India is focused on a strong first innings lead at the stumps on day 2 of the 3^rd Test between India and England at Mohali. England began the day with their overnight score of 268/8 and made 283 runs before they were bowled out.

In reply, India made 271/6 at the stumps of the day. At the end of the day, India are just 12 runs behind England’s first inning total.

Brief Scores: England – 283 (Jonny Bairstow 89, Jos Buttler 43, Mohammed Shami 3/63)

India – 271/6 (Virat Kohli 62, Ravichandran Ashwin 57*, Adil Rashid 3/81)

Here are some statistical highlights of day 2 of the 3^rd Test:

England were bundled out for 283 runs in the 1^st innings of this Test. It was the 2^nd lowest total by a visiting team in the 1^st innings of a Test match at Mohali. The lowest 1^st innings Test total by a visiting team at Mohali was 238 by England in 2001.

After losing first 4 wickets for just 87 runs, England made 283 runs in the 1^st innings of this Test. Last time a visiting team scored more than England’s 283-runs after losing first 4 wickets before 100-runs, was Australia in 2001 at Mumbai Test. From 98/4, Australia made 349 runs in that Test innings.

Indian Test debutant Karun Nair was dismissed by run-out after scoring just 4 runs. Nair became 6^th Indian Test cricketer to be run out on debut inning and 12^th Indian Test cricketer to be run out in debut Test.

England leg-spinner Adil Rashid has already picked up 16 wickets in this Test series. It is the 4^th highest no.of wickets taken by a visiting team’s leg-spinner in a Test series on the Indian soil.

On this day, Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin crossed 500 runs in this calendar year (2016). Ashwin only became second Indian Test cricketer to score 500+ runs and also to take 50+ wickets in a calendar year. The first Indian Test cricketer to achieve this feat was Kapil Dev who did this twice (1979 and 1983).