The second Test match between India and England will be played in Visakhapatnam from February 2 to February 6.
IND vs ENG, 2nd Test: India and England The second match of the test series between will be played in Visakhapatnam from 2 February. In the first match of the series, Team India seemed to have the upper hand, but then England turned the game with brilliant bowling in the second innings. Chasing the target of 231 runs, Team India was all out for 202 runs and England won by 28 runs. Team India would like to show a great game in the second test match.
In the last Test match played in Visakhapatnam, India won against South Africa by 203 runs. Meanwhile, before the second test match, the picture of Visakhapatnam pitch has gone viral on social media.
Visakhapatnam pitch picture went viral
ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam In the viral picture of the pitch, less grass is visible, just like the condition of every Indian pitch. When India and England face each other in the second Test match, the same things will be repeated as was seen in the Hyderabad Test match.
The bowlers will get good turn which will cause problems for the batsmen. It will be interesting to see whether the same pitch will be used like this, or whether the pitch will be made more suitable for spinners.
Pitch Report of ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
The pitch of Visakhapatnam Stadium will be seen providing equal support to both the bowler and the batsman. The batsmen will get good help in the first two days. The bowlers will show wonders in the remaining three days. The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 478 runs. The captain can choose to bat first after winning the toss.
Playing 11 of both the teams for the second test match
India:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav.
England:
Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Fox (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson