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There were continuous debates over the nature of the pitch that was on offer. It assisted the spinners from the first session and the debate continues to grow.
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However, former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen, who came in support of the pitch, said he had enough of the criticism. Yes, the surface at Ahmedabad ensured that the ball was always likely to dominate in the third Test.
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"This testing tool allows us to track viral infections more easily, so we can monitor these infections to see when they are most likely to have important environmental consequences," Preheim said.
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While there were debates going on around the pitch and how it behaved, another topic of discussion was the umpiring.
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Having failed with the bat in England's innings, Ben Stokes made matters worse by claiming a catch of Shubman Gill.
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However, the Indian skipper spotted him from far away and he immediately took a few steps back, asking the fan to return. On realising his mistake, the fan turned back and seeing that the entire crowd started cheering.
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The speedster set to become second Indian pacer after Kapil Dev to play 100 Tests.
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The IPL is likely to start in the second week of April and its knockout matches may stretch till early June
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The Test series will now move to Ahmedabad where the third Test, which will be a day/night affair with pink ball, begins on February 24.
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At lunch, skipper Joe Root was holding fort on 33 (90 balls, 3 fours) with England adding 63 runs in the first session.
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At the lunch break, India who had lost the wicket of Shubman Gill (14) on Day Two reached 150/6 with skipper Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin batting on 38 and 34 respectively.
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“It didn’t do anywhere near as much for 2 sessions ... Spun but not like what it’s doing now ... India would have drawn the first Test if they had batted anything like in the 1st innings ... This isn’t a good Test match pitch …,” he wrote
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"Caught a fleeting view of an interesting test match in Chennai," Modi posted on his official Twitter handle with a beautiful image of the 'Chepauk' Stadium captured from his airplane.
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Former Indiana captain and cricket great Sunil Gavaskar is not happy with the move to rest Bumrah. He felt that Bumrah should have been in the side as it was a crucial Test with India having already suffered loss
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England lead the four match series 1-0 after defeating India by a massive 227 runs in the first Test.
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There were questions raised about excluding Kuldeep Yadav. The cricket pundits hit out at the team management for not going ahead with the chinaman bowler, especially after Nadeem failed to make an impression.
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At Lunch, India were in all sorts of trouble with their scorecard reading 144/6, still 276 runs behind the target.
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Pant scored a scintillating 91 before departing going for a big shot off Dom Bess.
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"He has an in-born talent, he definitely puts in the hard work to develop his shots," said Laxman.
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Kohli was dismissed cheaply for 11 runs when he edged off-spinner Dom Bess to short leg.