When India did their homework against the English spin on 2nd test. The match, England must have been wondering that they also save a counter punch, but when the 2nd day ended they were forced to realise that this is not easy to do as much as they had thought so.
The English team was already tumbling with 103 for 5 at the end of 2nd day's play, thus once the third day began, they were lucky to witness two fabulous innings from Joni Bairstow and Ben Stokes who both scored half centuries before departing after such great performance. However, when these both players had played their part, England was still in the situation of the bother to clear out follow-on.
At the end, England got all out on 255, just 200 runs short of the projected score of 1st innings made by Indians, so they were not asked to bat again by the Indian captain. In this way, they nearly avoided the risk of follow-on and felt great and lucky by the virtue of lower down performances by the English batting line up.
Meanwhile, as the 3rd-day play progressed, English pace ballers joined into the party. When India came to bat in the 2nd innings, Stuart Broad brought his skill into play and took out 2 wickets in a floury. In this whole circle of cricket, India also had to enjoy time with Virat Kohli's half-century at the end of the day, But It look likes that India has done their homework against the England in this test match.
What was most exciting was English lower order counter punch when they saved the team from following-on, Thus England did well in the lower middle order, but the fourth-day play shall only decide whether England has the capacity to chase down or not. At the moment, the thing that is clear that King Kohli might look for another century as he comes to bat tomorrow till then, WE can only hope for good preparation by English spinners in 2nd innings and the match shall continue without any further disruption in any cause for sure...
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