/sky247-english/media/agency_attachments/u8Dd4hyaH0mQGXmyg0Eo.png)
/sky247-english/media/media_files/oXHoxgPA7CrylmMTcwp1.jpg)
Follow Us/sky247-english/media/media_files/cVXkDwC8vmKnccRLl7VL.png)
Ravindra Jadeja (Source: Twitter)
It will be fair enough to say that it was Indiaโs day. After a dominating performance with the bowl on Day 1, the Indian team came back even stronger on Day 2 of the first Test against England in Hyderabad. The pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill started Day 2 with 119/1 on the boards, but after hitting a brilliant boundary on the second ball of the day, Jaiswal was caught and bowled by Joe Root at the score of 80.
/sky247-english/media/media_files/L36rCpmHRJkAgRgNCcLd.jpg)
After this Gill and KL Rahul tried steadying the ship for the Indian team. But soon after that Gill (36) also perished trying to up the scoring rate. However, this was the pattern throughout the Indian innings as there were five half-centuries but none of them flourished to reach three digits. In addition, three Indian batters crossed 80 runs or more. Once Gil was dismissed Shreyas Iyer and Rahul took on the attack back to the English bowlers with aggressive stroke play.
However, in trying to score quick runs Iyer (35) got out to the leg spinner Rehan Ahmed who picked up his first wicket in the series. Sooner, Rahul (86) also fell trying to hit the ball aerial and missing the length altogether. This was the second 50-plus score for the wicketkeeper batter in three Test matches which shows the volume of his form. Let us look at how Twitter has reacted to this;
India is going to win this match by innings, already 175 run lead๐ฅ
โ Kirkett (@bhaskar_sanu08) January 26, 2024
Thankfully atleast I'm happy to see a Indian test match crossing 3 days hopefully ๐ค
โ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ (@Sagar_vkfan) January 26, 2024
Domination of Team India ๐ฎ๐ณ
โ Mumbai Indians FC (@MIPaltanFamily) January 26, 2024
Best of luck
โ Awais Saghir (@SaghirAwai66026) January 26, 2024
Great fight shown by India. ๐ฎ๐ณ
โ Pratik (@fake_engineer7) January 26, 2024
What a finish by Axar Patel ๐ฅ
โ Anshuman Singh (@indiancrusher) January 26, 2024
Great batting from jaiswal, Rahul & jadeja ๐๐ฅ
โ Haroon (@itx_haroon_453) January 26, 2024
They have taken bazball seriously
โ Sankott (@Iamsankot) January 26, 2024
ย
India scored 302 runs on Day 2
Following his dismissal, the wicketkeeper batter Srikar Bharat (41) and Ravindra Jadeja ensured that the Indian team built on the lead and helped the team cross the total of 350 runs. But Bharat also fell against the run of play. Moreover, Ravichandran Ashwin also followed the hut given a misunderstanding while running a single.
However, the pair of Axar Patel and Jadeja made sure India lost further wickets and ended the way at a score of 421/7. Overall, it was a brilliant day with the bat for the Indian team against a toothless English bowling. The World number one ranked Test side were successful in scoring 302 runs in the entire day at a cost of six wickets.