Day 2 – Day of the Bowlers: A Fifer for James Anderson as India’s Middle-Order Fails Yet Again
If Day One belonged to the batters, Day Two was dominated by the bowlers. Ollie Robinson struck off the second ball on the day, and James Anderson with his first as England managed to wrestle away the momentum from India. Anderson took his 31st five-wicket haul and, at 39 years of age, became the old Test bowler in 70 years to take a fiver.
India’s hero on Day One, KL Rahul, could only add two runs to his score and was dismissed very early on the morning of the second day for 129. After that, the Indian batting line-up fell like a pack of cards, with them losing their final seven wickets for just 88 runs. India’s middle-order woes continued as India’s famed numbers 3, 4 and 5 had could only manage 52 runs among them.
Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja had to curb their instincts and shared a 51-run partnership for the sixth wicket. The next four wickets fell for just 33 runs as Anderson, and…
