By Kaif - Aug 02, 2025 11:44 AM
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IND vs ENG 5th Test Day 2 Highlights: The second day's play ended on August 1 in the fifth Test match between England and India at Kennington Oval. Today, while India's first innings ended at 224 runs, England scored 247 runs in the first innings and gained a slight lead of 23 runs over the visiting team.
On the other hand, by the end of the day's play, India has scored a total of 75 runs at the loss of two wickets in the second innings. India's lead over England has increased to 52 runs. At the time of stumps, Yashasvi Jaiswal is batting at 51* and Akashdeep is batting at 4*.
Talking about the second day's game, India started playing ahead of 204/6 today, and Team India lost four wickets within 20 runs. For India, Karun Nair contributed 57, Sai Sudarshan 38, and Washington Sundar 26 runs in the first innings. However, openers Yashasvi Jaiswal 2, Shubman Gill 21, and Ravindra Jadeja could contribute only 9 runs.
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On the other hand, talking about England's bowling, Gus Atkinson, who is returning to the match, bowled brilliantly and took five wickets for 33 runs in 21.4 overs. Apart from this, Josh Tongue got 3 wickets. Apart from this, Chris Woakes, who was out of the match due to injury, got 1 success.
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After this, England lost their 9 wickets for a total score of 247 runs after batting 51.2 overs in the first innings. Chris Woakes did not come to bat due to a shoulder injury. Jack Crowley scored 64, Ben Duckett 43 and Harry Brook scored 53 runs for England in the first innings. Mohammad Siraj and Prasidh Krishna took 4-4 wickets and Akashdeep took 1 wicket for India.
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At the end of the second day, India scored 75 runs at the loss of 2 wickets after batting for 18 overs in the second innings. KL Rahul was out after scoring 7 runs and Sai Sudarshan was out after scoring 11 runs. Josh Tongue and Gus Atkinson took 1-1 wickets for England.
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