IND vs ENG: Bashir-Hartley dominate on Day 2 as England take complete control of Ranchi Test

England spinner dominated Day 2 of the fourth Test match against India to get ahead in the game on Saturday, February 24. Shoaib Bashir and Tom Hartley utilised playing conditions better on Ranchi’s cracked-up surface to rattle India to 219/7 before stumps.

Day 1’s star Joe Root remained unbeaten on 122 off 274 as England’s first innings collapsed on 353, adding 51 runs on Day 2. Ravindra Jadeja picked all three wickets for India before lunch to put India in a driving seat going into the first innings.

But England quickly balanced the game with Rohit Sharma’s early wicket before lunch. James Anderson dismissed the Indian captain on just two runs in the third over but the visiting side failed to build up momentum.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill added 82 runs for the second wicket to get India back in the driving seat with the former scoring another brilliant fifty.

India Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

England Playing XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Tom Hartley, Ollie Robinson, Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson