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Team India defeated England in the second Test, avenged Hyderabad's defeat in Visakhapatnam
After the defeat of Hyderabad, Team India has launched a strong counter-attack against England in Visakhapatnam. Rohit Sharma's team forced England to kneel in the second Test. England needed 399 runs to win but Ben Stokes' team failed in the fourth innings. Team India won the match by 106 runs on the back of excellent bowling by R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav. Now the five-match series is tied at 1-1. The third Test will be played on February 15 in Rajkot.
Team India wins
In Visakhapatnam, Team India won the toss and decided to bat first. Team India scored 396 runs in the first innings on the back of Yashshwi Jaiswal's double century. Jaiswal played an innings of 209 runs. This is the first double century of his career. The England team could score only 253 runs in the first innings. Jasprit Bumrah forced England to kneel by taking 6 wickets. After this, Team India scored 255 runs in the second innings. This time the century came from the bat of Shubman Gill.
England caught in the trap of spinners
England's second innings fell into the trap of spinners. Ashwin dismissed Ben Duckett and after that Akshar dealt a second blow to England by dismissing Rehan Ahmed on the second day. Ollie Pope's big wicket fell in the hands of Ashwin, he could only score 23 runs. Joe Root also became a victim of Ashwin by scoring 16 runs. Jack Crowley, who is batting brilliantly for England, completed his half-century but fell victim to Kuldeep Yadav. Kuldeep gets Crowley out LBW.
CASTLED! ⚡️⚡️
Jasprit Bumrah wraps things up in Vizag as #TeamIndia win the 2nd Test and level the series 1⃣-1⃣#TeamIndia | #INVENG | @Jaspritbumrah93 | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/KHcIvhMGtD
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 5, 2024
England captain Ben Stokes gifted his wicket to team India. They were run out on a direct throw from Shreyas Iyer. They could have easily completed a run, but they could not run fast enough, resulting in the England captain returning to the pavilion. In the end, Bumrah dismissed Bairstow, Hartley and Shoaib Bashir to wrap up England's innings.
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