Team India bounced back to register an emphatic 106-run victory over England in the second Test in Vizag to level the five-match series 1-1.
Chasing 399 to win, the visitors were 67/1 at the close of play on Day 3. However, the English batting line-up capitulated in the morning session on the subsequent day to lose a grip on the Test match.
In their bid to play the attacking brand of cricket, the Three Lions kept losing wickets at regular intervals. They went to the lunch break in dire straits at 194/6 as Rehan Ahmed, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Zak Crawley and Jonny Bairstow were dismissed in the first session.
In the post-lunch session, the Indian bowlers completed the formalities by removing Ben Stokes, Ben Foakes, Shoaib Bashir and Tom Hartley to bundle out the tourists for 292.
Opening batter Zak Crawley was the top scorer with 73 for England. On the other hand, Jasprit Bumrah (3/46) and R Ashwin (3/72) starred with the ball for India, claiming three scalps each in the second innings. Bumrah finished the match with nine wickets to his name and deservedly earned the Player-of-the-Match award.
Earlier in the match, the hosts rode on Yashasvi Jaiswal’s maiden Test double ton post 396 on the board. In reply, England’s innings folded for 253, conceding a significant first-innings lead of 143 runs.
In the second innings, Shubman Gill slammed a gritty hundred (104) to propel India to 255, setting a daunting target of 399 for the English side.
For their stunning comeback in the series after a narrow loss in the first Test, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team received rich praise from the cricket fraternity on social media platform X.
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