The Day 2 of the India tour of England’s 1st Test match was filled with a lot of action. Also, there was a lot of rain during the second day encounter between the team. Eventually, the play was called off after nonstop rain at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
The visitors looked good early on but lost 4 wickets back to back after English bowlers showed the brilliance. The opening duo of India KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma managed to build a 97 runs partnership. However, Hitman was dismissed just before lunch at a score of 36.
UPDATE: Play on Day 2 has been abandoned at Trent Bridge! #TeamIndia will resume Day 3 at 125/4. #ENGvIND
Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/TrX6JMzP9A pic.twitter.com/B4bgedz84S
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 5, 2021
India suffer a mini collapse after solid foundation
Meanwhile, Cheteshwar Pujara who is also known as a modern-day wall of the Indian Test team continued his poor run. Notably, Pujara had a disappointing run in the first World Test Championship ( WTC) cycle where he averaged below 30. Also, he started the new WTC cycle with poor performance with the bat. Pujara played 16 balls in the first Test against England and was dismissed at the score of just 4. James Anderson was the one to pick the wicket of Pujara with his brilliant delivery.
Moreover, Anderson was not yet as he once again dismissed Indian captain Virat Kohli on duck. Just like Pujara, the India skipper also didn’t reach the expectations and had just a decent outing in the first WTC cycle. Soon after 3 big wickets, the Indian Test Vice-captain joined the party as he got run out at the score of 5 runs. Ajinkya Rahane was sent back to the pavilion after Jonny Bairstow’s sensational efforts on the field.
KL Rahul (57) Rishabh Pant (7) were batting after rain interrupted the play of Day 2. Also, India was trailing by 58 runs with 125/4 on board. Notably, several times rain played the spoilsport in the marquee clash between the top two sides in the world.
Here is how Twitterati reacted after the second day of England vs India 2021 was called off due to rain:
Rain During #INDvENG Match
In #TrentBridge 😡😡😡😡 pic.twitter.com/HqEUc225xZ— Fully Filmy (@CinemaNotExpert) August 5, 2021
England australia and India must have one cricket stadium with roof which have capability to shift match into it on emergency basis (max one day)#ENGvsIND #IndvsEng #IndvEng #ENGvIND
— Shayan Arshad 🇵🇰 (@Raja_shayan_7) August 5, 2021
If you ever feel useless, always remember there are cricket games held in England. #INDvENG
— 𝓢𝓮𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓱 🇵🇰 (@itsmeSehrish) August 5, 2021
Rain was playing hide and seek and the play has been called off. #IndvsEng #INDvENG
— srk videos (@srk_files) August 5, 2021
Match Day 2 : Stumps
England : 183/10 (65.4)
India : 125/4 (46.4)Aaj ka din Rahul, James aur Baarish ke naam raha😎#ENGvsIND #INDvENG #TestCricket #TeamIndia
— Shreya Pandey (@aboutshreya) August 5, 2021
😟 The play has been called off today due to rain. We are hoping for a full day's play tomorrow without any interruptions! #INDvENG #ENGvIND #BharatArmy
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) August 5, 2021
You can't rely on clouds to win test matches. Well said @MichaelVaughan ..
This is similar case for indian batting as well, they need to perform in swinging conditions. In 2018 eng series, India lost opportunity to win matches and today's performance is repeat of that. #ENGvIND— Aditya Kumar Samal (@AdityaK58914240) August 5, 2021
Looking forward to watching a good days play tomorrow.
Rain pls stay away #EngVInd— Saad Farrukh (@Imsaadfarrukh) August 5, 2021
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