ENG Vs IND, 1st Test DAY 3: Ishant Sharma twin strikes leaves England sinking, England 86/6
The 29-year-old Indian skipper Virat Kohli had terrific performance with the bat on Day 2 of the first Test match against England in England at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
Ishant Sharma strikes finally and Dawid Malan's resistance comes to an end. Indian squad well in control now, if they can get England with the lead under 200, they will fancy themselves to chase that down.
Riding on the shoulder of Virat Kohli Indian team manage to score 274 runs on the second day with all wickets down.
Virat Kohli bringing up his maiden Test ton on English soil on Wednesday in the ongoing first test, a host of celebrities showered words of appreciation for Virat Kohli.
Indian run-machine Virat Kohli fought a lone battle for his side and scored 149 runsfrom 225 balls he faced. This innings will probably go down as one of the best the Kohli has played in whites with red ball in England.
What a session for India!
— ICC (@ICC) August 3, 2018
After Ashwin struck twice in the first hour, Ishant Sharma has gone one better, with Malan, Jonny Bairstow, and Ben Stokes all caught in the slips.
Can England fight back after Lunch?
ENG: 86/6 (30.4 overs)#ENGvIND LIVE 👇https://t.co/jre8L0pd2t pic.twitter.com/9CkC6iv7Wv
Great first hour for India and Ravichandran Ashwin! He has all three wickets to fall so far, having had Keaton Jennings caught at slip and then taken the huge scalp of Joe Root, caught at leg slip.
— ICC (@ICC) August 3, 2018
ENG: 52/3, lead by 65 (19 overs)#ENGvIND LIVE 👇https://t.co/jre8L0pd2t pic.twitter.com/YDsKlcQ1vW
WICKET!
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 3, 2018
Ashwin on 🔥🔥
A brilliant catch by Rahul at leg slip and Ashwin gets his second wicket of the morning. Root departs.
England 287 and 39/3 https://t.co/HeruIJq0DO #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/OJAG1pBkRO
Joe Root and Keaton Jennings set to resume for England, who are 9/1 in their second innings. They lead by 22. Should be a cracking third day of the Test!#ENGvIND LIVE 👇https://t.co/jre8L0pd2t pic.twitter.com/bgQCfGIEOd
— ICC (@ICC) August 3, 2018
Virat Kohli continued to go after the England bowlers to notch up 22 fours and a six during his 225-ball knock.
Virat Kohli has broken the record of former Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin. As skipper in England he scored 121 runs at Lords in the year 1990.
In year 2014, 134 runs in 10 innings, questions tightly slapped towards him and he answered them gainly, but he was wanted this innings, and when the conditions were tough he stood up and delivered.
India (Playing XI):
Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma
England (Playing XI):
Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Joe Root(c), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow(w), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
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First published: 3 August 2018, 17:33 IST