Ben Stokes drops bat out of exasperation as Jasprit Bumrah produces another cracking delivery

After an explosive begin to their first innings, England witnessed a surprising collapse on Day 2 of the second Test match towards India on Saturday, February 3. Jasprit Bumrah produced one of the perfect spells in red-ball cricket with a five-fer to place India in a snug place within the Vizag Test. 

Bumrah introduced India again within the recreation with beneficial wickets of Joe Root and Ollie Pope within the second session after which delivered the massive wicket of Ben Stokes with a surprising delivery. Stokes was making an attempt so as to add some essential runs to England’s stumbling innings and was taking away momentum by smashing 47 off simply 54 balls. 

Rohit Sharma launched Bumrah when Stokes and Tom Hartley added 47 runs for the eighth wicket. Bumrah delivered immediately with a sensational delivery to Stokes that ripped off stump. The delivery took Stokes unexpectedly as he clearly was anticipating some bounce on the ball. 

English captain dropped his bat in frustration and raised each palms to indicate his disbelief. 

After Stokes’ departure, Bumrah additionally eliminated Tom Hartley, who scored essential 21 runs, after which put England out of distress by claiming his sixth wicket of the innings. Bumrah produced his greatest figures of 45/6 on Indian soil and Kuldeep Yadav picked three to bowl out England on 253.

With a 143-run lead within the first innings, India stay in a powerful place to win the Vizag Test and equal the five-match collection to 1-1. 

India Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Rajat Patidar, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mukesh Kumar

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