Ind vs Eng 2nd Test: The second Test being played against England in Chennai is in India’s fist. With the help of centuries by Ravichandran Ashwin and Rohit Sharma, Team India scored 286 runs in the second innings and gave England a target of 482 runs. In reply, England scored 53 runs losing 3 wickets. Dan Lawrence and Joe Root are unbeaten. There are two days of play remaining. In such a situation, India’s victory is confirmed.
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Ashwin scored a century in 40 Tests and 54 months later. Earlier in August 2016, he had scored a century against the West Indies. At that time, he had scored 118 runs in the Test. The last century at home was in Kolkata against West Indies in November 2013. Then he had scored an innings of 67 runs.
Ashwin Gets 2 Lives
Ashwin got his life on the fourth ball of the 45th over in the second innings. Ben Stokes missed an easy catch at slip off Stuart Broad. Then playing 28 runs. After this, Ashwin got his second life on the third ball of the 67th over. This time on Broad’s ball, wicketkeeper Ben Foxx dropped the catch. Ashwin was then playing 56 runs. Ind vs Eng 2nd Test.
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Statistics Show That It is Difficult for England to Chase Such a Big Target
- The record of chasing the biggest target in the Test is in the name of West Indies. He scored a target of 418 against Australia in 2003.
- The highest target of 387 runs on Indian soil was chased by India only in December 2008. Then India beat England by 6 wickets in the Test at the same ground in Chennai.
- Talking about the foreign team, only the West Indies chased the highest target of 276 runs in India. He defeated India by 5 wickets in the 1987 Delhi Test. So far, no foreign team could chase a bigger target in India.
- 413 runs have been the highest score in the fourth innings of the Test so far in Asia. It was made by Bangladesh in December 2008 against Sri Lanka. Bangladesh had lost the match by 107 runs while chasing a target of 521 runs in that Test played in Mirpur.
Kohli and Ashwin Handled the Innings
Ajinkya Rahane was also dismissed for 10 runs. Moin Ali got him caught by Oli Pope. India had lost 6 wickets for 106 runs at one time. After this, captain Virat Kohli and all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin handled the innings and shared a 96-run partnership for 177 balls for the 7th wicket. For India, Ashwin scored the highest 106 and Kohli scored 62 runs. In the second innings, Team India set a target of 482 runs, scoring 286 runs.
Akshar Gave England Two Shocks
England chased down the target of 482 runs in the second innings, spinner Akshar Patel gave the first blow. Akshar playing debut test LBW the opener Dom Sibley for 3 runs. The second blow was given by Ravichandran Ashwin on 49 runs. He got Rory Burns caught by Virat Kohli for 25 runs. Jack Leach, who came in at number 4 as a night watchman, was out without opening an account. At the ball of the letter, he caught Rohit.
