OTF Exclusive India tour of England, 2018 -- Updates

[Endgame]

Excellent defence by Umesh and earlier Ishant.

 

[Shivraj]

Hundreds by Indian captains in England:
179 Mohd Azharuddin, Manchester, 1990
149 VIRAT KOHLI *
148 MAK Pataudi, Leeds, 1967
128 S Ganguly, Leeds, 2002
121 Mohd Azharuddin, Lord's, 1990

- Virat Kohli dismissed less than 150 after scoring a Test century for the first time since August 2015 - 12 hundreds ago.

Virat Kohli:
First 11 Test 100s - Dismissed less than 150 nine times.

Next 11 Test 100s - Dismissed for less than 150 once

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[Sagar]

Cook gone...

Day 2, Stumps

England 9-1

 

[Hardeep jhand]

1st Innings Day-2 Session-3 Stumps

Ind-274 All out Overs-76 Extras-20

Kohli 149(225)
Ashwin 10(15)
Shami 2(4)
Ishant 5(17)
U Yadav 1*(16)

First Innings England lead by 13 runs

2nd Innings

Eng-9/1 Overs-3.4 Extras-4

Cook 0(14)
Jennings 5*(8)

England lead by 22 runs

 

[sivakumar79]

1st Innings Day-2 Session-3 Stumps

Ind-274 All out Overs-76 Extras-20

Kohli 149(225)
Ashwin 10(15)
Shami 2(4)
Ishant 5(17)
U Yadav 1*(16)

First Innings England lead by 13 runs

2nd Innings

Eng-9/0 Overs-3.4 Extras-4

Cook 0(14)
Jennings 5*(8)

England lead by 22 runs

Eng 9/1

 

[karthickraaju]

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[Shivraj]

Highest % contribution by an Indian captain:
55.41 MS Dhoni (82/148) v Eng, Oval, 2014
54.37 V KOHLI (149/274) *
49.84 V Kohli (153/307) v SA, Centurion, 2018
49.52 M Azharuddin (103*/208) v NZ, Wellington, 1998
- Virat Kohli's 149 is the second highest by an Indian batsman in an innings where no other batsman went past 30. Only VVS Laxman (167 vs Aus, SCG, 1999/00) has scored more. Sourav Ganguly's 25 was the next highest in that innings.
- Only the 11th instance of 10th wicket partnership being the highest in an innings for India. Last time it happened in their previous Test in English soil - 58 by Dhoni & Ishant in a total of 148 at the Oval.
Batsman dismissed most often by Ashwin in Tests:
9 D Warner/ A COOK*
7 E Cowan
6 Darren Bravo/ M Samuels/ M Starc/ M Morkel
Bowlers dismissing Cook most often in Tests:
12 M Morkel
9 M Johnson/ T Boult/ R ASHWIN
8 R Harris/ I Sharma/ N Lyon

- First time in 157 Tests in his career, Cook has been out bowled twice in the same Test.

Source-Cricbuzz

 

[Endgame]

Highest % contribution by an Indian captain:
55.41 MS Dhoni (82/148) v Eng, Oval, 2014
54.37 V KOHLI (149/274) *
49.84 V Kohli (153/307) v SA, Centurion, 2018
49.52 M Azharuddin (103*/208) v NZ, Wellington, 1998
- Virat Kohli's 149 is the second highest by an Indian batsman in an innings where no other batsman went past 30. Only VVS Laxman (167 vs Aus, SCG, 1999/00) has scored more. Sourav Ganguly's 25 was the next highest in that innings.
- Only the 11th instance of 10th wicket partnership being the highest in an innings for India. Last time it happened in their previous Test in English soil - 58 by Dhoni & Ishant in a total of 148 at the Oval.
Batsman dismissed most often by Ashwin in Tests:
9 D Warner/ A COOK*
7 E Cowan
6 Darren Bravo/ M Samuels/ M Starc/ M Morkel
Bowlers dismissing Cook most often in Tests:
12 M Morkel
9 M Johnson/ T Boult/ R ASHWIN
8 R Harris/ I Sharma/ N Lyon

- First time in 157 Tests in his career, Cook has been out bowled twice in the same Test.

Source-Cricbuzz

Ashwin has 8 innings to go past Morkel by dismissing Cook 4 more times. Hope he achieve that.

 

[Hardeep jhand]

1st Test Day-3 Session-1 Lunch Break

2nd Innings
Eng-86/6 Overs-30.4 Extras-9

Cook 0(14)
Jennings 8(18)
Root 14(35)
Malan 20(64)
Bairstow 28(40)
Stokes 6(13)
Buttler 1*(1)

England lead by 99 runs

 

[id_866]

Any target above 150 will be difficult for india to chase.pitch seems to be bowler friendly right now.