After a stunning defeat in the primary Test of the five-match sequence at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, India are making ready to bounce again at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam which goes to host the 2nd Test.
India have a formidable record in Test cricket in Vizag. Team India have performed two Tests at the venue and gained each in convincing methods.
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium hosted its first-ever red-ball recreation in the worldwide circuit when England performed India in November 2016. The then-India captain Virat Kohli had led the group to a 246-run win over the vacationers and was awarded the Player of the Match for his knocks of 167 and 81 in the primary and the second innings respectively.
Ravichandran Ashwin bagged a fifer in the primary innings of the sport and subsequently has fond recollections of the venue.
Vizag hosted its second Test in October 2019 when India locked horns with South Africa in October 2019. Repeating their heroics from 2016, India mauled the Proteas by 203 runs after Mayank Agarwal scored a double hundred and Rohit Sharma racked up 176 in the primary innings.
Ashwin was at the forefront of the motion once more as he bagged a seven-wicket haul in South Africa’s first innings earlier than Mohammed Shami snared a five-wicket haul in the second innings to make mild work of the vacationers. India registered a 203-run win at the top.
India squad for 2nd Test:
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Avesh Khan, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Washington Sundar, Saurabh Kumar.
England squad:
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, Jack Leach, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson, Daniel Lawrence, Gus Atkinson
Support Staff:
Brendon McCullum, Paul Collingwood, Marcus Trescothick, Jeetan Patel, Neil Killeen
