In the second match of the Test series being played between England and India, India has reached a very strong position. After the end of the third day, England are yet to score 429 runs and they have lost 3 wickets. India had scored 286 runs in the second innings and kept a target of 482 runs in front of England. There is still two days of play left in the Test match, and after the way the ball is turning on the pitch, India’s victory is being decided. Today was clearly Ashwin’s name. He filled the spirit of victory in India with batting and on the other hand also bowled wickets like every time in bowling.
On the pitch being held in Chennai, the spinners are getting a lot of help there and India have played three spinners in the second Test – Ashwin, Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav. Therefore this thing goes in favor of India. By the end of the third day, India destroyed England’s top order and England have lost 3 wickets.
The third day was full of ups and downs
While batting first in the second innings, India has scored England’s target of 482 by scoring 286 runs. The third day of the Test match was very fluctuating for India. On the start of the third day, it was expected that India would easily win this match, but the England spinners gave a shock to India by dismissing three of the Indian batsmen one after the other. But Ashwin kept India’s hopes alive and now India’s hopes of victory have increased significantly.
Ashwin’s Century
Ravichandran Ashwin has hit a century while playing in the second innings of the second Test match between India and England. Ashwin has scored 106 runs in 148 balls while playing on the third day of the Test. Today, India had lost the wickets of talented batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant and Ajinkya Rahane within the first one hour. But after this, Kohli and Ashwin ticked off and added around 100 runs for the team. But then Kohli was also out but Ashwin remained at one end and made a century while batting.
India’s outstanding batting in the first innings
In the second Test match, India won the toss and batted first. In the first innings, Indian batsmen performed brilliantly and the team scored 329 runs. Rohit Sharma played a brilliant innings of 161 runs and while playing in the lower order, Pant added 58 not out for the team. In this way India worked to add runs above 300
Indian spinners fired England
England performed very poorly in the first innings and the whole team was piled on for 134 runs. Indian bowlers did their job well. Playing at his homeground, Ashwin took 5 wickets.