Image Source : SCREENSHOT/JIOTV Screenshot of third umpire reviewing England’s DRS name on R Ashwin caught behind name.
With India’s agency grip on England getting tighter with each passing second within the ongoing second Test in Chennai, the visiting facet is unquestionably feeling the warmth as Virat Kohli propelled the hosts in the direction of an enormous whole to chase on the board.
While England may solely handle a paltry 134 in reply to India’s 329, A 156/6 on the board by the Kohli-led facet by the lunch break on Day 3, propelling the result in a powerful 351, meant the strain finally acquired to Joe Root and staff, who made a DRS assessment blunder in opposition to Ravichandran Ashwin moments earlier than the lunch break.
The incident occurred within the forty eighth over of the Indian second innings, when Ashwin was going through part-time spinner Dan Lawrence, who lobbed up the supply spinning down the leg facet, beating the batsman (batting on 30 at the moment); prompting a advantageous one-handed take from wicket-keeper Ben Foakes.
And what turned out to be daylight between bat and ball, on-field umpire Nitin Menon’s resolution to name it not out was retained by the third umpire.
By the umpire referred to as lunch, India misplaced 5 wickets however added 102 runs within the morning session on Monday. India — who had misplaced the wicket of Shubman Gill (14) on Day Two — reached 156/6 with skipper Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin batting on 38 and 34 respectively.
The hosts misplaced a flurry of wickets within the session, however contemplating they’ve added greater than 100 runs to their whole, they stand effectively forward within the match.
Cheteshwar Pujara (7) was the primary wicket to fall within the day as he acquired run-out in essentially the most weird vogue.
Rohit Sharma (26) was the subsequent to go as he may add only one run to his in a single day rating earlier than he was stumped by England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes in opposition to Jack Leach.
Rishabh Pant, who was despatched forward of Ajinkya Rahane, tried to play in his common flambouyant model. But Pant’s keep was reduce quick after he tried to hit a most in opposition to Leach and as a substitute was out stumped by Foakes, who’s celebrating his twenty eighth birthday on Monday. The left-handed batsman scored 8 runs off the 11 balls he confronted.
Rahane (10), who got here to bat at No. 6, hit a few boundaries and seemed in good contact till he was caught brilliantly by Ollie Pope who took a diving catch at quick leg to deliver an finish to the Indian batsman’s inning.
Debutant Axar Patel then shared a 21-run stand with skipper Kohli earlier than he was out lbw in opposition to Moeen Ali. Patel scored seven runs in 18 balls he confronted through the course of his innings.
However, Ashwin — who starred with the ball within the first innings selecting up his twenty ninth five-wicket Test-haul — then shared an unbeaten 50-run stand with Kohli and made positive the hosts did not lose any additional wickets going into the lunch break. The duo scored runs at a brisk tempo and did not enable the guests to place in any strain on a sporting ‘Chepauk’ pitch.
India had posted 329 runs of their first innings. The hosts then bowled out England for 134, securing a 195-run lead.
(With inputs from IANS.)
