The visiting side England shocked the Indian side at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in the first Test of the 5-match series in Hyderabad. A crucial victory by a small margin of 28 runs has them take a lead of 1-0 in this all-important 5-match series.
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Ollie Pope batted longer in their second innings to score 196 runs against his name and helped England set a defendable target against the mighty Indians! On the other hand, English spinner Tom Hartley bagged 7 wickets in the fourth innings to help them give the upper hand in this series!
The second Test match is being played at the ACA VDCA International Stadium in Visakhapatnam, the southern coastal city of India. India would like to win this match and level the series going forward into the remaining three Test matches on this tour!
There was too much talk about England's Bazball approach and it would surely be difficult for the Indian team but not impossible! As far as the Indian squad is concerned, Virat Kohli opted himself out of the first two Test matches while Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul were ruled out of this second Test match of the series in Vizag owing to injuries!
Coincidentally, India lost the first Test match against England when these two teams last played a Test match series in India in 2021! However, the home side made a brilliant comeback in that 4-match series to snatch series victory!
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