IND vs ENG 2nd Test: Akshar-Ashwin 1-1 wicket

IND vs ENG 2nd Test: Akshar-Ashwin 1-1 wicket

The second match of the 5 Test series between India and England is being played in Visakhapatnam. The match has become exciting at Dr. YS Rajasekhar Stadium. In the first innings, India scored 396 runs and England scored 253 runs. In the second innings, Team India could score only 255 runs and England got the target of 399 runs.

At present, the play of the first session is going on in the fourth day. In the second innings, England has scored 126 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. Jack Crawley and Ollie Pope are at the crease. Crowley completed his fifty by hitting a four, Akshar Patel LBW Rehan Ahmed, Rehan scored 23 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin sent Ben Duckett to the pavilion on the score of 28 runs.

Jack Crawley scored the 12th half-century of his Test career on 83 balls.

Jack Crawley completed his second fifty in the second test by hitting a four against Axar Patel. He scored a half-century on 83 balls. Crowley had also scored a fifty in the first innings, he was out after scoring 76 runs. Crawley has scored 12 fifties and 4 centuries in his Test career.

Rehan out after scoring 23 runs

India got its first success on the fourth day in the form of Rehan Ahmed. Akshar Patel made him LBW, Rehan was out after scoring 23 runs. He had a partnership of 45 runs with Jack Crawley. The team lost the second wicket on the score of 95 runs.

Ashwin close to 500 test wickets

Ravichandran Ashwin could not take any wicket in the first innings. He gave the team its first success in the second innings.

Ravichandran Ashwin gave the first success to Team India in the second innings. He sent Ben Duckett to the pavilion. Ashwin could not take a single wicket in the first innings, he is just 3 wickets away from completing 500 wickets in his Test career. At present he has 497 wickets in his name in 97 tests.

 

England will have to chase records

England will have to chase the record to win the Visakhapatnam Test. Till now no team in India has achieved such a big target in the fourth innings. The biggest target was achieved by India against England in 2008. Then the team had scored 387 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in Chennai.

England's highest score in the fourth innings in India is 241/5, which the team made in 1964 at Chennai ground. Among foreign teams, the highest score in the fourth innings in India was made by Sri Lanka in 2017. Then the team had drawn the match by scoring 299 runs at the loss of 5 wickets.

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