3rd Test, IND vs ENG Stats Highlights from Day 2

IND vs ENG Stats :  India defeated England by 10 wickets on the second day of third Test at Motera Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and took a lead of 2-1 in the series. On the second day of Test India resumed their first innings of 99/3. Spinner Jack Leach didn’t take much time and removed well settled Rohit Sharma for 66 and Ajinkya Rahane for 7 runs and then captain Joe Root came to bowl and he just destroyed Indian batting line up and took 5 wickets for just 8 runs and India were bowled out for just 145 runs with a lead of 33 runs. In the second innings Axar Patel started the innings with 2 wickets and along with R Ashwin kept England batsmen to backfoot and against their top quality spin bowling on a tough pitch England batsmen were clueless and whole team bowled out for just 81 runs and set the target of just 49 runs which Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill achieved without any loss.

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India vs England Statistical Highlights from second day of Third Test : A list of all the major stats and record which were recorded on the 2nd day of 3rd Test-

2 – This was the second ever Test match in India which ended in just 2 days.

Test matches which ended in 2 days in India :
IND vs AFG at Bangalore, 2018 (India won)
IND vs ENG at Ahemdabad, 2021 (India won) 

10 – India’s 10 wickets win is their second 10 wickets win over England in Test Cricket. The first 10 wickets win came at Mohali back in 2001.

81 – England’s 81 is their lowest ever Test total against India. The previous lowest was 101 at The Oval in 1971.

Lowest totals for ENG against IND in Tests :
81 at Ahmedabad, 2021
101 at The Oval, 1971
102 at Leeds, 1986
102 at Mumbai, 1981
112 at Ahmedabad, 2021 

400 – R Ashwin became the third spinner and overall fourth bowler from India to take 400 wickets in Test Cricket. He took 77 Tests to achieve this milestone – the second fastest to achieve this milestone.

400 or more wickets for India in Tests :
619 – Anil Kumble
434 – Kapil Dev
417 – Harbhajan Singh
401 – R Ashwin

Fewest Tests to reach 400 Test Wickets :
72 – M Muralitharan (SL)
77 – R Ashwin (IND)
80 – R Hadlee (NZ)
80 – D Steyn (SA)
84 – R Herath (SL)

11/70 – Axar Patel’s Test match bowling figures of 11/70 are the best Test match bowling figures in day night Test Cricket.

Best match bowling figures in day night Test Cricket :
11/70 – Axar Patel vs ENG at Ahmedabad, 2021
10/60 – Pat Cummins vs SL at Brisbane, 2019
10/174 – Devendra Bishoo vs PAK at Dubai, 2016
9/60 – Jason Holder vs SL at Barbados, 2018
9/78 – Ishant Sharma vs BAN at Kolkata, 2019 

5/8 – Joe Root’s 5/8 is the cheapest ever 5 wicket haul in Test cricket by a spinner. The previous cheapest was by Michael Clarke (6/9 vs IND at Mumbai, 2004).

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