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Visakhapatnam: Team India on Monday, 5 February defeated England by 106 runs on the fourth day of the second India versus England Test at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Vishakhapatnam. After giving the visitors a target of 399 runs, the men in blue restricted the Englishmen at 292 runs. Opener Zak […]

India had scored 396 and 255 in their two innings, while England were dismissed for 253 in their first essay.

At the lunch break, India stands at 130/4 in 35 overs, with Gill remaining unbeaten at 60. Overcoming a hesitant start and a recent streak of low scores, Gill skillfully employs his footwork against spinners.

Earlier, BCCI had announced that Kohli had withdrawn from the first two Tests against England due to personal reasons.

Jasprit Bumrah achieved this feat in just 34 games, surpassing the legendary Kapil Dev, who took 39 matches to achieve the same milestone

At the end of the day, India have put up a score of 336 for 6 in 93 overs, thanks to Jaiswal's pure Test batting effort as he batted through the 93 overs

Players from both teams have already arrived in Visakhapatnam and started their preparations.

In that game, England relied heavily on sweep and reverse-sweep as run-making options, something which the Indian batters have been practising at in their nets session in Visakhapatnam.

Sweeps and reverse sweeps on the other hand have emerged as a strong weapon for England batters against the champion Indian spinners who were at the receiving end in the second innings of Hyderabad Test.

Rohit Sharma's India Dominates Early in Opening Test, Ollie Pope's Resilience Shifts Momentum.

Fuelled by Ollie Pope's epic 196 and debutant left-arm spinner Tom Hartley's seven-wicket haul, England roared back into the match even after conceding a massive 190-run first innings lead.

After dominating England for the majority of four days, India found themselves on the losing side with a 28-run defeat.

India had only lost once after taking an advantage of this size, and it came against Sri Lanka at Galle in 2015 where they went ahead by 192 runs.

The England fast bowlers concluded the first Test match in Hyderabad without taking a wicket, a feat last achieved in 1952 against Kanpur.

KL Rahul and Axar Patel were batting on 21 and 17 respectively when tea was called.

The England No. 3 batter showed amazing resilience to help the visitors make a fightback in his knock from 278 balls laced with 21 boundaries.

India were bowled out for 436 in their first innings after building a lead of 190 runs

Resuming at the overnight score of 421 for 7, Jadeja (87 off 180 balls) and Axar Patel (44) shared 78 runs for the eighth wicket to hand India a big 190-run first innings lead over the visitors.

The youngster said that he was trying to be positive and play an aggressive brand of cricket but had no qualms about missing the century.

Ravindra Jadeja and KS Bharat were batting on 45 and 9 at the break