India has piled up a mammoth total against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday. On a pitch that is a belter for spinners, Rishabh Pant remained unbeaten on 58 runs. The home team bowled out for 329 runs in the first session on the second day.
Opener Rohit Sharma remained the top-scorer for India as he played a sublime knock of 161. For England, Moeen Ali scalped four wickets, Olly Stone took three.
INNINGS BREAK: #TeamIndia post 329 on the board in the first innings of the 2nd @Paytm #INDvENG Test! @ImRo45 1⃣6⃣1⃣@ajinkyarahane88 6⃣7⃣@RishabhPant17 5⃣8⃣*
4⃣ wickets for Moeen Ali
England will come out to bat shortly.
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Resuming the second day at 300/6, India got off to a bad start as the side lost Axar Patel (5) in just the second over of the day as Moeen Ali had him stumped at the hands of wicketkeeper Ben Foakes.
In the very same over, Ali dismissed Ishant Sharma for a duck and as a result, the hosts were reduced to 301/8.
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After these two wickets, Pant changed his batting style and he unleashed big strokes and as a result, he brought up his fifty off just 65 balls. The spinners were not troubling the number nine Kuldeep Yadav, hence skipper Joe Root introduced Olly Stone into the attack and he immediately gave the breakthrough of Kuldeep (0), reducing the hosts to 325/9.
5⃣0⃣ up and going strong! 💪💪
Second fifty of the @Paytm #INDvENG series for @RishabhPant17 & 6th in Test cricket! 👏👏 #TeamIndia
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In the very same over, Stone dismissed the last batsman Mohammed Siraj (4) and as a result, India was bowled out for 329.
On the first day, Rohit Sharma played a knock of 161 while Ajinkya Rahane provided him support with a knock of 67 to help the hosts gain an upper hand in the match.
England is trailing behind in the first innings. The visitors have already lost 4 wickets including the English caption Joe Root. Pacer Ishant Sharma took the wicket of Rory Burns in his first over.
LBW! ☝️
England lose Rory Burns as @ImIshant strikes in his first over. 👏👏 @Paytm #INDvENG #TeamIndia
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