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England captain Ben Stokes raised questions over the DRS decision that gave Zak Crawley out lbw to Kuldeep Yadav. He, however, admitted that the dismissal cannot be blamed for England’s defeat in the second Test in Visakhapatnam.

Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah ran through England’s batting with figures of 6/45 in 15.5 overs in the first innings on Day 2 of the Visakhapatnam Test on Saturday, February 3. The fast bowler set up the opposition’s key batters like Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ollie Pope and Ben Stokes by getting the ball to move both ways and confusing them.

England coach Brendon McCullum has stated that the visitors would not hesitate in playing four spinners if they conditions for the second Test against India in Visakhapatnam are suitable for the same. The visitors beat India by 28 runs in the first Test in Hyderabad, making a stellar comeback after being on the back foot for the first half of the Test match.

Indian head coach Rahul Dravid conceded that Ollie Pope truly played an exceptional innings that led England’s fightback in the first Test in Hyderabad and resulted in a memorable 28-run win for the visitors. The Indian legend admitted that he hadn’t seen any one play reverse sweeps and reverse scoops so successfully in India against spinners and reiterated that Pope was too good for India in the Test.

England captain Ben Stokes rated his team’s 28-run win over India in the first Test in Hyderabad on Sunday, January 28 as the greatest triumph under his captaincy tenure till now.