After losing the first Test by a hefty margin of 227-run on the fifth day, Team India is performing brillaintly against England in the ongoing second Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. India batsman Dinesh Karthik feels that the host will beat England in three days.
Taking to Twitter Karthik wrote, "England took 5 days to win the first test, I get a feeling India is going to get this done in 3 days in this test #INDvENG."Dinesh
In the ongoing second Test, India are dominating the game after taking four quick wickets of the visitors in their first innings. Joe Root, Dominic Sibley, Dan Lawrence, and Rory Burns failed to get going for England and as a result, India gained an upper hand in the first session on day two. At the lunch break, England's score reads 39/4 and the visitors are still trailing India by 290 runs. For England, Ben Stokes is currently unbeaten on 8. The first session saw eight wickets falling and 68 runs being scored from 25.5 overs.
On the first day, Rohit Sharma played a knock of 161 while Ajinkya Rahane provided him support with a knock of 67 to help the hosts gain an upper hand in the match. Rishabh Pant's (58*) unbeaten half-century guided the side to 329 in their first innings.
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