England trail India by a margin of 510 runs at stumps on Day 2.
The second day of the Test match between England and India at Edgbaston has India written all over it. After Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja resumed the day at 310/5, the Indians managed to put up a hefty 587 on the board, thanks to captain Gill’s heroics. The Indian skipper scored a valiant 269, sending multiple records tumbling. To add to that, Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj breathed fire with the ball in the last session to scalp three wickets, sending shivers down England’s spine.
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Ravindra Jadeja came in to bat when the score was 211/5. Not only was the score concerning the situation, but the fact that the English bowlers were totally on top. Rishabh Pant and Nitish Reddy were sent back in minutes, and India needed someone to accompany their skipper. Ravindra Jadeja rose to the occasion wonderfully, scoring a gritty 89 off 137 balls. Jadeja and Gill together stitched a partnership of 203 runs, guiding India out of what could have been a torrid situation. As a result, England still trail India by a whopping 510 runs.
However, after stumps on Day 2, the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder graced the press conference just after England’s assistant coach, Jeetan Patel. Patel had said that England would still try to find a way out of the situation they are in and look to win the match from here.
“Log press conference mein kuch bhi bol sakte hai” (People can say anything they like in a press conference), said the Indian all-rounder.
The left-arm spinner was also asked about Shubman Gill as a captain and batter. Jadeja had a very clear answer to that question. He mentioned that the Indian skipper looks in fine shape. He also mentioned that throughout their 203-run partnership, they were constantly talking about taking the game further.
“He [Gill] looks in top shape. His batting isn’t showing that he has the extra pressure of captaincy. When we were batting together, we had chats about taking the partnership further”, said Jadeja.
Earlier on Day 2, the 36-year-old also had an eerie altercation with England captain Ben Stokes. The English skipper and Chris Woakes had a problem with Jadeja breaching the safe zone of the pitch where a batter isn’t supposed to land his foot. However, the Indian left-handed all-rounder clarified that he had no intentions of doing so.
“He was thinking that I was making the pitch rough for myself to bowl on. But that was not the case”, Jadeja explained in the presser.
When asked about his conversations with Kuldeep Yadav, Jadeja mentioned that all the talks are always around the team combination. He also went on to say that some things are beyond one’s control, and a player has to keep oneself ready for whenever an opportunity comes knocking on the door.
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Apart from the rough patches on Day 5 of the first Test at Headingley, there has been nothing for the spinners. But this pitch seems to be a tad bit different. Jadeja was also asked about the role of spinners on wickets like these. He expressed that bowling tight lines and keeping the batters quiet is the purpose of the spinners.
“The conditions haven’t favoured the spinners so far. The ball hasn’t turned much in these two days, and our focus will be to place our fielders accordingly”, he concluded.
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