JAN-26, India started the day at 119 for the loss of one wicket. Joe Root dismissed the dangerous Yashasvi Jaiswal for 80 in the first over of the day. Tom Hartley finally found a reason to smile when he took the wicket of the struggling Shubman Gill. England had a lot of positive things happen in the morning. Shreyas Iyer then remained in the middle along with Rahul and kept India moving until lunch.
The host maintained good running speeds for most of the day, especially for most of his second session. KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer scored 64 off 106 balls, while Rahul scored 65 off 74 balls with Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja and Rahul in particular were ruthless against the English spinners, who found it difficult to achieve consistency. However, Rahul slipped in the standings with 86 out of 123 and missed out on scoring a century, after which Jadeja subdued his energy.
Jadeja (81 bats) and Axar Patel (35 bats), who added 63 runs with eight for the eighth wicket. India’s lead widened to 175 runs on day 2 at stumps.