IND vs ENG 2nd Test: On the first day of the second Test match between India and England (IND vs ENG) being played in Visakhapatnam, the host team captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. India made 3 important changes in its team. At the end of the first day's play, Team India has made a big score of 336/6. Yashasvi Jaiswal is present at the crease after scoring 179 runs and Ravichandran Ashwin has scored 5 runs.
Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who came to bat after winning the toss, gave a steady start to Team India. Both added 40 runs for the first wicket. Rohit Sharma's bat once again failed to work. He became the victim of Shoaib Bashir after scoring 14 runs. Shoaib Bashir, who is making his debut for England, has taken his first international wicket in the form of Rohit Sharma. After this Shubhman Gill and Yashasvi took the innings forward. Shubman Gill played some aggressive shots but he was dismissed by James Anderson on his personal score of 34 runs. Gill hit 5 fours in 46 balls and scored 34 runs during his innings.
Playing ahead with the score at 103/2, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer led the innings brilliantly. There was an important partnership of 90 runs between the two in which Iyer scored a total of 27 runs. Shreyas Iyer once again missed playing a big innings. At the other end, Jaiswal scored the second century of his Test career and his first century on Indian soil. After the dismissal of Shreyas Iyer, debutant Rajat Patidar came on the field. He batted carefully and formed a good partnership with Jaiswal.
Team India looked to be in a strong position till tea time due to Yashasvi Jaiswal's brilliant century. In the last session of the day, Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his brilliant innings and was supported by Rajat Patidar. There was a partnership of 70 runs between the two batsmen. Rajat Patidar scored 32 runs and his wicket was taken by Rehan Ahmed. After this, Akshar Patel supported Jaiswal but Akshar Patel returned to the pavilion after scoring 27 runs. Wicketkeeper batsman KS Bharat also flopped after scoring 17 runs. Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is unbeaten after scoring 179 runs. He hit 17 fours and 5 sixes in his innings. Shoaib Bashir and Rehan Ahmed took 2-2 wickets for England.
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