Ahead of the start of the second day of the ongoing first Test against England, the India captain, Virat Kohli on Saturday got his team in a huddle and was seen giving some pep talk. On Friday, the Indian players were seen chasing the ball almost the whole day as Joe Root and Dominic Sibley frustrated the hosts on the first day of the ongoing first Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
BCCI’s official Twitter handle shared a video on Saturday in which Virat Kohli can be seen discussing some strategy for Day 2 and the board captioned the post as: “Rise and shine. We are building up to DAY 2 here at Chepauk.”
Rise and shine ☀️
We are building up to DAY 2️⃣ here at Chepauk #TeamIndia 🇮🇳 #INDvENG @Paytm pic.twitter.com/siebtqIW0c
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 6, 2021
Playing his 100th Test, Root was unbeaten at 128 runs off 197 balls. For India, Jasprit Bumrah also said that he noticed how well Root was tackling the Indian spinners. Bumrah asserted the hosts will not just be focusing on the English skipper when the two sides take the field on Saturday as all remaining seven wickets are equally important.
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As per the quotes in ANI, after the end of Day 1, Bumrah said, “Every wicket is equally important for us. All wickets are equally important not focusing on one particular individual (Root). We picked up three wickets today and our goal will be to pick seven wickets and we are focusing on that. Not a particular individual, there are many good players in their team and we give everyone equal respect.”
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Root and Dom Sibley put England in control in the first Test, forming a stunning 200-run partnership on the first day. At stumps, England’s score read 263/3 with Root playing on 128 runs. However, India ended the day on a high as Bumrah dismissed Sibley (87) in the 90th over.
