Summary

  • India lead by 249

  • Rohit 25* - survives stumping on 20

  • 15 wickets fall on second day

  • Significant turn on deteriorating pitch

  • India 329: Rohit 161, Moeen 4-128

  • England 134: Foakes 42*, Pope 22

  • Ashwin 5-43, Ishant 2-22, Axar 2-40

  • Second Test, Chennai, day two

  • England lead 1-0 in four-Test series

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry

  1. Eng 87-5

    Kuldeep has a mop of curly hair. He has a chat with skipper Kohli and then is round the wicket to Pope. A top-edged sweep falls short of deep square leg. India are in retreat ever so slightly.

  2. Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on The Cricket Social

    I have no problem with a pitch ragging from day one if it is consistent spin. This is not consistent spin. It is not skill of a bowler.

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  4. Tuff Justice

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    Re: Tuff Justice I think Aggers would make a superb retired ex chief constable who Tuffers confides in when he's inevitably landed himself in hot water

    Neil, Liverpool (Other end of the river Mersey to Stockport)

  5. Eng 82-5

    Pope and Foakes take a well-earned drink. Considering the mess England were in when they came together, they have done exceptionally well. Batting is possible on this pitch.

  6. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician on The Cricket Social

    England have now batted longer than India lasted in their first innings against England at Lord's in 2018. Which was harder to bat on?

  7. Eng 81-5

    Yesterday we saw that batting got easier after the first session, when the ball was softer, about 30 overs in. India got through that three down and with Rohit still there. England lost all of their top five.

  8. Get Involved

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    Regarding Tuff Justice. David Warner would be that corrupt detective who fixes evidence in cases and cheats his way to solve crimes.

    Jason (not in Stockport)

  9. Eng 77-5

    On the pitch, how difficult is it for a groundsman to prepare back-to-back wickets in India? This strip would have been baked for all of the first Test. No wonder it's dusty.

  10. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on The Cricket Social

    I am not grumpy about a pitch in India spinning. That is the challenge of playing in India. But they shouldn't spin as early as this.

  11. Eng 77-5

    A sign that England have scored a small victory - India change the bowling. Kuldeep Yadav, with an action of a man controlled by a puppeteer, is bowling his left-arm wrist spin. A very good take down the leg side from Pant (anything Foakes can do) leads to a big appeal for a catch off Pope, but it's only pad.

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  13. Eng 76-5

    I can totally see it. Tuffers as the grizzled outsider detective, hated by the establishment but always getting results. Jack Leach would be his willing yet inexperienced sidekick. Ed Smith the stuffy chief constable. Isa Guha, with her myriad of qualifications, probably doing autopsies etc.

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  15. Eng 76-5

    I'm in Knutsford too, Matt. Whereabouts are you? When they open the pubs I'll meet you in the Rose and Crown.

    Lovely stroke from Foakes, driving Ashwin through mid-on for four. Super gloveman, handy bat, handsome. If my sister wasn't married, I'd be introducing her to Ben Foakes.

  16. Get Involved

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    One plus is. I either don't watch because there is no point or the game finishes today. So I can sleep normally for the next few days.

    Matt, Knutsford

  17. Eng 70-5

    Cheers, David. I hope you have a lovely day too.

    Ollie Pope somehow survives when Axar Patel gets one through his defence. Huge appeal against Foakes. That looked closer than the one India reviewed.

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  19. Eng 66-5

    Matt in Scotland has got back in touch to say other than needing to learn more about cricket, we do good work. I'm glad we're still friends.

  20. Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on The Cricket Social

    Has the ball just done a tiny, tiny bit less after lunch? We haven't seen as many balls that are totally unplayable.