2024-02-02 06:48:41
Visakhapatnam: India got off to a good start in the second cricket Test against England. At lunch, the hosts scored 103 runs for the loss of two wickets. Opener Yashaswi Jaiswal scored 51 runs off 92 balls and Shreyas Iyer scored four runs at the crease. India lost the wickets of captain Rohit Sharma who scored 14 runs off 41 balls and Shubman Gill who scored 34 runs off 46 balls.
Earlier, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat. Rohit returned with a catch to Ollie Pop off debutant Shuaib Basheer. Gill was also dismissed by veteran pacer James Anderson. Rohit and Jaiswal returned by adding 40 runs on the scoreboard for the first wicket. Batter Rajat Patidar made his debut for India.
Injured K.L. Patidar was included in the team instead of Rahul. Sarfaraz Khan was not included in the playing eleven. Spinner Kuldeep Yadav and pacer Mukesh Kumar are new additions to the team. Kuldeep is playing in place of injured Ravindra Jadeja. Mukesh also joined the team as a replacement for Mohammad Siraj. Visakhapatnam Y.S. The match will be played at the Rajasekhara Reddy Stadium.
The second Test is a life-and-death battle for the hosts who lost the first Test. Dropping the second game of the five-match series will make a comeback difficult. Consecutive defeats will put pressure on Rohit Sharma and his team.
Team India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Rajat Patidar, K.S. Bharat, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah and Mukesh Kumar.
Team England: Ben Stokes (captain), Ben Duckett, Zach Crawley, Joe Root, Ollie Pope, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Fox, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Shuaib Bashir, James Anderson.
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