IND vs ENG 2016, 2nd Test: Twitter Reacts As India Continue Dominance In Vizag
Nov 18, 2016 at 4:58 PM
Virat Kohli’s men are firmly in the driver’s seat after the conclusion of the Day 2 of the second Test against England at Vizag. In reply to India’s first-innings total of 455, the English team finished were 103 for 5 at stumps.
Earlier, resuming the day on 317 for 4, Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin added 34 runs for the fifth wicket before Moeen Ali dismissed Kohli, who scored 167. The visitors threatened to stop India from getting a big score when they got rid of Wriddhiman Saha and Ravindra Jadeja in quick succession but a 63-run partnership between Ashwin and debutant Jayant Yadav steadied the ship and helped the hosts cross the 400-run mark.
In reply, the visitors started poorly as their skipper Alastair Cook was castled by Mohammad Shami with only four runs on the board. A 47-run partnership between Joe Root and Haseeb Hameed stabilised their innings but Hameed’s suicidal run-out gave the Indian bowlers an opportunity to get back into the game and they duly obliged. Ashwin dismissed Ben Duckett (5) and Joe Root (51) while Jayant Yadav accounted for Moeen Ali. Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow will start the proceedings with the bat on the third day.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the match:
https://twitter.com/cricketworms/status/799562919369281536
https://twitter.com/Manners7SE/status/799569769997410304
A poor session has cost England the Test. Only a Cape Townesque miracle from Stokes and Bairstow can save them. #INDvENG
— Rob Johnston (@RobJ_Cricket) November 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/tashandstar/status/799570370344853505
England are collapsing faster than Western liberal democracy. #INDvENG
— Love at First Slip (@loveatfirstslip) November 18, 2016
What the Indian spinners have done really well in this innings is to be more patient and build pressure. Cat & mouse stuff! #INDvENG
— Richard Anderson (@RichardInd1978) November 18, 2016
The rest of the cricket world will now be wondering if it was such a great idea to convince @BCCI to use DRS. #INDvENG #VizagTest #DRS
— Anand Vasu (@anandvasu) November 18, 2016
Common knowledge @ashwinravi99 takes 80-ish balls for his first breakthrough. Today wicket off 39th ball. Watch out. #INDvENG #VizagTest
— Anand Vasu (@anandvasu) November 18, 2016
Looking at finance situation, BCCI will deducted the money of that broken stump from Mohammed Shami's match fees. #INDvENG
— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) November 18, 2016
How heartening it is to see 2 Indian fast bowlers hitting 90mph on home decks. #INDvENG
— Shamik Chakrabarty (@shamik100) November 18, 2016
Just watched Cook's dismissal. Whattay terrific setup! Classic two balls across and third ball brings back in. Shami is awesome. #INDvENG
— AK (@Suthism) November 18, 2016
That delivery from Shami to Alistair Cook reminded me of Waqar Younis' hey days. What a brilliant ball. #INDvENG
— Sohini M. (@Mittermaniac) November 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/AltCricket/status/799526092033945600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Fast bowler seeing the stump broken of his ball is like seeing the text from crush " let's get married " what a ball from shami..
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) November 18, 2016
India added 152 runs after two drops..
Virat Kohli on 56 made 167 added 111
R Ashwin on 17 made 58 added 41#IndvEng— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) November 18, 2016
Even at the 50 test mark, players are still evolving. Witness Kohli's big hundreds of late.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 18, 2016
The Indian score card has more 100s than most people have in their pockets #INDvENG
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) November 17, 2016