England ended Day’s 2 proceedings with a lead of 22 runs and nine wickets in the bag. In fact, India had their backs against the wall when they were tottering for 100-5. However, a brilliant 22nd Test hundred from Indian skipper Virat Kohli helped the visitors in getting close to England’s first innings score. Thus, we bring you the Statistical highlights of Day 2 of the first Test match.
Kohli scored his first hundred on the English soil and thus silenced his critics who questioned his skills in England. Thus, the tourists conceded an innocuous lead of 13 runs. In fact, at one stage it looked like that India will lag behind by a bigger margin to England’s score.
Thus, Virat Kohli played a piece de resistance of 149 off just 225 balls to get his team back into the contest. Meanwhile, Kohli was given two lives by Dawid Malan. Consequently, the right-hander must have written a ‘Thank You’ note to the England southpaw batsman.
Furthermore, Kohli had nothing to lose after he reached his masterclass hundred. The Indian skipper had to take his risks while batting with the tail. He once again maneuvered the field with guile and played some delightful shots throughout his innings. In fact, Kohli scored 92 of the last 105 runs as he dominated the strike.
Meanwhile, Ravichandran Ashwin was able to hit the final blow of the day as he scalped Alastair Cook wicket with the replica of the first innings dismissal.
Here are the Statistical Highlights of Day Two of the First Test Match:
Ben Stokes reached the landmark of 100 Test wickets. Thus, the talismanic all-rounder became the fifth England player to reach the combination of 2500+ runs and 100 scalps.
The 20-year old Sam Curran scalped four wickets. Therefore, the southpaw seamer became the youngest to take a four-fer as an England bowler being 20 year and 60 days old.
When Virat Kohli went past his fifty run-mark, he became the fifth Indian captain to score a fifty in his maiden innings as a skipper in England.
Virat Kohli completed 7000 International runs as Indian captain in 124 innings. The next best to Kohli is former West Indian great Brian Lara who is 40 innings away, having reached there in 164 innings.
Virat Kohli became the 6th skipper to miss 150 by a solitary run.
Virat Kohli has the second best 50 to 100 conversion rate. Kohli has gone past the fifty run-mark on 38 occasions out of which he has converted 22 fifties into a hundred score. Thus, Kohli has a conversion rate of 57.89%, which is second best to Sir Don Bradman.
