England vs India 2nd Test, Day 2: Anderson stars as hosts bowl out visitors for 107
London: India were bowled out for a below-par total of 107 runs on the second day of the second Test against England here at Lord’s.
James Anderson was the star, finishing with a spell of 5-20.
The first session of the match lasted for just 6.3 overs, after which match was halted due to rain. Even though the match resumed, the game was again halted when India’s score read 15-3 from 8.3 overs.
Virat Kohli was the lone hope for the visitors, but he was dismissed for 23 runs by Chris Woakes. After his departure, all eyes were on Ajinkya Rahane, who was dismissed by James Anderson for 18.
India 96-8 from 34 overs
WICKET! India seem to have problems aplently as Kuldeep Yadav is the latest to depart. Anderson now has four wickets to his name.
India 61-5 from 23.3 overs
WICKET! More trouble for India, as Hardk Pandya (11 runs) falls to Chris Woakes.
India 49-4 from 21.4 overs
WICKETS! England players celebrate the big wicket of Virat Kohli (23 runs) as Chris Woakes gets the wicket.
India 15-3 from 8.3 overs
WICKET! Cheteshwar Pujara has failed to make an impact as he is dismissed for just one run.
India 10-2 from 6.1 overs
WICKET! Anderson strikes again, as he dismisses KL Rahul for eight runs courtesy a catch by wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow.
India 0-1 from 0.5 overs
BOWLED 'EM! James Anderson strikes early to dismiss Murali Vijay for duck. Not the start India would have wanted.
Toss update
Joe Root won the toss on Friday and decided that hosts England would field.
India have decided to play Kuldeep Yadav alongside Ravichandran Ashwin.
IND XI: M Vijay, L Rahul, C Pujara, V Kohli, A Rahane, D Karthik, H Pandya, R Ashwin, K Yadav, M Shami, I Sharma
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 10, 2018
ENG XI: A Cook, K Jennings, J Root, O Pope, J Bairstow, J Buttler, C Woakes, S Curran, A Rashid, S Broad, J Anderson
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 10, 2018
Preview
Only four days are left in the yet-to-start second Test between England and India at Lord’s Cricket Ground here, and the players and fans will hope that the rain Gods stay away on day two on Friday.
The first day was completely washed out without even the toss happening as the covers were present on the ground throughout the day.
The big question for India will be if they will play two spinners, after having played R Ashwin as the lone spinner in the opening Test.
Joe Root’s men, meanwhile, will hope to break England’s winless jinx against Asian teams at the home of cricket. India were the last Asian opponents whom England beat at Lord’s in a Test back in 2011.
Squads:
England: Joe Root (Captain), Moen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Alastair Cook, Sam Curran, Keaton Jennings, Ollie Pope, Jamie Porter, Adil Rashid, Chris Woakes.
India: Virat Kohli (Captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Karun Nair, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Lokesh Rahul, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Murali Vijay, Umesh Yadav
Match-timing:
The match is scheduled to start at 3.30 P.M. IST.
Live streaming:
The live streaming of the match will be available on Sony Liv app.
Live telecast:
The live telecast of the match will be available on Sony Six, Sony Ten 3 and Sony Ten 3 HD.
