India vs England highlights, 1st Test: ENG 246 all out; IND 119/1 at stumps on day 1 with Jaiswal, Gill at crease

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India vs England Highlights, 1st Test Day 2: ENG 246 all out; IND 421/7 at Stumps; Jadeja, Axar takes lead past 175

IND vs ENG, Highlights: Follow the score, updates and commentary from Day 2 of the first Test between India and England at Hyderabad.

Rehan Ahmed for the final over of the day. Gill begins the over with a four. Full toss on pads and Gill places it towards midwicket. A single to end the day by Jaiswal. 

Rehan hasn’t looked threatening so far. Jaiswal comes down the track and hits him over long on for a six. 

Rehan Ahmed into the attack. Leg spinner. Jaiswal drives for four towards covers. 100-up for India. 

Suddenly the runs have dried up. Hartley and Leach have found their lengths. Shubman Gill isn’t looking interested to take risk at this time of the day. 

WICKET!! Leach provides the breakthrough! Rohit looked to come down the track and loft it but finds the toe-end, flies straight up and is pouched by Stokes at mid on.

Rohit c Stokes b Jack Leach 24(27)

Gill in at 3.

Stokes continues with Hartley. Huge appeals for LBW against Gill. Looked like it was going down leg. Stokes goes up for the review. Replays suggest its bouncing over the wickets. England has lost all 3 of its reviews.

Four!! Jaiswal gets another four through the offside against Leach. He’s been pro-active and has ensured India are on top midway through the last session.

Hartley with his sixth. Four!! Fifty for Jaiswal!! Short in length this time, Jaiswal pulls through midwicket for a boundary. England take a review! Beat Rohit’s bat and turned square to the keeper. Replays show the ball was close but Ultraedge says no. Second review wasted.

Leach continues. Four!! Slightly short, Rohit punches off the backfoot through the covers for a boundary. Another punch through the offside from Rohit, will get a couple.

Hartley with his fifth. Four!! Full on the stumps, Rohit sweeps it through the leg side for another boundary.

Jack Leach bowls a quiet over, conceding just three. 

Four!! Hartley continues and concedes another boundary to Jaiswal.

Jack Leach into the attack. Rohit goes back and punches one through the covers to get three.

Hartley continues. Four!! Too full from Hartley and Jaiswal drives through mid-off for a boundary. Four!! Too full again, Rohit clips it through midwicket for another boundary.

Hartley is allowing Jaiswal to free his arms. Hartley unable to find his rhythm so far. Another 13 runs off the over. 

England review a caught behind decision against Jaiswal. Short ball, Jaiswal goes for a pull but is beaten. England thinks Jaiswal might have gloved it but the nothing on the ultra edge. Review wasted. 

Debutant spinner Tom Hartley from the other end. Jaiswal welcomes him in the Test cricket with a slog sweep towards midwicket for a SIX. Another slog sweep on the fifth ball and same result. 

Wood to Jaiswal, Four! First ball sent to boundary towards square leg. Double on the next ball in the same region. Wood unable to get his line right. All balls drifting down the leg. 

Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal open the innings. Mark Wood with the new ball. 

Bumrah gets his second wicket and England is all out! Seamed away, squared up Stokes and the middle stump is gone. England 246 all out. Stokes is the last man to fall after scoring 70. 

Bumrah is back. Mixing his pace here. Off cutters that turn away from Ben Stokes. 

India has reviewed a LBW against Wood. But the ball tracking suggests the ball is pitching outside leg stump. Doesn’t matter. Wood is bowled on the next ball. Goes for a sweep, misses it, and the off stump is uprooted. Ashwin gets his third wicket.

Stokes has decided to free his arms against Jadeja. First he comes down the track and hits Jadeja over the head for a SIX. Then pulls him towards midwicket for another maximum. Has also reached his fifty in the process. 

Ashwin begins the proceedings. Stokes gets a faint edge but it is too quick for Bharat to grab it. Ball lands safely past the slip. 

Last session of day 1. England 215/8 with Ben Stokes and Mark Wood at the crease. How much can England add from here? 

Ashwin continues. Four! Wood goes back onto his back foot and punches one through the covers for a boundary. 

Jadeja continues. Maiden over against Wood. Tea Time!!

Three runs from the Ashwin over. India has stationed Gill at a catching position on the off-side to counter Stokes’ switch-hit. Will be interesting to see how he responds.

Jadeja continues. Appeal for LBW as Stokes misses his paddle. Umpire says no but India review! Replays show an inside edge. Four!! Full and straight, rifled straight down the ground for a boundary. Four!! Slightly shorter, Stokes goes for the big shot and the edge runs to deep square for another four. Four!! Another switch hit, another boundary for Stokes.

Six!! Hartley continues to be aggressive. Connects this slog sweep against Ashwin and it flies over the boundary for six. 

Jadeja continues. Four!! Another switch hit from Stokes. Finds the boundary on the off-side again. WICKET!! Hartley’s cameo comes to and end as Jadeja castles him with a fuller one.

Tom Hartley b Jadeja 23(24)

Mark Wood in at 10. 

Hartley is beaten outside off stump by Ashwin. Very close to the stumps that. Looks for a reverse sweep next ball and is too early into the shot. Struck on the pad but going down leg. 

Four!! Jadeja into the attack. Finds some turn, clips the batters pad down leg and runs away for a boundary. A bat-pad chance next ball but falls safely beyond the short-leg fielder. Four!! A switch hit from Stokes, finds the gap in the vacant point region.

Four!! Hartley lofts Ashwin over mid on to open his account in international cricket.

Bumrah continues from the other end. Stokes cuts a wide one but Jadeja scampers across from deep point to prevent a boundary.

OUT! And now Bumrah gets his first wicket of the match. An off cutter to Rehan and the ball takes the inside edge of his bat straight to keeper KS Bharat. England loses its seventh wicket. 

Tom Hartley on debut. 

Change in bowling. Jasprit Bumrah is back into the attack. Stump to stump lines. An overthrow for four to end the over. Five runs off the last ball. 

Rehan Ahmed and Stokes have a job in hand but the Indian bowlers aren’t allowing any of the batter to score freely. Tight bowling from both ends. 

The thing with Axar is that not much of his deliveries turn so the batters have to play for the ball angling in and getting straight. However, this ball, on off stump turned, Foakes went for the forward defence and ended up getting an outside edge to keeper. Not much Foakes could’ve done there. 

Rehan Ahmed walks in. 

Axar continues from the other end. Sweeps has been the main weapon for England batters here. 

Ashwin is back into the attack. And he begins with a maiden over. On the off stump and Stokes is happy to defend everything. 

Another couple of tight overs from Axar and Jadeja. Stokes looked to pull a short one from the latter but the ball turns and hits him on the leg. Looked it got stuck in the pitch as well.

WICKET!! Jadeja picks up his second. Root looked to sweep again, was shorter than he expected. Only manages a top-edge to the fielder at short fine. Big wicket for India.

Root c Bumrah b Jadeja 29(60)

Foakes in at 7. 

Jadeja follows up with a tight over. Just a couple from it. Axar continues from the other end. A couple from his over as well. 

Slight hesitation while running between the wickets. Jadeja fires in a throw that cops Bharat on the shoulder. Bairstow would have been short if it was a direct hit. Bharat receiving some treatment on field. WICKET!! Perfect wicket for the left-armer. Pitched on leg and spins and takes out off-stump.

Bairstow b Axar 37(58)

Stokes in at 6.

Root misses two sweeps against Axar. An inside edge off one of them deflects back off his pad. 

Turn and bounce for Jadeja. Bairstow gets an edge to short third man. A close LBW call but looks like there was an inside edge on that one. Maiden over from Jadeja.

Axar Patel starts off after lunch. Full on the pads, clipped to deep fine for a single. A spread out field means a few easy singles on the offer for the batters. 

Jadeja from the other end. Four singles from the over.

Key passage of play coming up. India will look to break this partnership and get into the lower order quickly.

Indian bowlers have been a tad bit fuller in the first hour. While they have continuously challenged, but a few balls have been too full for England batters to worry. 

LUNCH. 

Jadeja is back into the attack. Ashwin’s spell comes to an end. Challenging the outside edge. Just a single in that over. 

Axar angling into Bairstow, challenging middle and leg stump. Bairstow trying to make room to hit the ball. Not easy out there for England to score. 

England batters are taking it easy. They are getting single on offer so aren’t trying to overhit the ball. 

Axar Patel is into the attack now. There’s a slight delay to start the over as there’s some problem with the ball. 

Here we go again. Root takes out his sweep and gets a four. 

Both Root and Bairstow aren’t shying away from taking chances and keep the scoreboard ticking. Jadeja and Ashwin are right on the money and making the England batters work hard for their runs. 

Bairstow gets into the act quickly as he hits Jadeja for two consecutive boundaries. A drive towards covers and the batters run three. 11 runs off the over. 

Siraj takes a great low diving catch and Indians are celebrating! Has Ashwin bagged the third wicket for India? Umpires are checking. A very close call. OUT! The decision is final. Zack Crawley walks back after scoring 20 off 40 balls. 

Jonny Bairstow walks in. A single on the final ball of the over. 

Pope falls cheaply! Jadeja’s continuous challenge of taking the ball away from the right hander from the off stump reaps reward. Pope attempts a front foot defence but gets an edge straight to first slip where Rohit Sharma takes a low catch. 

Joe Root comes in at number four. Backfoot defence but the ball was a bit low. On the second ball, Root goes for a paddle sweep. Indians think the ball has hit the pad first. They go for a review. Looks like there’s an inside edge. The system is taking a bit of time and the players are still waiting for the final decision. There’s indeed an edge and the review is wasted. 

Chance! Ashwin gets Crawley to defend off the splice, lobs up in the air but it is quite far from the short leg fielder. Crawley gets down to sweep but misses. Two runs from the over.

Wicket!! Ducket misses a straighter one and is trapped in front!! Ashwin provides the breakthrough. Duckett takes the review! Umpires call on hitting and Duckett has to go. Ollie Pope in at 3.

Four!! Duckett paddles Jadeja behind for a boundary. Was very close to the keeper that. Four!! Full again, swept to the right of third man this time. 

Ashwin into the attack. On the stumps first up, defended solidly. Ashwin gets one to turn away on the third ball. Duckett brings out the reverse sweep but there is protection in the deep. Just a single.

First sign of spin. Jadeja into the attack. Full on the stumps, defended to cover. Crawley looks for a paddle, only manages to hit it onto his body. Turn and bounce for Jadeja as Crawley in beaten on the outside edge. Maiden over!!

A quiet over from Bumrah against Duckett. A few plays and misses. Siraj continues against Crawley who gets off strike with a single to fine leg. Four!! Width from Siraj and Duckett obliges with a boundary. Four!! Too full again, punished through the covers for another four.

Duckett is beaten twice in two balls as Siraj gets the ball to leave the left-hander. Slightly shorter in length but same result. Four!! Too full, Duckett drives it through the vacant cover region for another boundary.

Edged but it falls short! Duckett once again swinging at one outside off, gets the toe of the bat and falls on the bounce to slip. Wide again, cut through backward point where Jadeja brings out an excellent stop to prevent a boundary.

Duckett beaten on the inside edge this time, looking to play another drive.

On the pads again, Crawley clips to fine leg where Bumrah does well to prevent a boundary. Four!! Full outside off, driven on the up through the offside for a boundary.

Uppish drive from Duckett first ball, gets off the mark with a double. Closer to the stumps second ball, defended. Searing yorker from Bumrah! Duckett manages to get his bat down in time. Four!! Wide again, Duckett drives through backward point for another boundary. Four!! Full and straight, driven down the ground for the second boundary of the over.

Four!! Overpitched on the stumps to Crawley, easily driven through midwicket for the first boundary of the day. Four!! Not as full as the first ball but Crawley drives it straight down the ground for another four. 

Full and swinging away this time, beats Crawley’s attempted defence. Good comeback from Siraj, beating Crawley on the outside edge in the last four balls.

Bumrah to get proceedings underway for India. On the money first ball to Crawley. Length ball just outside off stump, Crawley shoulders arms.

Crawley punch drives the third ball, but its straight to cover. Bumrah gets one to come in but Crawley is upto it and flicks it to fine leg for a single. Bumrah goes wide to Duckett who plays and misses his cut. 

The players make their way out to the middle for the respective national anthems. Crawley and Duckett all set to open for England. 

Matches played: 64

India wins: 22

Drawn: 28

England: 14

Latest result: IND won by an innings and 25 runs (Ahmedabad, 2021)

Matches played: 131

India wins: 31

Drawn: 50

England wins: 50

Latest result: ENG beat IND by 7 wickets - Birmingham 2022

A Three Lions debut for Tom Hartley. Rehan Ahmed just one Test old as well. Jack Leach the leader of the spinners pack for England and will have to shoulder the responsibility. Not to forget the success Joe Root had in the previous series as well. 

Rohit Sharma (C). Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul ,Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, R. Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(C), Ben Foakes(wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, Jack Leach

3-man spin attack of Ashwin, Jadeja and Axar with aid from Bumrah and Siraj. Tough decision to leave Kuldeep out says Rohit.

England has won the toss and opted to bat first

‘Axar Patel is bowling alongside Jadeja and Ashwin too is rolling his arms. No sign of Kuldeep Yadav so far...’ says our reporter Aravind from Hyderabad.

India: WLDWL

England WDWLL

Indian team in a huddle before the toss while the English enjoy a game of football.

Credit - VS Aravind/ Sportstar

India: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, R. Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

England (team announced): Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes(w), Rehan Ahmed, Jack Leach, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood

Sport is a drama, and in Test cricket, the beauty, brilliance, and brutality are on full display. The game’s traditional format has once again sailed to the Indian shores as India takes on England in the first Test, with the first stop in Hyderabad, the amphitheatre being the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

On the evening of December 17, 2012, in Nagpur, England, under the command of Alastair Cook, dumped India in its own backyard as it celebrated its first Test series win on Indian soil since 1984–85.

Captain Cook was the last to fly home with the silverware, as since then, no team has ever won a Test series in the last 12 years, with India registering 16 straight series wins and losing just three Test matches. 

The Rohit Sharma-led side with a marvellous home record has the psychological advantage as Ben Stokes and his army criss-cross the country for eight weeks, putting on an exhibition of its exhilarating Bazball brand of cricket with an aim to breach the Indian fortress.

- VS Aravind

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IND vs ENG, 1st Test: India takes on England in hopes of maintaining home domination

No team has ever won a Test series in the last 12 years in India, with the host registering 16 straight series wins and losing just three Test matches.

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