India clinched a big victory against England on day 5 of the second Test at Vishakhapatnam. England began the day on their overnight score 87/2 and was bowled out for just 158 runs. India won this Test by 246 runs.
Winning this second Test match of this series, India is leading the 5-match Test series by 1-0.
Brief Scores: India – 455 (Virat Kohli 167, Cheteshwar Pujara 119, James Anderson 3/62) & 204 (Virat Kohli 81, Jayant Yadav 27*, Stuart Broad 4/33)
England – 255 (Ben Stokes 70, Joe Root 53, Ravichandran Ashwin 5/67) & 158 (Alastair Cook 54, Jonny Bairstow 34*, Ravichandran Ashwin 3/30)
Results – India won by 246 runs
Here are some statistical highlights of day 5 of the 2nd Test:
- Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is currently leading Test wicket-taker in 2016. On the 5th day of this Test, Ashwin surpassed Sri Lankan left-arm spinner Rangana Herath (54 Test wickets in 2016). At the end of this Test, Ashwin picked up 55 Test wickets in 2016.
- In the 4th innings of this Test, England were bundled out for just 158 runs. Last time England had crossed 150 runs in the 4th innings of a Test match on Indian soil was in 1977.
- During the 4th innings of this Test, three English batsmen scored ducks. It was the 4th time where 3 English batsmen scored ducks in a Test innings on the Indian soil and out of these 4, it was the 2nd time in the 4th innings.
There are no incidents where more than 3 English batsmen scored ducks in a Test innings on Indian soil.
- India won this Test by 246 runs. It was India’s largest Test victory (by runs) against England on the home soil. The previous largest Test victory (by runs) for India against England in India was by 186 runs at Kolkata in 1961.
Also, this victory was India’s second largest Test victory (by runs) against England at overall. India’s largest Test victory (by runs) against England was by 279 runs at Leeds in 1986.
- Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli won another Test and stretched his recent undefeated streak as Indian Test captain. This Test victory was Kohli’s 15th undefeated streak as Indian Test captain which takes him to the third position on a list of undefeated streak for an Indian Test captain.
- Indian skipper Virat Kohli won the man of the match award for his outstanding batting performances in this Test. Kohli became 4th Indian Test captain to win Man of the Match award against England. The other three Indian captains are Sunil Gavaskar (at Bangalore in 1981), Kapil Dev (at Lord’s in 1986) and Mohammad Azharuddin (at Kolkata in 1993).