Jasprit Bumrah was the show’s star, as India beat England by 108 runs in Visakhapatnam to level the Series 1-1.
Heading into Day Four, of the second Test, the game was on a knife-edge with England on 67-1, requiring another 332 runs for victory. Rehan Ahmed and Zak Crawley were the not-out batsmen overnight, and they needed to give England a good start.
The duo seemed to look comfortable in the middle while playing their shots.
Rohit Sharma almost pulled off a great catch to dismiss Rehan at 91-1.
Embed from Getty ImagesBut Axar Patel finally got his man when he trapped Rehan on the back foot at 95-2.
Embed from Getty ImagesCrawley continued to attack the bowling.
Embed from Getty ImagesOllie Pope joined in too.
Embed from Getty ImagesCrawley bought up 50 in style.
Embed from Getty ImagesWhile Pop carried on his scintillating form.
Embed from Getty ImagesThat was until Sharma finally held onto a catch to dismiss Pope via the bowling of Ravichandran Ashwin.
Embed from Getty ImagesJoe Root came out to bat with intent.
Embed from Getty ImagesUnfortunately, he got a little overconfident and perished to Ashwin at 154-4.
Embed from Getty ImagesThis was a very uncharacteristic shot by the former England Captain, who threw his wicket away.
Jonny Bairstow was looking in fine touch.
Embed from Getty ImagesAnd Crawley looked as if he was batting on a different surface.
Embed from Getty ImagesBut just as they began taking the game away from India, Kuldeep Yadav got the breakthrough by dismissing Crawley LBW for 73. This was a huge boost for the home side, as the Kent Batter was in full flight.
Embed from Getty ImagesAnd it was a double delight for India, as Jasprit Bumrah claimed Jonny Bairstow as his first wicket of the second innings at 194-6.
Embed from Getty ImagesThe host had a firm grip on this contest, as they went for Lunch with England still requiring 205 runs for victory.
Ben Foakes was looking to be busy at the crease.
Embed from Getty ImagesBut just as he and Ben Stokes were looking to build a partnership, a sharp piece of Shreyas Iyer ran the England Captain out for 11, at 220-7.
Embed from Getty ImagesFoakes and Tom Hartley gave England some hope with a partnership of 55.
Embed from Getty ImagesBut Bumrah put an end to it, by catching Foakes off his bowling at 275-8.
Embed from Getty ImagesMukesh Kumar got on the scoreboard with the wicket of Shoaib Bashir at 281-9
Embed from Getty ImagesJasprit Bumrah ended England’s hopes, by getting the final wicket of Hartley, ending their innings at 292
Embed from Getty ImagesIt was a clinical performance from India’s premier speedster, the Man Of the Match, with figures of 9-91.
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“I am just so happy that we won, and it feels even better to contribute to that success.”
Bumrah: BBC SPORT
Meanwhile, England’s Captain was happy with his side’s effort almost to chase down 398.
“Coming into the last innings we had full belief in ourselves that we could chase it down. The way in which we went about taking on that challenge is what we’re all about.
Stokes: BBC SPORT
While the Indian Captain admired England’s Bazball approach, which came up short today.
“We know we were up against a good challenge, the last couple of years England have been playing really good cricket, so it was always going to be tough. It’s a good, a win but it’s a tough series still.”
Sharma: BBC Sport
So we are at 1-1 in this intriguing Series. What will happen in the Third Test at Rajkot on 15th February?
Find out on World In Sport.
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