India vs England Highlights, 5th Test: IND 473/8 at Day 2 Stumps ; Kuldeep, Bumrah frustrate ENG

Bashir continues. Kuldeep looks for a sweep, bounces off his foot and is almost gobbled up at slip. Four!! Connects the sweep this time, gets a boundary. 

Last over of the day. Wood to Bumrah, goes short, pulled to deep square for a single. Kuldeep keeps the last ball of the day out. Stumps on Day 2. India leads by 255 runs.

Kuldeep has slowly crept upto 23 without taking any risks. The partnership swells to 34. Maiden over from Bashir.

Three overs left in the day. Wood returns for a spell. Four!! Full from Wood, Bumrah drives it through the covers for four! Five runs from the over. 

Seven overs to go for the day. Bumrah brings out the late cut again, just a single this time. Three runs from the over. 

A single from the following over. 

Kuldeep brings out the sweep again. There is protection in the deep, just a single. 

Lbw appeals against Kuldeep. Replays suggest there was an inside-edge. Just a single from Bashir’s over. 

Just a single of Hartley’s over. India leads by 233 runs. Bashir continues from the other end. Four!!! Bumrah plays a late cut off the last ball and it beats the fielder to the boundary. 

Hartley with his 35th. Single off the first ball for Kuldeep. Bumrah keeps the remaining five balls out. 

Bashir again. Kuldeep sweeps one to deep mid for a single. Bashir manages to find Bumrah’s outside edge, runs away behind third for a double. 450 up for India with a single off the final ball. 

Four!! Hartley goes full, Kuldeep brings out the sweep. First boundary for the southpaw. Defends the next one to the offside and gets a single. Bumrah goes for a slog, completely mistimes it but the ball falls short of long on.

A couple from Bashir’s next. 

Beauty from Bashir. Beats Kuldeep’s off-stump by a whisker. A single from the over. 

Hartley continues. Just a single off the over. Bumrah does well to keep out the last three balls. 

Bashir to continue. Full on the stumps, Kuldeep prods forward and defends. A risky run as Kuldeep defends to cover. Stokes has a shy at the stumps and ends up conceding an overthrow. 

Jadeja has been given out lbw on field. Hartley got some turn and Jadeja missed his shuffle. India review. Three reds and Jadeja has to walk back. 

Jadeja lbw b Tom Hartley 15(50)

Kuldeep in at 9. Gets off the mark with a single.

WICKET!! Hartley gets one to come in with the arm and beats Ashwin’s defence. A five-ball duck in his 100th Test. 

OUT!! Jurel falls. He charges down the track and tries to go over long on but can’t go the distance. He gets caught right at the boundary. Bashir gets another one. 

Dhruv Jurel c Duckett b Shoaib Bashir 15. R Ashwin in at number eight.

Defends both the balls. 

Hartley bowling his 31st over. Hasn’t got any success so far. Indians looking in no hurry. Jadeja smacks the ball straight but good fielding at the long on region cuts it down to just two. 

Jurel cuts Hartley on the backfoot, past backward point for four. Two singles more in that over. Lead has gone past 200 now.

Indian batters have been pretty comfortable batting even if the wickets are falling. Tells you a lot about the pitch. Not much movement, and the bounce has been even for the most part. 

Jurel smashes Hartley towards cover point on the backfoot. Zak Crawley in the deep ends up misfielding it and gets Jurel his first boundary. 

OUT! Padikkal is gone and once again its Bashir. Perfect delivery to left hander by an off-spinner. Turned, squaring up Padikkal and crashes onto the top of off. 

Devdutt Padikkal b Shoaib Bashir 65. Dhruv Jurel is here.

On the very first ball, Jurel comes down the track to defend. Gets off the mark with a single. 

Bashir continues. Padikkal takes a single and 400 comes up for India. The lead is now 182 runs with still six wickets left. 

Now Joe Root is into the attack. Four singles in that over. 

Fifty for Devdutt Padikkal on debut with a SIX over long on!! Overpitched and lofted straight. Seven runs off the over. 

Hartley from the other end. Just two singles in that over. 

OUT!! Sarfaraz Khan falls on the first ball after Tea. Shoaib Bashir induces an edge straight to first slip. Terrific start once again for England at the start of the session. Catching practice. 

Sarfaraz Khan c Root b Shoaib Bashir 56. Ravindra Jadeja at the crease now.

Jadeja off the mark with a single. 

Sarfaraz tucks one to the leg side and sets off for a quick single. A direct hit at the strikers end hands him a bonus couple of runs. Tea break!

Bashir continues. Three singles from the over. 

Anderson back into the attack. Four!! Wide from Anderson, Devdutt leans into it and dispatches it through the covers. 

England take the new ball! Bashir continues. Slightly short, Padikkal pushes it to deep mid for a single. Four!! Sarafaraz brings out the sweep and finds the gap to perfection. Four!! Fifty for Sarfaraz!! Goes over the top with his sweep this time and finds the gap. 

Root in for a spell. Padikkal opens the face to a wide one, and gets a single to third man. 

Bashir replaces Hartley. Sarfaraz tries to go big first ball, doesn’t time it at all. Falls in the vacant region behind point and the batter gets two. Four from the over.

Four!! Full on the pads, Sarfaraz’s flick beats midwicket and runs away to the boundary for four. Six!! Wood goes short and Sarfaraz pulls it over the ropes at deep square for six! Short again, tucked behind to deep fine. 350 up for India!!

Hartley with his 25th over. A couple of singles from the over. 

Four!! Wood welcomed with a nonchalant loft straight down the ground. Four!! Wood goes short, Sarfaraz ramps it over slip to the third man boundary for another four. 

Four!! Slightly short from Hartley, Sarfaraz gets into position and lofts it over midwicket for a boundary. The boundary is followed by a couple of singles. Four!! Sarfaraz brings out the slog sweeps, just beats the midwicket fielder stationed halfway. Another sweep to deep square for a single. 50 partnership between the two.

Wood again. Short to Padikkal, defends it off the backfoot to the offside. Padikkal tucks a short of a length ball to deep midwicket for a single. Sarfaraz guides one to deep fine to bring up the 100-run lead!

Hartley continues. Padikkal takes a couple of steps down, realises he isn’t to the pitch of it. Manages to readjust and defend it. 

Wood returns for a spell. A test against brute pace for the young batters. Maiden over. 

Change in bowling, Tom Hartley is back. Just two singles in that over. 

Padikkal drives Anderson again! This time slightly in the air for a while but goes for four, nevertheless. Another boundary. Padikkal punches off backfoot towards backward point, Hartley chases the ball, misfields it and the ball ends up touching the rope. Third boundary of the over. On the pads and Padikkal guides it towards midwicket. 

Padikkal punches Anderson off the backfoot past cover for four! Second terrific boundary off the debutant’s bat today. 

Sarfaraz chips the ball straight back to Stokes who attempts a terrific low catch but isn’t able to grab it. He’s gutted. He’s happy to find that wouldn’t be a dropped catch since it was a no-ball! Rare occasion when a bowler is happy he has bowled a no-ball. Sarfaraz finds his first boundary past the slips. 

Padikkal has found two boundaries in the last two overs. The one against Stokes was a beautifully drives cover drive. In the next over, Anderson induces an outside edge past the slips. 

OUT! Now Gill is gone! Anderson moves to 699 wickets! A nip-backer and the ball goes through the gate and crashes onto the off stump. 

Shubman Gill b Anderson 110. Sarfaraz Khan in at number five.

Sarfaraz is off the mark with a single. 

Well the moment is here. Ben Stokes is here. BOWLED! Stokes gets the wicket on his first ball. Rohit Sharma is squared up and loses the off stump. A few English players are having a laugh, some are in disbelief. 

Rohit Sharma b Stokes 103. Debutant Devdutt Padikkal at the crease now.

Induces an edge of Padikkal’s bat on the fifth ball but it’s the batter who gets a boundary. Moral Victory! 

For now, Anderson will begin the session. Gill charges down the track and smacks him past mid-on for four! Classy shot. How easily Gill is charging Anderson today. And another four! This time flicked over mid-on. 

Looks like we might see Ben Stokes bowling for the first time in this series. He was warming up on the sidelines. Well actually not the first time in this series but since August 2023. 

Hartley to bowl what might be the last over before lunch. Rohit happy to play the over out. Overpitched ball on the stumps, Rohit flicks to deep mid wicket for a single. A single to Gill to finish the session off. Lunch Day 2. India leads by 46 runs.

Four!! Gill goes big over deep square leg, gets a boundary that will take him to his century as well! India in cruise control mode with not long left to go for lunch. India leads by 44 runs. 

Hartley with his twentieth. Four!! Slightly short, Gill cuts it through point for a boundary. 150 run partnership up between the two batters! On the pads, turned to deep square for a single. Single to deep midwicket and Rohit Sharma brings up his hundred!!

Bashir continues. Maiden over as Rohit looks for the single that takes him to the landmark. 

Hartley continues. Four!! Full on the stumps, Rohit lofts it over mid on for a boundary. 98 not out now. A leading edge as Rohit tries to whip one through the leg side, single taken. 

Bashir to Rohit, full on the stumps, turned to deep midwicket. Outside off stump, Gill guides it through the vacant point region for a triple. Good fielding effort from Mark Wood. Full on off stump, Rohit guides it to mid off and takes a quick single.

Hartley to Rohit, slightly short on the body, Rohit turns it legside for a single. Full to Gill, driven straight down to long off for a single. Single off the last ball of the over. 

Bashir continues. A touch short on the stumps, Rohit tucks it to deep midwicket for a single. Six!! Shot! Full on the stumps, Gill lofts it over deep mid wicket for another six!

Bashir comes round the wicket this time. Angling it away from Gill, who is happy to defend. Slightly short, Gill turns it to deep fine for a single.

Maiden over from Hartley to follow.

Hartley with his sixteenth. Four!! Not that full, Rohit brings out the sweep that beats the short 45 and runs away to the boundary. 

Bashir into the attack. Six!! Straight down the ground for six! What a start to the over. Gill stands his ground and lofts it straight back over the bowler. 

Wood continues. Four!! Full on the stumps, Gill gets his bat down on time and guides it straight down the ground for a boundary. Slightly short, Gill flat bats to extra cover and brings up a triple. Four!! Hartley makes a mess of a straighforward fielding effort and gifts the batting team a boundary. Scores level.

Hartley continues. Slightly short outside off, Gill tries to cut but finds point. Maiden over

Wood in for his eighth over. Short ball first up after drinks, Rohit misses his attempted pull. Didn’t bounce as much as he expected. Four!! Rohit makes room and flat bats the short ball through the vacant mid off region for four!

Change in bowling, Tom Hartley into the attack. Two singles from the over. 

Slightly short from Wood, Shubman guides it through point and takes a couple that brings up the 200 for India!

Gill edges and through the gap between gully and slip for four! Wood follows it up with a perfect bouncer and Gill very nicely leaves it - Matrix style! Now, width and Gill cuts behind point for four!

Fifty for Shubman Gill! Pulls Wood behind square leg for a single to get to reach this figure in 64 balls. There’s some movement, possibly off the pitch. 

Bashir continues from the other end. Runs coming in very easily for India. England bowlers unable to control the scoring rate. 

Mark Wood now. Gill continues to pounce on anything wide and on the length. Brilliantly timed punch towards point for four. FOUR! Brilliantly batting by Gill. This time right on top of the ball and drives through cover. 

CLOSE! Rohit clips Bashir’s delivery off the pads past leg slip. Slow reactions from the fielder there he isn’t able to grab it. Ball races away to the boundary. 

Anderson, too, pulls his length back in this over. Rohit, however, cuts the last ball past gully for four. Brilliantly timed shot. 

Bashir gets his length right in this over. Just a single in that over. 

WOW! Gill charges Anderson and hits him straight over the bowler’s head for a SIX. Beautiful. Now gets width and slashes it past point for another four. Down the leg, off the pads and another four. 

Rohit on the charge! Bashir goes full and Rohit smacks him straight over the head for a SIX! Follows it up with another shot straight down the ground for a four. 10 runs from the over. 

James Anderson from the other end. Stump to stump attack with not much movement. Two runs from the over. 

Shoaib Bashir begins the day. Rohit Sharma at the strike. A maiden to start the day. 

Nick Knight says there is more movement in the air than off the pitch and that it is still a good batting pitch. However, he reckons that lack of bounce and pace will come into play as the game progresses. 

It has been a quiet series for England’s middle-order. Despite having the likes of Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow in its ranks, the touring side struggled to get going in the Indian conditions.

IND vs ENG, 5th Test: Trescothick looks at the positives despite England’s middle-order collapse on Day 1

On the first day of the fifth Test, England lost its last seven wickets for just 43 runs, despite being comfortably placed at 175 for 3 at one point in time.

It was one for the album. As the Indian cricketers walked off the pitch on Thursday afternoon after bundling out England for 218 in the first innings of the final Test, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj threw the ball to Ravichandran Ashwin.

They wanted him to lead the side off the field as this was his 100th Test and he claimed a four-fer. But a generous Ashwin gave the red cherry back to Kuldeep, put his hands on the latter’s shoulders and insisted on him doing the honours, having claimed a fifer and ripping apart England’s batting line-up. 

On a day when all of England’s wickets fell to spin at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium, Kuldeep reluctantly agreed to lead the team off the pitch and raised the ball towards the crowd, who chanted his name.

- Shayan Acharya

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IND vs ENG, 5th Test: India in driver’s seat after Kuldeep, Jaiswal leave England with a mountain to climb

After Kuldeep Yadav took his fourth Test five-wicket haul to bowl England out for 218, Yashasvi Jaiswal’s yet another quickfire fifty helped India end the day at 135 for 1 - trailing by 83 runs. 

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