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Team India thumped England by 317 runs in the second Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai to level the four-match series 1-1 on Tu𒉰esday.
The hosts bundled out Joe Root-led side for 164 in their second innings with more than four sess♔ions to spare in the contest. It was the biggest victory for India against England in the longest format.
Biggest Test wins for India (by runs)
- 337 vs SA Delhi 2015/16
- 321 vs NZ Indore 2016/17
- 320 vs Aus Mohali 2008/09
- 318 vs WI North Sound 2019
- 317 vs Eng Chennai 2020/21
- 304 vs SL Galle 2017
In their massive chase of 482 runs, England began at the overnight score of 53/3, but their batsmen struggled to make partnerships and kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (3/53) p💝icked up three wickets in the second essay after taking a fifer in the first innings.
Debutant Axar Patel (5/60) took a five-wicket🅺 haul in the second innings and became the sixth Indian spinner to take a fifer in his maiden Test.
Spinners taking fifer on Test debut for India:
- 5/64 – VV Kumar v Pak, Delhi 1960/61
- 6/103 – D Doshi v Aus, Chennai 1979/80
- 8/61 & 8/75 – N Hirwani v WI, Chennai 1987/88
- 5/71 – Amit Mishra v Aus, Mohali 2008/09
- 6/47 – R Ashwin v WI, Delhi 2011/12
- 5/41 – Axar Patel v Eng, Chennai 2020/21
The action will now move to A🐓hmedabad where the third Test, which will be a day/night 🎀affair with the pink ball, begins on February 24.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Superb character and fighting spirit on display.🙌 Well done boys. The focus is now on the next 🐼one. 🇮🇳💪
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli)
Heartiest Congrat🔯ulations for an amazing win at Chepauk. ��🇳�ꦕ� Incredible performance, very well deserved boys. 🙌
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Looking forward to the next one.
— Mpumelelo Mbangwa (@mmbangwa)
चेन्नई का हिसाब चेन्नई में ही बराबर 👏❀👏🇮🇳🇮🇳
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
So India win by 317 r🤡uns. 1-1 and all to play for in Ahmedabad. Well played. is my MOM for his all r🐼ound show while had a telling impact with the 161. Terrific performance.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
⬆️ India move to the No.2 position
⬇️ England slip to No.4Here's the latest standings table after the conclusion of the second Test!
— ICC (@ICC)
The onlꩲy question left is who is the man of the match .. Rohit or Ashwin ??
— Nasser Hussain (@nassercricket)
Congratulations on a fifer on debut 👏👏 knew you'd do well 🙂
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
5-wkt haul on Test debut by Indian left-arm s🍸pinne🧸rs:
6/103 – Dilip Doshi v Aus, Chennai, 1979
5/60* – Axar Patel v Eng, Chennai, 2021— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
India will be happy with this emphatic win and also have found their receipe for success. Beware England. Hope someone isn't whining in Yorkshire 😄
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
One game each. This series has so much mo🐠re drama and narrative to🎉 come. Compelling yo say the least. I can’t wait for the next two matches.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
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STAT ALERT: This is the first time England have been bowled out twice in a Test for an aggregate of fewer than 300 runs since 1995 (147 & 89 v WI, Edgbaston). First time away from home since Feb 1984 (82 & 93 v NZ, Christchurch).
Full list:— Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket)
The last partnership was 38,highest for England in the match !! 317 run victory is more than a hammering … !! Well played India … Too much skill for England this week …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
England – 298/20
Rohit and Ashwin – 306/4— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek)
England fully😼 duffed up in tough conditions: India scored the only two centuries, t﷽he three further half-centuries, and took the only two five-wicket hauls.
— Will Macpherson (@willis_macp)
Two-in-one from Pant to finish it, proving he's better at stumpings than Foakes and handstands than Stokes
— Matt Roller (@mroller98)
That winning feeling! 👌👌
Smiles all round as ⛄beat England in the second Test at Chepauk to level the series 1-1. 👏👏
Scorecard 👉
— BCCI (@BCCI)
England won in Chennai last week like the England of 2021. England lost in Chennai this w𓆉eek like the England of 1993
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07)
Rohit and 𒆙Ashwin (306 runs) beat the England team (298 r▨uns) by 8 runs!
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
India's biggest plus in the 2nd innings has been the keeping of Rishabh Pant
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Most runs during the 2nd Test:
187 – Rohit Sharma
164 – England's 2nd inns
161 – Rohit in 1st inns
134 – England's 1st inns
119 – Ravichandran Ashwin
106 – Ashwin in 2nd inns
80 – Rohit in 1st session— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
Performance playing the conventional sweep, slog-sweep ♔& reverse sweep in this Test
India
Average – 25.5
Scoring Rate – 9.87 rpo
Percentage Balls – 7.5%England
Average – 8.4
Scoring Rate – 5.04 rpo
Percentage Balls – 9.3%— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)
The only Indian player with a 100 in an innings and 8 or more wickets in a Test match – R Ashwin. And he has done so on two occasions!
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Most wins as Indian captain in Tests in India:
Virat Kohli – 21 (28 matches)
MS Dhoni – 21 (30 matches)— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
