Stung in the first game, India needed a riposte for the second. A Bazball-minded England were not going to back down despite the spin-friendly nature of pitches on offer. Amid the onslaught, India's trusted pace spearhead rose to the occasion, yet again. Jasprit Bumrah, supported by Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill, architected India's 106-run victory in Visakhapatnam that levelled the five-match series 1-1 and set things up beautifully for round three in Rajkot. (More Cricket News)
Jaiswal scored a majestic double century in the first innings to help India put 396 runs on the board. Bumrah then bagged a sensational six-wicket haul in the second innings that enabled a sizeale143-run lead for the hosts. In their second essay, Shubman Gill scored a princely century to drive home the advantage.
Later, chasing an improbable target of 399, England continued with their unfettered approach to batting and kept going hammer and tongs in the fourth innings. But Bumrah again stood tall, and was wonderfully complemented by Ravichandran Ashwin.
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The senior statesmen took three wickets apiece to derail the visitors' unlikely pursuit and bowl them out for 292 in the second session on Day 4.
Jaiswal kickstarted the Indian dominance in the game with his free-flowing, elegant knock that made him the third youngest Indian to score a double century. But it was Bumrah who truly set the wheels in motion with an inspired display of seam and reverse-swing bowling.
The 30-year-old from Gujarat made the most of whatever the conditions offered, getting the ball to obey his commands akin to an orchestra maestro. He bamboozled the English batting with late movement at pace, and Ollie Pope's dismissal in particular showed how Bumrah is as good as it gets, when it comes to delivering toe-crushing, incurling yorkers.
