IND vs ENG | Twitter reacts as India seep through cracks in England's intent to level series in Vizag

‌Brief scores: IND 396 & 255 defeat ENG 253 & 292 (Crawley 73, Hartley 36; Bumrah 3/46) by 106 runs

The visitors remained true to James Anderson's remarks of trying to get the job done within 60 to 70 overs but none of them stayed long enough at the crease for England to make significant progress. Zak Crawley uncharacteristically was the more tempered presence in the center, practicing cautious aggression, while Ollie Pope slashed one to slip for a 21-ball 23 and gung-ho Joe Root skied another to end his 16-run cameo of just 10 deliveries. Jonny Bairstow eventually proved to be the reliable character needed for the visitors to anchor the chase alongside Crawley and the two seemed set to take the hosts safely through to Lunch on the back of a 40-run partnership. With just 10 minutes to the break, Rohit had one last shot at seizing momentum back by giving an over each to Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah. Scalps of both set batters followed within the space of four deliveries, with England doomed at 194/6 going into the second session.

Skipper Ben Stokes seemed to be the last hope for England given his knack for heroic rebellious knocks but some casual running between the innings meant Shreyas Iyer's brilliant direct hit had him walking back to the dugout in disgust. However, Ben Foakes and Tom Hartley delayed the victory parade by proving to be an unlikely resilient front for the hosts to break down and added 55 for the eighth wicket. It took another magical spell from Bumrah to once again pave the path for victory as he deceived Foakes with a slower delivery and then sealed the 106-run triumph by sending Hartley's off-stump cartwheeling, ending up with nine scalps in the game to make the series scoreline read 1-1.

Big victory!

Fitting reply!

There's no one better than him!

Sheer carnage!

Yeah!

Massive margin!

India... India.

Big big victory for them!

1 each now!