In the last 100 years, no spinner has ever taken a wicket off the first ball of an innings. It has now happened twice in this very series.
Indian spinners shot England out for just 112 inside two sessions with Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel sharing the spoils after pacer Ishant Sharma opened the floodgates in his milestone 100th match
Ishant Sharma drew first blood after England opted to bat first in Ahmedabad before Axar Patel and R Ashwin picked three wickets between themselves as visitors went 4 down at Tea. Yet, Zak Crawley stood out with his 53-run knock.
Dhoni and Kohli are currently tied with 21 wins and the latter has a chance to clinch the top spot in the next two Tests.
For India, nine spots from the Chennai (second Test) XI remain fixed, where the hosts scripted an emphatic series-levelling win last week.
In eight innings since the third Test against Australia last month, the pair have managed only two fifty-run stands at an average of 32.
Apart from Dhawan, Suryakumar Yadav, young Ishan Kishan and Rahul Tewatia are also competing in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy and are in their respective bio bubbles in five cities.
Rohit, who scored a dazzling 161 in the second Test in Chennai, had featured in the first day-night Test held in India against Bangladesh in November 2019 but did not bat during the twilight phase.
Ishant is on course to become only the second Indian fast bowler, after the great Kapil Dev, to complete 100 Tests for the country.
The Indian cricket legend also crongratulated spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who was earlier picked for T20 squad in Australia but missed out due to a shoulder injury.
BCCI is all set to announce India's squad for the five-match T20I series against England with an eye on building the squad for World T20.
It was a dominant display from India in Chennai as the side made an impressive comeback after the first Test defeat to beat England by 317 runs.
Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin predictably completed the annihilation of clueless England batsmen, emphatically bringing India back in contention for the World Test Championship final with a series-levelling 317-run victory in the second Test here on Tuesday.
Virat Kohli’s men emerged on top as the side defeated England by 317 runs on Day 4 of the 2nd Test, leveling the four-match series 1-1.
India are seven wickets away from levelling the four-match series 1-1, as England require another 429 runs to win in the second Test, while India have already removed the visitor's three wickets in the 2nd innings.
Axar Patel feels that critics of spinner-friendly tracks need to change their mindset as Indian cricket team has never complained about tackling seamer-friendly green tops overseas.
India marched towards a big series-levelling victory in the second Test against England after Ravichandran Ashwin underlined his status as an all-rounder of repute with his fifth Test hundred
Ashwin grabbed his record 29th five-wicket haul as India folded England for mere 134 with visitors conceding a 195-run lead. India lost Shubman Gill early but Rohit helped to extend lead to 249.
Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday surpassed Harbhajan Singh to become the second highest wicket-taker in Tests played in India. Ashwin got past Harbhajan, who took 265 wickets in India at an average of 28.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel trap English batsmen in their web of spin as England find themselves in trouble on Day 2. The visitors were 106/8 at the end of the second session, with Ben Foakes remaining unbeaten on 23.
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