India vs England Day 2 Live: IND 223/4; Iyer falls for 35 as Rehan breaks fourth-wicket stand after lunch

12:27 (IST)

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OUT! Just one fielder in the deep on the leg side and Shreyas Iyer has managed to pick him out with a slog-sweep! Tom Hartley has a catch to his credit now after his maiden wicket earlier in the day as Rehan Ahmed strikes after lunch, snapping the fourth-wicket stand that was starting to look menacing. IND 223/4

Iyer c Hartley b Ahmed 35(63)

12:25 (IST)

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After 52 overs, India 223/3 (KL Rahul 55, Shreyas Iyer 35)

Left-arm spinner Jack Leach returns to the attack from the other end. Shreyas Iyer scampers off for a quick single after tapping the ball towards mid on. He’s batting on 35, and will be eyeing his half-century right now.

12:18 (IST)

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After 51 overs, India 222/3 (KL Rahul 55, Shreyas Iyer 34)

Maiden over for Rehan Ahmed, which incidentally is the first of the day so far! KL Rahul decides to start off on a defensive note after lunch.

12:17 (IST)

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Right then, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer make their way back to the centre for the second session, and the two will have their sights set on converting this into a massive partnership. Rehan Ahmed to bowl the first over after lunch.

11:37 (IST)

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After 50 overs, India 222/3 (KL Rahul 55, Shreyas Iyer 34)

LUNCH ON DAY 2 — KL Rahul’s batting on 55 with Shreyas Iyer batting on 34, the partnership between the two worth 63 at the moment as India head to lunch trailing England by just 24 runs with seven wickets in hand! Excellent session for the Indians, who end up collecting 103 runs despite losing the wicket of overnight batter Yashasvi Jaiswal in the very first over of the day. Tom Hartley too opened his account in international cricket by getting rid of Shubman Gill, who hardly got going in his 66-ball 23.

We’ll be back in a little over half-an-hour for the second session of the day.

11:32 (IST)

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After 48 overs, India 212/3 (KL Rahul 50, Shreyas Iyer 29)

Fifty up for KL Rahul — his 14th in Test cricket! Brings up the milestone with a single off Root, who goes for seven after being brought back into the attack, consuming 72 deliveries in what has been a patient stay at the crease so far!

11:30 (IST)

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FOUR! Shreyas Iyer brings up the fifty partnership with Rahul for the fourth wicket with a boundary off Root, who’s brought back for another spell shortly before lunch. Slightly short from the offie, and Iyer has little trouble cutting it in front of square. IND 210/3

11:17 (IST)

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After 46 overs, India 203/3 (KL Rahul 47, Shreyas Iyer 23)

The 200 comes up for the Indians after Iyer decides to drive the ball square of the wicket on the off side for a brace off Ahmed, moving into the 20s in the process. Hartley has a short mid on in place for Iyer in the following over, in which he bowls five dots on the trot before conceding a single off the last delivery.

11:11 (IST)

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After 44 overs, India 198/3 (KL Rahul 46, Shreyas Iyer 19)

Leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed is introduced with half-an-hour to go for lunch, and he is off to a positive start right away, inducing an outside edge off Iyer’s blade that nearly results in a catch at slip. FOUR! Iyer though, waits for the loosener, and gets one in the form of a half-tracker in the penultimate delivery. Gets on the backfoot and pulls it towards the cow corner fence for a four. Tom Hartley continues from the other end, conceding three singles.

11:03 (IST)

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After 42 overs, India 191/3 (KL Rahul 44, Shreyas Iyer 14)

Eight off Hartley’s 18th over, six of which are collected by Iyer in the fourth delivery after getting a half tracker from the left-arm spinner that he promptly pulls over deep midwicket. Rahul, meanwhile, goes for a short-arm pull off a short delivery from Wood at the start of the following over. Wood then attempts another short delivery outside off, only this time the ball doesn’t climb as much and is tapped away towards point by Iyer for a single. Wood, meanwhile, has been losing his balance in his follow through and falling over on quite a few occasions across the past two days.

10:54 (IST)

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SIX! Hartley decides to drop one short to Iyer and the latter gleefully accepts it, pulling it over the midwicket fence with ease. He needed a release shot and was served one on a platter by the left-arm spinner! IND 189/3

10:52 (IST)

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After 40 overs, India 181/3 (KL Rahul 43, Shreyas Iyer 5)

Iyer and Rahul collect a single each off Hartley, who has a silly point in place now, before the former decides to take a couple of steps down the pitch and decides to go for an aerial loft over midwicket for a brace. Wood takes his time setting the field with Stokes before bowling his third over of the day, getting a deep square leg and a deep backward square leg now in addition to fine leg. Two singles added to the Indian total in his over.

10:43 (IST)

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After 38 overs, India 175/3 (KL Rahul 41, Shreyas Iyer 1)

A much better over from Wood, with just two singles coming off it, the second of which gets Iyer off the mark. As expected, the pacer starts targeting Iyer with some of the short-pitched stuff, bringing in third man, fine leg and deep backward square leg for catches arising from mistimed pull shots.

10:36 (IST)

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After 37 overs, India 173/3 (KL Rahul 40, Shreyas Iyer 0)

Tidy over from Tom Hartley, with just one coming off it. The left-arm spinner’s suddenly looking a lot more confident after getting his maiden wicket. Drinks brought to the field at the end of the 37th over.

10:35 (IST)

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After 36 overs, India 172/3 (KL Rahul 39, Shreyas Iyer 0)

Stokes decides to bring Mark Wood into the act soon as Shreyas Iyer makes his way to the middle, hoping for the pacer to pepper him with some of the short stuff. FOUR! FOUR! Rahul gets going against the pacer with back-to-back boundaries, the first one coming off a streaky inside edge that carries the ball wide of the keeper with the second one punched through point. Rahul then pulls a short ball two balls later behind square to make it three boundaries in what is Wood’s third over across to days.

10:19 (IST)

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OUT! Maiden international wicket for Tom Hartley and that brings to an end a rather scratchy innings from Shubman Gill where he never really looked in control. Gill goes for an aerial slap towards midwicket, but ends up hitting the ball straight to Ben Duckett. IND 159/3

Gill c Duckett b Hartley 23(66)

10:17 (IST)

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After 34 overs, India 158/2 (Shubman Gill 23, KL Rahul 25)

Couple of tidy overs from the two left-arm spinners, with Hartley and Leach conceding a single each. Both spinners, meanwhile, are bowling to spread-out fields with just one slip in place.

10:11 (IST)

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After 32 overs, India 156/2 (Shubman Gill 23, KL Rahul 23)

Four singles conceded by Hartley in his 13th over. Ben Stokes, meanwhile, chooses to take Root off the attack despite the latter appearing the most threatening of the English spinners, and bringing Jack Leach in his place. The senior left-arm spinner ends up bowling a juicy full toss to Gill that the latter smacks towards the midwicket fence for a boundary, one that should help him break the shackles and bat more freely. The deficit, meanwhile, is less than 100 now for the hosts, who also go past 150.

10:01 (IST)

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After 30 overs, India 145/2 (Shubman Gill 16, KL Rahul 19)

FOUR! FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for KL Rahul and Hartley’s back to conceding runs after a tidy start to the day, with the senior batter driving both deliveries down the ground past mid on with a couple of well-timed on-drives. He gets off strike with a single later in the over. FOUR! Rahul now collects a boundary off Root, sweeping the ball behind square leg. Rahul’s gone past Gill’s score and has reduced India’s deficit to 101.

09:54 (IST)

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After 28 overs, India 132/2 (Shubman Gill 16, KL Rahul 6)

Rahul decides to get on the backfoot and punch a short-of-length ball from Root through point for a brace. He gets off strike with single two balls later. Shubman Gill then opens his account on Day 2 by skying the ball down the ground. Unlike Rohit though, he escapes getting dismissed as the ball falls in no man’s land near long on. None of the fielders had any idea where the ball was in the first place.

09:51 (IST)

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After 27 overs, India 127/2 (Shubman Gill 14, KL Rahul 3)

Turns out Root had not only dismissed Jaiswal, he nearly got KL Rahul’s wicket as well in the same over, with the latter getting a faint outside nick with Ben Stokes — who has been picked as a specialist keeper, unable to complete the catch. Couple of tidy overs from Root and Hartley next up, both conceding a single to Rahul. Shubman Gill, meanwhile, is yet to add to his overnight score, and is batting on 14 off 50 balls. Can he shift gears like Stokes did on the opening day.

09:45 (IST)

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After 25 overs, India 125/2 (Shubman Gill 14, KL Rahul 1)

Mixed start to the day for the Indians. While Yashasvi Jaiswal is off to an attacking start right away, moving to 80 with a boundary off the second delivery, he ends up departing just a couple of deliveries later. England start the day with spin and Ben Stokes’ choice of starting with Joe Root pays off right away. Tom Hartley bowls from the other end and is off to a tidy start, conceding just one off the over. KL Rahul, meanwhile, joins Shubman Gill at the centre.

09:40 (IST)

India vs England Day 2 Live​: IND 124/2

England gave the ball to their most experienced spinner, Joe Root, to start Day 2 and it worked with the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal. The opener hit Root for a four to long-on but in his second attempt to come out and go big, he ended up giving a catch to the bowler. KL Rahul has come in and India will looking for partnership here.

09:35 (IST)

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The Joe Root move has worked for England. Yashasvi Jaiswal misses out on a century as he gives away a catch to the bowler, probably took Root a little too lightly but that was the plan for England. It was a bit fuller and Jaiswal failed to get a grip of it as the shot failed to clear Root.

 Jaiswal c and b Root 80(74)

09:32 (IST)

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Attacking start by Jaiswal! Stepped out against Root on a tossed up ball and smashed it to long-on. The intent from first over is same as it was yesterday.

09:31 (IST)

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Time for live action on Day 2 and surprise surprise, Joe Root will open the bowling for England. Yashasvi Jaiswal is on strike. Shubman Gill is at the other end. 

09:28 (IST)

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Mark Wood speaks: "It was a tough day. We would have liked things to be different at the end, but sometimes you have to give credit to the opposition. They played really well. There's another opportunity this morning to get things right and try to put pressure on India. It was a good day, back and forth for both sides, probably India are just ahead at the end. We had all kinds of conditions in Abu Dhabi. This is still day one, there's still plenty of Test matches to go."

09:18 (IST)

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Trivia

Most runs on Day 1 for an Indian batter in second innings

95*: Gautam Gambhir vs Zimbabwe - Harare 2005
76*: Yashasvi Jaiswal vs England - Hyderabad 2024
75*: KL Rahul vs West Indies - Kingston 2016

09:03 (IST)

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Day 2 pitch report: "365 runs and 11 wickets on the first day. It did look like a day 3 wicket as there was spin and bounce and there were odd occasions when the top was disturbed. The wicket now has a bit of wear and tear and there could be some variable bounce, the spinners will have to pull their lengths back. The lengths will be the key," reveal Murli Kartik and Kevin Pietersen.

08:50 (IST)

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A recap of the playing XIs

India XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

England XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, Jack Leach

08:45 (IST)

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"If the events of the opening day of the marquee five-Test series for the Anthony D'Mello Trophy are anything to go by, conquering India remains a difficult proposition for any team, 'Bazball' or not." writes Amit Banerjee in his analysis of Day 1.

Click here to read the full analysis

08:40 (IST)

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The key moments from Day 1 which well and truly belonged to the hosts.

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08:37 (IST)

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Brief scores from Day 1

England: 246; Ben Stokes 70, Jonny Bairstow 37; Ravichandran Ashwin 3/68

India: 119/1, trail by 127 runs; Yashasvi Jaiswal 76, Rohit Sharma 24; Jack Leach 1/24

08:34 (IST)

Welcome back to India vs England first Test match. It's time for Day 2 and Yashasvi Jaiswal will be looking to complete his century after finishing on 76 not out on Day 1. India are 119/1 and trail England by 127 runs. The visitors it seems are in for another long haul. Unless their spinners spring a surprise. All the latest updates and match commentary coming up...