As expected, Team India has defeated England by a humongous margin of 317 runs as they have pulled off a brilliant comeback in the four-match Test series. They are now completely in the race to qualify for the final of the World Test Championship and will have to win at least one more match in the next two games while making sure they don’t lose the other one. Ahead of Day 4, the visitors were already reeling at 53/3 and the excitement was only about by when the hosts will seal the victory.
And it took just 35.1 overs for the Indian spinners to run through the opposition as the visitors didn’t show any kind of fight. Dan Lawrence never looked comfortable facing the India bowlers as e coming down the track regularly on the fourth morning. But he was premeditating a lot and Ravi Ashwin trapped him down the leg-side getting him stumped. Joe Root and Ben Stokes then denied the hosts a wicket for the most part of the next 13 overs.
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However, R Ashwin managed to dismiss Stokes for the 10th time in his Test career, for the 10th time in Tests, and this proved to be the final nail in the coffin for the visiting team. After Ashwin, it was time for Axar Patel to take matters into his own hands. Ollie Pope looked jittery during his short stint and when he finally tried to play a sweep shot off the left-arm spinner, he could only top-edge it to the deep mid-wicket fielder.
The chinaman Kuldeep Yadav also managed to get a couple of wickets as he dismissed Ben Foakes at the stroke of lunch after finally coming into the attack in the 43rd over of the innings. Soon after the second session began, Axar managed to pounce the prized wicket of Root who gloved one to Ajinkya Rahane.
A ball spits out of the rough and bounced even as the English skipper prodded forward as he was the only batsman who looked a bit comfortable as he once again played sweeps and reverse sweeps to perfection scoring 33 runs. Axar Patel also got the wicket of Olly Stone as he found his plumb in front of the stumps as he completed a five-wicket haul on debut in Tests.
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Once the ninth wicket fell, Moeen Ali decided to take the attack to the spinner and he entertained the crowd for some time. He smacked five huge sixes taking on especially Axar hitting him for three consecutive maximums. He scored 43 in no time but it was only going to be a matter of time and eventually, Kuldeep Yadav bluffed Moeen in flight to get him stumped as England was bundled out for 164 runs in the second innings and Team India leveled the series in style.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
That winning feeling! 👌👌
Smiles all round as #TeamIndia beat England in the second @Paytm #INDvENG Test at Chepauk to level the series 1-1. 👏👏
Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/Hr7Zk2kjNC pic.twitter.com/VS4rituuiQ
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 16, 2021
Congratulations @BCCI for winning the 2nd test #INDvENG congratulations @akshar2026 for ur 1st 5 wickets haul..wish you many more
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) February 16, 2021
https://twitter.com/KP24/status/1361574807167528962?s=20
Brilliant comeback #TeamIndia 👏 🇮🇳 Lots of fighting spirit shown by the boys out there! On to Motera 🙌 @BCCI pic.twitter.com/P22MlWHE7S
— Krunal Pandya (@krunalpandya24) February 16, 2021
India will be happy with this emphatic win and also have found their receipe for success. Beware England. Hope someone isn't whining in Yorkshire 😄 #INDvENG #bcci
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) February 16, 2021
The last partnership was 38,highest for England in the match !! 317 run victory is more than a hammering … #INDvsENG !! Well played India … Too much skill for England this week …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 16, 2021
One game each. This series has so much more drama and narrative to come. Compelling yo say the least. I can’t wait for the next two matches. #INDvsENG
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) February 16, 2021
Congratulations on a fifer on debut @akshar2026 👏👏 knew you'd do well 🙂 #INDvsENG https://t.co/szKu0dYGj7
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) February 16, 2021
Wow what a outstanding debut bro @akshar2026 lots of love, keep doing well and please stay fit bhai 😂 congratulations for 5 wickets haul #indvsEngTestseries2021 #aksharpatel #ChennaiTest
— Khaleel Ahmed 🇮🇳 (@imK_Ahmed13) February 16, 2021
A fifer on debut is equally magical! 🤩 Well bowled Patel. Red ball suiting you on screen @akshar2026 😉
— Jaydev Unadkat (@JUnadkat) February 16, 2021
What a fantastic show #TeamIndia. Great comeback. Complete team effort 🔥❤️. On To the next one #pinkballtest😍 @BCCI
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar) February 16, 2021
Heartiest Congratulations #TeamIndia for an amazing win at Chepauk. 🇮🇳🏏 Incredible performance, very well deserved boys. 🙌 #INDvENG @BCCI pic.twitter.com/bDdIGio6U2
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) February 16, 2021
Super team effort 👏 Excellent performances with the bat and the ball. Great win 🇮🇳 @BCCI pic.twitter.com/uTYl5q895n
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) February 16, 2021
