of 49, to go 2-1 up in the series! |
| There is not much to talk about concerning England's batting. It looked like they were not even present for most of their inning. Their downfall started right on the first ball of their second inning and did not stop until James Anderson lost his wicket. There is a budding stand in between when deputy, Root and vice deputy, Stokes added 31-runs but after this stand broke, nothing materialized for the visitors. A very poor show with the bat. |
| All about Axar and Ashwin with the ball. Patel struck twice in the first over of the inning and did not stop after that. In the 30.4 overs that were bowled, Axar and Ashwin bowled 30 of them, while Sundar got a crack, as he bowled just 4 balls and got one wicket. Patel got his fifer again and Ashwin snared 4 wickets, while also reaching the feat of scalping 400 Test wickets. A commanding performance by the hosts! |
| Right then. We all know where this game is heading. Come on, folks, WE KNOW IT! It looks all but India at the moment, with just 49 runs needed! But, we have seen stranger things happen and if Leach and maybe Root can do something with the ball, then we might be in for a twist. Join us shortly for India's second innings. |
| 0.1 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Floated delivery around off, it spins away from Rohit. Sharma leaves it. |
| 0.2 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up delivery around off, Sharma once again it happy to let that go. |
| 0.3 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up on off and turning away. Rohit looks to get bat on ball for the first time in this innings and he misses it. |
| 0.4 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Misfield and India will get off the mark! Floated on off, Rohit drives it to point. Anderson lets the ball go through him and he gets a couple to get off the mark. |
| 0.5 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Short on the pads, Rohit gets on his back foot and looks to defend but misses and gets hit on the pad. |
| 0.6 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Excellent from Archer! A rare full toss on middle, Rohit whips it through mid-wicket. Archer gives it a chase and it looks like the ball will easily beat him to the fence. Archer though sprints and then puts the dive to save a run for his side. |
| 0.5 : Will we see Joe Root from the other end? Yes, we will! |
| 1.1 : Joe Root to Rohit Sharma, Root starts with a short around off and middle. Rohit tucks it behind square leg for a single. |
| 1.2 : Joe Root to Shubman Gill, Flighted on leg, Gill comes down the track and pads it away. |
| 1.3 : Joe Root to Shubman Gill, Gill is off the mark! Short on off and middle. Gill tucks it to mid-wicket for a run. |
| 1.4 : Joe Root to Rohit Sharma, Short around off, Rohit taps it to point. |
| 1.5 : Joe Root to Rohit Sharma, FOUR BYES! Flighted down the leg side, Rohit looks to flick but misses. Foakes misses it as well and the ball goes to the fence. |
| 1.6 : Joe Root to Rohit Sharma, Shorter on the pads, Sharma defends it to see off the session. DINNER ON DAY 2! |
| Excellent session for India! They managed to bowl out England first and then have also survived the two overs without losing any wicket. They are well on course to win this game. They need just 38 more runs to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in this 4-match Test series. England have been terrible in this session. Getting bowled out for 81 after doing so well in the first session will hurt the hosts a lot. This looks like a lost cause now but the tourists need to show some fight and make these 38 r |
| ... DAY 2, FINAL SESSION ... |
| We are back for the third session on Day 2, which also looks like it will be the final session of the Test. The Indian batters, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill make their way out into the middle. 38 more needed for them to take a well deserved lead of 2-1 in this series. Jack Leach to bowl for the visitors. |
| 2.1 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, FOUR! A great stroke to get the last session underway. First boundary in this inning for young Gill. Flat, around off, Gill swivels and pulls this one nicely through mid-wicket. |
| 2.2 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Floated around off, pushed to the fielder at covers. |
| 2.3 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Gives it nice flight, outside off, spinning away and Gill makes a calculated leave. |
| 2.4 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, EDGY! Flighted around off, turns away as Gill looks to block it out. Takes the outside edge, goes past Ben at first slip, towards third man for a brace. |
| 2.5 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Short, wide, slashed away to the point fielder. |
| 2.6 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Darted on the middle pole, kept out by Shubman. 6 runs off this over. India need just 32 more runs now! |
| 3.1 : Joe Root to Rohit Sharma, Short and on middle, kept out by Rohit. |
| 0.0 : Root to continue from the other end. |
| 3.3 : Joe Root to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up and on leg, Rohit pads this one away to the leg side. |
| 3.4 : Joe Root to Rohit Sharma, Leg bye. Tossed up again, on leg too, Rohit looks to tuck it away but misses and the ball takes the pad and goes to the right of short fine leg. The batters take a leg bye. |
| 3.5 : Joe Root to Shubman Gill, FOUR BYES. Just not England's game. Nothing going their way now. You can't blame Foakes for this one. Flighted, but down the leg side, spinning away as well and Foakes is not able to grab this one. The ball races away to the fine leg fence. |
| 3.6 : Joe Root to Shubman Gill, SIX! Plays this shot so well. Gill wants to hurry back, by the looks of things. Full, tossed up, around off, Gill puts on his dancing shoes and skips down the track. Slams this one over long on for a biggie. 21 more needed. |
| 3.2 : Joe Root to Rohit Sharma, Shortish on middle again, Rohit goes back and fends this one to the on side. |
| 4.1 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Short, around off, punched to covers. |
| 4.2 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Flighted on middle, Rohit presses forward and defends it out. |
| 4.3 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! This time Rohit goes for the boundary. Uses his feet well too. Loopy and around off, Sharma dances down and powers this through mid on for a boundary. |
| 4.4 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Well fielded by Jimmy this time. Shortish and outside off, Rohit goes back and slaps this one through point. Anderson does well to shuffle to his right and stop the ball. |
| 4.5 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Flat, on off, pushed away to point. |
| 4.6 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Full, loopy, on middle and leg, Sharma prods ahead and looks to block but seems to have missed it. Gets hit on the pad and the English players register a tame appeal but nothing from the umpire. |
| 5.1 : Joe Root to Shubman Gill, Short, on off, kept out. |
| 5.2 : Joe Root to Shubman Gill, Flat again, outside off, slapped away but straight o Archer at point. |
| England have taken a review against Gill for LBW! |
| 5.3 : Joe Root to Shubman Gill, NOT OUT! The review was more in hope, than anything else from Root. Full, flighted, on middle and leg, Gill comes down the track and looks to pad this one away and does so. The players appeal but the umpire does not think so. Root goes for the review as he tries his luck. No shot offered and hence, no Ultra Edge is needed. Ball Tracker shows that the wickets would be missing. Not out, it will be. |
| 5.4 : Joe Root to Shubman Gill, Comes down the track and clips this one through mid on for a single by Gill. |
| 5.5 : Joe Root to Rohit Sharma, Full, yorker length, on middle and leg, dug out by Rohit to the on side for a single. |
| 5.6 : Joe Root to Shubman Gill, Loopy on middle, whipped through square leg for one. Gill retains the strike for the next over. 14 more needed for the Indians. |
| 6.1 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, On off, blocked. |
| 6.3 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Around off, flatter, pushed to point again. |
| 6.2 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Short, around off, keeps slightly low too and pushes it to point. |
| 6.5 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Shortish and on middle, nudged to the leg side now. |
| 6.4 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Presses forward to this full ball. Defends it out solidly, does Shubman Gill! |
| 6.6 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Full, tossed up, on middle, punched to the cover region. |
| 7.2 : Joe Root to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! This was slammed away by Rohit! Root drags his length back and bowls a short one outside off, Sharma hammers this one through the covers for a boundary. 6 more needed now! |
| 7.1 : Joe Root to Rohit Sharma, MISFIELD AND FOUR! Crawley is the culprit this time. Full, flighted, around off, Sharma gets on his knees and slogs this one towards the deep mid-wicket region. Zak runs to his left, tumbles and lets the ball through. 10 runs needed now. |
| 7.3 : Joe Root to Rohit Sharma, Full, yorker length, on middle, Rohit digs this one out. The crowds want Rohit Sharma to finish things off with a biggie! |
| 7.4 : Joe Root to Rohit Sharma, SIX! THAT'S THAT! Rohit Sharma listens to the crowd and finishes the game off with a maximum! Root goes fuller, flighted, around middle and off, Sharma skips down the track and bangs this one over deep mid-wicket. INDIA WIN BY 10 WICKETS AND ALSO LEAD 2-1 IN THE SERIES! |
| No matter how tough the wicket would be to bat on, defending 49 against India was always going to be next to impossible. The tourists tried their best were never in with a chance and a day that started with hope and dreams has ended in what one would call a proper beating and nightmare. |
| The man of the moment, Ravichandran Ashwin, who has reached the feat of snaring 400 Test wickets is here for a chat! He says that it feels amazing and it is pleasant that it is happening in a winning cause and praises Axar for his performance too. Laughs and says that he is not able to get a grip about how these last 2-3 months have gone by and it all feels too dreamy. Adds that his effort in the lockdown has paid off. Says that he had a chat along with Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli before the Au |
| England started the day with a bang! They managed to restrict India to under 150 and restrict the lead to just 33, with skipper Joe Root finishing with 5/8 while Leach scalped 4/54. It looked like England had a chance to do something but that was just a false one. A memorable day at the brand new stadium here in Ahmedabad for India. They have outplayed, outclassed, and decimated the tourists. |
| What a day of Test match cricket! If anyone would have told that this game would end in two days, we are pretty sure everyone would have been laughing at that person but that is what has happened! The hype of the Pink Ball Test was longer than the actual Test as England threw away this Test and are out of contention to play the inaugural World Test Championship final against New Zealand at the Lord's! Emphatic win for India and from 1-0 down, they lead the series 2-1! |
| The losing skipper, Joe Root, starts off by saying that they were in a good position but they could not capitalize and it is something that they will look back on and try to learn and get better. Adds that they will come back stronger. Says that the plastic coating on the ball gathers off the wicket and if you put the ball on good areas, then you can make the ball talk. Further tells that they do not define themselves on this performance. Opines that they do not want to take the baggage across t |
| The Indian captain, Virat Kohli, says that the result went their way but admits the quality of batting was not up to the standard by both teams. Tells they were looking to score more when they were at 100/3. Feels that the application from the batters was not right as he feels the pitch was better to bat on. Kohli says it was bizarre that 21 out of 30 wickets were off straight balls. Kohli feels the batters need to trust their defense a lot more and feels that is what Test cricket is all about. |
| The local lad, AXAR PATEL HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE PLAYER OF THE MATCH. He starts by saying that when things work out, it all looks easy and he just thinks about putting in the work and he just tries to keep things simple. Feels that he is happy that he is contributing with the ball for the team. On his strength, he says that he bowls wicket-to-wicket and makes things tough for the batters and he aims to not let the batters score a lot of runs. On being called Wasim Bhai by Pant, he says that Pant |
| That is it from this game! The Pink Ball Test has not lasted long as India has decimated England and now they need to just avoid defeat in the next game to see themselves play in the final of the World Test Championship against New Zealand at Lord's. England is out of contention for that and has a lot of work to do if they are to level the Test series. The fourth and final Test of the series will begin on Thursday, 4th March 2021. That game will be a red ball Test and will begin at 0930 local (0 |
| India was absolutely ballistic with the ball in the second session. The spin duo of Ashwin and Axar bowled 30 overs in tandem. The pair shared 9 wickets between them with Axar grabbing 5-fer and finishing the Test with 11-wickets and becoming the first bowler to pick 11 wickets in a Pink Ball Test. Ashwin's 4-fer in the second innings saw him become the 2nd fastest player to get 400 wickets in Test cricket. England never got going with the bat and were bowled out for their lowest total against I |
| So just a quick summary of the Test. England won the toss which was talk of the tinsel town and decided to bat. That decision did not do much as they were bowled out for 112 with Axar picking up a 5-fer. It looked like they had no chance but they managed to bowl out India for 145 and had a sniff but that did not last long as they had never got going in their second innings and were embarrassingly bowled out for 81. India chased down the score of 49 without breaking a sweat. |
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