Firstly, the Indian team had to deal with the injury woes of their premium fast bowling duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah. In the first match, India at least showed some promise thanks to the captain’s performance in both the innings.
Things turned from bad to worse in the second Test for India as they lost the toss and batted in conditions which were not conducive to batting. After getting bowled out for 107, India looked like they had a chance at the time of third day’s Lunch as England’s score read 89/4 but a 189 stand between Johny Bairstow and Chris Woakes took the game away from India.
In addition to scoring 137 runs with the bat, Woakes also took 4 wickets in the match and was rightly awarded the man of the match. Among the English bowlers, James Anderson and Stuart Broad were the pick of the bowlers as they picked up 9 and 5 wickets respectively.
Also read: England vs India, Second Test, Day 3: Match report and Twitter reactions
Post-match remarks from the captains:
Virat Kohli:
The Indian captain concluded the English team completely outplayed the World No.1 side.
Kolhi felt that there is a need to perform irrespective of the unpredictable weather conditions. He also admitted that the combination of the team was a bit off.
Joe Root:
The captain had quite a few words of praise for the man of the match.
The stylish right-handed batsman also had some positive words for debutant Ollie Pope.
Also read: England vs India, Second Test, Day 2: Match report and Twitter reactions
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