England vs India, 2nd Test, Day 2 Live Cricket Updates: James Anderson Shines For England, India All Out For 364

Safe Start For England !

India still haven’t breached through the English openers’ defences

No risks taken yet by the batsmen apart from cashing in on a couple of bad deliveries 

ENG 15/0 after 10 overs

India Need A Wicket !

Ishant and Bumrah are bowling their heart out but England openers are still keeping them at bay with a strong defence

ENG 10/0 after 6 overs

England Openers Focussing Hard !

England openers are showing better application than before and are leaving the ball on merit

ENG 7/0 after 4 overs

India Start Well !

Both Ishant and Bumrah are getting movement in the air and off the deck

England openers have a lot of baggage to perform in this match and will need to get over this tough initial phase

ENG 2/0 after 2 overs

England Batting Begins !

England openers Rory Burns and Dom Sibley get off to a cautious start against Indian pacers in their reply

ENG 1/0 after 1 over

Wicket – Wood Gets Jadeja – India All Out !

India All Out – 364

Mark Wood dismisses Ravindra Jadeja as India is all-out for 364 in their first innings

England will soon take the field with their openers Rory Burns and Dom Sibley in the middle

India score 88 runs for seven wickets on Day 2.

Jimmy Anderson finishes with 5/62.#WTC23 | #ENGvIND | https://t.co/rhWT865o91 pic.twitter.com/kxPWxFOnyS

— ICC (@ICC) August 13, 2021

Wicket – Anderson Gets Bumrah !

James Anderson has his fifth of the innings as he gets Bumrah caught behind with a beauty for a duck 

That’s his 31st five-wicket haul

IND 364/9 after 126 overs

A 31st five-wicket haul for James Anderson!

What a star #WTC23 | #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/Y7wNXrCwec

— ICC (@ICC) August 13, 2021

Wicket – Anderson Gets Ishant !

Ishant (8 runs off 29 balls) is dismissed LBW by an incoming Anderson delivery, who has his fourth of the innings

IND 362/8 after 124 overs

Crucial Runs For India !

Indian batsmen in the middle are putting crucial runs on the board as England fail to take the chances coming their way

Again its the lower middle-order that’s chipping in for Team India

IND 361/7 after 123 overs

Ravindra Jadeja 37*

Ishant Sharma 8*

Four !

Ishant goes all whammy on an overpitched delivery towards the off-side for a four

Quite a reaction to Wood’s back-to-back bouncers

IND 355/7 after 121.4 overs

Mark Wood Starts !

Joe Root has brought back Mark Wood and almost gets a wicket with Ishant edging one down the leg-side only to be dropped by a diving Buttler

IND 351/7 after 121.1 overs

Anderson Starts Well !

Anderson is troubling Jadeja off the pitch

His short of good length deliveries are being dealt with caution by the left-hander as Jimmy looks for a fifer at Lord’s

IND 350/7 after 119.3 overs

Tight Fielding !

England are not letting Ishant get off the strike with tight fielding and some accurate bowling as they look for the last three wickets

Jadeja is left stranded at the other end

IND 348/7 after 118.3 overs

England On Target !

Robinson starts with a neat over, gives away only one

IND 347/7 after 117 overs

Play Begins – Post Lunch Session !

Play begins after Lunch

India are expected to go all-out in this session while England in search of more wickets

IND 346/7 after 116.3 overs

Lunch – Day 2, 2nd Test

Lunch Taken On Day 2

Lunch has been taken on the second day as an exciting first session ends

England will be happier of the two teams, having taken four wickets in the first session

India will be looking to score around 400 runs and take the upper hand in the Test

IND 346/7 after 116 overs

Ravindra Jadeja 31*

Ishant Sharma 0*

India score 70 runs for the loss of four wickets in the first session.

Can they get to 400?#WTC23 | #ENGvIND | https://t.co/rhWT865o91 pic.twitter.com/pv3nBnfbb4

— ICC (@ICC) August 13, 2021

Four !

Mark Wood bowls a short ball down the leg side which is dispatched for a boundary by Jadeja behind the stumps

IND 346/7 after 115.5 overs

Lunch Approaching !

With Lunch approaching, India will be looking to go in without any further loss of wickets

IND 340/7 after 115 overs

England On Top !

Suddenly, England look to have the upper hand now with India seven down 

The key to dismissing the visiting sides will be getting Jadeja early

IND 339/7 after 114 overs

Wicket – Ali Gets Shami !

Wickets have started to fall as Ali gets Shami for a duck

IND 336/7 after 110.5 overs

Wicket – Mark Wood Gets Pant !

Pant edges a quick ball by Mark Wood to Buttler as he falls for 37 off 58 balls

England will be happy to see his back but the damage has more or less been already done by Pant

IND 331/6 after 110 overs

Turn Off The Pitch !

After 108 overs, Ali extracts some turn off the surface 

Pant will need to be extremely careful which coming down the pitch to him

IND 327/5

Moeen Ali Into The Attack !

Moeen Ali into the attack now

Joe Root needs to control the run-rate and dismiss Pant quickly

Four !

There’s just no stopping Pant today

He advances down the track to Mark Wood and places one wide of the long-off boundary for an authoritative boundary

IND 312/5 after 104.1 overs

Drinks !

Drinks Break

Sam Curran and Mark Wood are sharing the red cherry

Joe Root has been busy and smart in his bowling changes, something that yielded results right at the end of Day 1 yesterday

With Pant attacking from all corners, Curran’s late swing and Wood’s pace can be used to settle him down or even make him go overboard and play a rash shot

Test captaincy of the highest quality!

IND 303/5 after 103 overs

Rishabh Pant 20*

Ravindra Jadeja 5*

Anderson Show !

Apart from Pant’s counter-attack, James Anderson has literally been impossible to deal with this morning

The veteran pacer is making Jadeja’s stay tougher and tougher with each ball

IND 298/5 after 100 overs

Pant On The Attack !

Pant takes two runs as he dismisses Robinson over mid-off 

Nothing is stopping him as he looks to take down England apart and regain India’s dominance after two early wicket

IND 298/5 after 98.1 overs

Four !

Rishabh Pant is definitely not looking to take any time settling in

Dances down the track to Anderson and cuts on the off-side in the air for a boundary

IND 287/5 after 95.4 overs

Wicket -Anderson Gets Rahane !

Anderson gets into the act straight away as he dismisses Rahane (1 run off 23 balls) on the very first ball of his first over of Day 2

IND struggling a bit at 282/5 after 91.1 overs

Even Jimmy couldn’t believe it pic.twitter.com/tkqV7c9UEr

— ICC (@ICC) August 13, 2021

Four !

Rishabh Pant starts with a terrific boundary off Robinson

IND 282/4 after 90.4 overs

Wicket – Robinson Gets Rahul !!

Only the second ball of the day and Robinson strikes to get rid of KL Rahul (129 runs off 250 balls)

Huge start for England as they have two new batters at the crease now

IND 278/4 after 90.2 overs

An early breakthrough for England!

Ollie Robinson removes KL Rahul on the second ball of the day #WTC23 | #ENGvIND | https://t.co/rhWT865o91 pic.twitter.com/rqbs7pATYK

— ICC (@ICC) August 13, 2021

Robinson To Rahul

Ollie Robinson starts proceedings versus KL Rahul

Gets a looser on the pads which he easily puts away for 2 runs

IND 278/3 after 90.1 overs

Players On The Field Now

Players are coming out on the field and the action will start in a short while from now

Hopefully, rain stays away on Day 2

IND 276/3

KL Rahul 127*

Ajinkya Rahane 1*

Day 1 Belonged To – KL Rahul

KL Rahul’s Brilliance

Rahul made a stupendous century and had his name put up at the Lord’s Honours Board for the very first time as the entire team applauded his heroic effort

At stumps, he was still going strong at 127* and will be eager to score his first 200 (Highest score being 199)

Scenes as @klrahul11 returns to the dressing room after his brilliant * on Day 1 of the Lord’s Test. #TeamIndia #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/vY8dN3lU0y

— BCCI (@BCCI) August 13, 2021

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