Jadeja-Ashwin dominate Baseball; Yashasvis unbeaten half century

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Hyderabad. The Indian spinners overpowered England’s aggressive baseball style. Veteran spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each as India bowled out England for 246 after tea on the first day of the first cricket Test on Thursday. In response, India has scored 119 runs after losing one wicket till stumps on the first day and is behind by 127 runs in the first innings with nine wickets remaining.

After defeating England, India scored 119 runs in 23 overs with Yashasvi Jaiswal’s aggressive half-century. Yashasvi has scored 76 runs in 70 balls with the help of nine fours and three sixes. Yashasvi made a partnership of 80 runs with captain Rohit Sharma for the first wicket. After scoring 24 runs, Rohit was caught out by Stokes while trying to play a big shot on the ball of spinner Jack Leach. Till the stumps, Shubman Gill is at the crease with Yashasvi after scoring 14 runs.

In the first session in the morning it was an equal affair. But India dominated England in the second session. Although Stokes played some big shots at the beginning of the third session, thanks to Stokes’ half-century, England touched the score of 246 on the scoreboard, but the way India and especially Yashasvi Jaiswal started, put England on the back foot. Gave.

If England want to survive in this match then they will have to dominate India in the first session tomorrow, otherwise this match will go out of their hands very quickly.

Ben Stokes hit the accelerator button when the top score was needed most by playing an inning of 70 runs in 88 balls. England performed brilliantly in bits and pieces in the first Test being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium – the opening partnership made 55 runs while Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow added 61 runs for the fourth wicket. England captain Stokes completed his 31st Test half-century after lunch, while scoring valuable runs with the lower order to take England past 200.

In its ‘baseball’ era, England’s challenge in facing the Indian spinners was limited to 246 runs. England lost eight wickets due to spin as they faced trouble twice at 60-3 and 155-7. Jadeja and Ashwin took three wickets each respectively, although Jadeja was a bit expensive as Stokes came into the attacking line. Axar Patel took two wickets, while fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah also got two wickets.

Stokes, who returned to action after left knee surgery last year, proved he still had his famous fighting qualities by hitting six fours and three sixes to spark a late counter-attack for England. He followed his all-too-familiar pattern of starting slow, pressing the accelerator first to enter a higher gear and smashing boundaries with aggressive stroke-play, scoring the final 53 off his last 36 balls. Scored runs.

After lunch, after being relieved by KS Bharat on the first ball of the third session, Stokes completed his half-century by hitting two consecutive huge sixes down the leg side. After Ashwin dismissed Mark Wood for 11, Stokes lofted the off-spinner for six and then hit a four off Bumrah. Eventually, Bumrah beat Stokes comprehensively on the outside edge and blasted away Stokes’ off stump to wrap up England’s innings in 64.3 overs.

Brief scores: England 246 in 64.3 overs (Ben Stokes 70, Ben Duckett 35; Ravichandran Ashwin 3-68, Ravindra Jadeja 3-88) India 119 for 1 (Yashasvi Jaiswal 76 not out, Rohit Sharma 24, Shubman Gill 14 not out)

–IANS

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