England defeated India by an innings and 159 runs on the 4th day of 2nd test match played at Lords, London just a few moments ago. It was a great bowling display by James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes to dismiss the Indian batting line up.
Starting the day on 357 for 6, Sam Curran and Chris Woakes added quick runs before England declared their innings on 396 for 7 with Sam Curran dismissed for 40. James Anderson again struck quickly dismissing Murali Vijay for 0. KL Rahul again failed to impress as he was dismissed for 8 runs by James Anderson. Rahane came to the crease as Kohli was struggling for a bad back.
A despondent India balcony at the ground ©Getty Images
The Indian team went into lunch at the score of 17 for 2 as rain arrived. After the rain break, Pujara and Rahane tried to steady the innings before Stuart Broad dismissed Rahane for 13. Both Rahane and Pujara added 22 runs for 3rd wicket. Pujara played with the good defensive technique before Broad dismissed him for 17. Stuart Broad got the big wicket of Virat Kohli for 17 and then dismissed Dinesh Karthik for 0 to leave India at 61 for 6. India went into the tea break at 66 for 6 as rain arrived.
After the tea break, Ravichandran Ashwin and Hardik Pandya played with courage putting on 55 runs for the 7th wicket. It was a big problem for the Indian batting line to counter the swing bowling of James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes. India were bowled out for 130. Ravichandran Ashwin was the top scorer again with 33 not out.
England 396 for 7 in 88.1 overs (Chris Woakes 137*, Jonny Bairstow 93, Mohammed Shami 3/74, Hardik Pandya 3/66, Ishant Sharma 1/88) beat
India 107 in 35.2 overs ( Ravichandran Ashwin 29, Kohli 23, James Anderson 5/20) and 130 in 47 overs ( R Ashwin 33*, Hardik Pandya 26, James Anderson 4/23, Stuart Broad 4/44) by an innings and 159 runs.
Indian captain Virat Kohli said: Not proud of the way we played in this match. For the first time in 5 test matches, we were outplayed. The pitch was helpful for the fast bowlers and their bowlers were a spot. Dropping out a pace bowler was not good. I am confident that my back issue will be fine in 5 days.
England captain Joe Root said: The bowling unit was brilliant. On the 2nd day, the conditions favoured our bowlers. Jonny Bairstow and Chris Woakes partnership played superbly. It was an outstanding performance by our team. We would be looking to continue our impressive performance in the next test match and seal the series.
Man of the match Chris Woakes said: Happy to contribute with the bat and ball also. Scoring a century and getting on the boards will remember in my life. Once we got through the tough period we started scoring freely.
England takes a 2-0 lead in the series. The third test match would be played at Trent Bridge from 18th August.
