Jaiswal’s 209, Bumrah’s six wickets put India on top in England Test

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The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 209 and six wickets by pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah put India firmly in command of the second Test against England yesterday’s day two.

Bumrah returned figures of 6-45 and wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav took three wickets to bowl out England for 253 as the tourists conceded a first-innings lead of 143 in Visakhapatnam.

England lost wickets at regular intervals and, despite a quick start courtesy of Zak Crawley’s 76, their innings ended in the third session after skipper Ben Stokes’ 47.

“Bumrah bowled unbelievably well,” Crawley said. “I felt it was a better wicket than last week to bat on it at that point and there wasn’t much turn, but you got to hold your hand up sometimes and say ‘well bowled’.” Crawley also praised Jaiswal for his “unbelievable innings”.

“Really big fan of the way he goes about it, he’s really aggressive and it’s obviously going to be a very special knock,” he said. India were 28-0 at stumps in their second innings to extend the lead to 171.

Jaiswal, on 15, and skipper Rohit Sharma, on 13, were batting. Jaiswal set up India’s dominance with his first Test double century to steer the hosts to 396 all out in the first session after they started the day on 336-6.

In reply, England lost Ben Duckett for 21 off Kuldeep but fellow opener Crawley, on his 26th birthday, kept up the charge in his 78-ball blitz laced with 11 fours and two sixes.

Crawley attacked with three straight fours off Bumrah in a demonstration of England’s fearless “Bazball” style of play and raised his fifty with a six.

But he mistimed off Axar Patel’s left-arm spin for a brilliant running catch by Shreyas Iyer and India capitalised on the error.

Bumrah got Joe Root caught at slip for five with his reverse swing and then brought the house down when he bowled first-Test hero Ollie Pope for 23 with a trademark yorker.