India vs England LIVE: Cricket result and reaction as hosts win after late Hartley resistance

India and England battle in the second Test in Visakhapatnam

Charlie Allison on England's Super sixes defeat to Australia

England faltered in their bid to chase down what would have been the highest-ever successful fourth-innings run chase in India, as the hosts levelled the series with an 106-run victory.

Zak Crawley got England off to a strong start at the top of the order after they resumed day four on 67 for one, following the wicket of Ben Duckett in the evening session of day three.

However, the wickets began to tumble. It was a case of starts but without big scores, aside from Crawley’s 73, no established England batter got close to a half century, and continued to struggle against the skill and speed of Jasprit Bumrah, who was the pick of the Indian bowlers.

Ollie Pope, who made a match-changing 196 as England overturned a 190-run deficit in the first Test at Hyderabad was out for 23.

One of England’s greatest-ever batters Joe Root was out for 16, and Ben Stokes was the result of a good piece of fielding and was run out for 11.

It would have taken something special, perhaps akin to the miracle of Headingley for England to even get close to the required 399 runs, but as the top order returned to the dressing room, it looked to become an impossible task.

Follow all the live updates from the second Test match at Vizag in the blog below.

India vs England LIVE: Second Test updates

• India host England in the second Test in Visakhapatnam, trailing 1-0
• Wicket! Ben Duckett out for 28! ct Bharat b Ashwin - England 50-1
• Wicket! Rehan Ahmed out for 23! lbw Axar - England 95-2
• Wicket! Ollie Pope out for 23! ct Sharma b Ashwin - England 132-3
• Wicket! Joe Root out for 16! ct Patel b Ashwin - England 154-4
• Wicket! Zak Crawley out for 73! lbw Yadav - England 194-5
• Wicket! Jonny Bairstow out for 26! lbw Bumrah - England 194-6
• Wicket! Ben Stokes out for 11! run out Iyer - England 220-7
• Wicket! Foakes out for 36! ct and b Bumrah - England 275-8
• Wicket! Shoaib Bashir out for 0! ct Bharat b Mukesh - England 281-9
• Wicket! Tom Hartley out for 36! b Bumrah - England 292 all out
• India win by 106 runs

India vs England

0.2

James Anderson to Yashasvi Jaiswal. Length ball, down leg side on the back foot glancing, Play and Miss (Leg Side) for no runs, fielded by Foakes.

2 February 2024 04:02

India vs England

0.1

NEW BALL. James Anderson to Yashasvi Jaiswal. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot shoulders arms, Left for no runs, fielded by Foakes.

2 February 2024 04:02

India vs England

Teams will be announced at the toss

1 February 2024 04:01

[1 February 2024 04:00 · Sonia Twigg]

India vs England - Visakhapatnam Test day one

Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of the second Test of the five-match series between India and England.

The tourists came from behind to claim victory in a thrilling encounter at Hyderabad in the first Test, and will be looking to build on that in the second.

India were dealt a double blow ahead of the game with KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja ruled out with injury, but will name their team at the toss.

While England will hand a debut cap to Shoaib Bashir, who has just six first-class matches to his name, but has caught the eye with his height and hand size.