After losing the first test in Hyderabad, Rohit Sharma and his men bounced back pretty well to win the second test in Vizag. The second test was evenly posed at the start of the fourth day as England had a record chase in their minds.
They started the day in a similar fashion and scored quick runs. However, it didn’t end in their favor as they fell short of the target by 106 runs and lost the game. With this India has now levelled the series and three games are left to play.
All the Indian bowlers kept it tight despite England’s attacking approach. All bowlers chipped in with a wicket at least. For England, Zak Crawley was the top scorer. After scoring 76 runs in the first innings, he made 73 off 136 balls in the second innings as well, before getting out to Kuldeep Yadav.
However, he got out to a rather controversial decision which was a turning point in England’s inning. Everyone was seen talking about it. Even English captain Ben Stokes also spoke about it after the game during the post-match presentation. Stokes said, “Zak Crawley’s LBW decision was the wrong one by the technology.”
Ben Stokes says "Zak Crawley was not out, it was a mistake of technology"
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Crawley was looking good and got out at 194 and it was followed by quick wickets of Jonny Bairstow and Stokes. There were some good knocks but England got all out for 296 runs. Ravi Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah picked up three wickets each. Bumrah, who picked up nine wickets in the game won the Man of the Match Award.
With this win, Team India jumped to the second spot on the World Test Championship table. The third test between the two teams will start on February 15, This game will take place at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot. The Indian selection committee has not announced the squad yet. We might see the return of KL Rahul and Virat Kohli.
