Series – Eng vs Ind, 1st Test, India tour of England, 2018
Toss – England won the toss and opt to bowl
Player of the Match – Chris Woakes
Umpires – Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Marais Erasmus (South African)
TV Umpire – Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Match Referee – Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire –Alex Wharf (England)
Hello everyone and welcome to coverage of 2nd test match played between India and England in Lord’s, London. India Tour of Ireland and England in 2018. In this tour India will play Two T-20 match with Ireland and Three T-20 matches with England and Three ODI matches with England and also play five test matches with England team. In 1st test match, England won by 31 runs against India.
In 2nd test match England won the toss and option to bowl first, India suffered an embarrassing innings and 159-run defeat in the second Test against England after yet another batting failure on day four at Lord’s, leaving the struggling visitors 0-2 behind in the five-match series. Indian batsmen failed to learn from their mistakes and were all at sea against the moving ball as the second innings folded up for 130 in 47 overs. James Anderson (4-23) once again toyed with the opposition, taking his match tally to nine, and equally effective was Stuart Broad (4-44). England, who resumed at overnight 356 for six, declared their first innings at 396 for seven earlier on Sunday with Chris Woakes staying unbeaten on 137.
With the rain threat looming large over the remainder of the game, India needed to bat for survival. But it wasn’t to be as the batsmen once again cut a sorry picture after mustering 107 in the first innings that lasted just 35.2 overs. The crushing loss has given the Indian team management plenty to think about ahead of the third Test beginning August 18 at Nottingham. The opening day was washed out here and even on Sunday time was lost due to intermittent rain, but England still comfortably got the result they wanted with a day to spare. The weather was also kind on the impressive hosts, who batted in the sunshine on day three while overcast conditions made the job tougher for the Indian batsmen.
Post tea, Ravichandran Ashwin (33 not out) and Hardik Pandya (26) added 55 runs for the seventh wicket, the highest for India in two innings of this Test. More importantly, they batted out nearly 12 overs showing that with a little more application, this Indian line-up could have done better. Both batsmen took hits on their right hands yet continued to soldier on. Chris Woakes (2-24) broke the resistance, trapping Pandya lbw in the 43rd over. An over later, Anderson came back into the attack with a single-minded focus to finish off the Indian innings. Kuldeep Yadav (0) was bowled, a pair in this Test, while Mohammed Shami (0) played a horrendous shot to fall lbw two overs later.
Kohli (17), struggling with a stiff back, came out to bat as India reached 50 in the 26th over. He was clearly restricted in his movement and stroke-making, and received on-field attention. Four overs later, Broad struck twice. First, Kohli was caught at forward short leg, with DRS detecting a faint glove as the ball bounced off his jumper. Immediately, another quick inswinger saw Dinesh Karthik trapped lbw for a first-ball duck. This was after England declared their first innings at 396 for seven in 88.1 overs, taking a 289-run lead. ndia then got off to another poor start. James Anderson (2-8) had Murali Vijay (0) caught behind in the third over. This was his 100th Test wicket at Lord’s.
Vijay became the sixth Indian batsman to score a ‘pair’ in a Test, and he has now managed only 128 runs in 10 overseas innings against South Africa and England in 2018. Four overs later, Anderson trapped KL Rahul (10) plumb lbw and the batsman walked off without even checking for DRS with his partner Pujara. India suffered an embarrassing innings and 159-run defeat in the second Test against England after yet another batting failure on day four at Lord’s, leaving the struggling visitors 0-2 behind in the five-match series.
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