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
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.
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Axar Patel to Jonny Bairstow. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep extra cover for 2 runs, fielded by Kumar.
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Axar Patel to Zak Crawley. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Kumar.
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Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Off break length ball, off stump on the back foot driving, mis-timed to backward point for no runs, fielded by Patel.
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Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot working, inside edge to point for no runs, fielded by Bharat.
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Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Off break length ball, middle stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Bharat.
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Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot working, to mid on for no runs, fielded by Patidar.
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Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Iyer.
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Axar Patel to Jonny Bairstow. Arm length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, inside edge to backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Kumar.
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Axar Patel to Zak Crawley. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to point for 1 run, fielded by Patidar.
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