IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Ollie Pope's century takes England to 209/3 at stumps

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• 21 Jun 2025, 11:39 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 209/3 at Stumps

  Bumrah delivers another ball and Brook defends it well. Bumrah stays precise with no room for mistakes. He then surprises Brook with a bouncer which leads to a catch by Siraj but it’s a no-ball. Brook gets another chance and stays focused, dodging another bouncer from Bumrah.

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 11:17 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 206/3 in 47 overs

  An inside edge from Bumrah allows Pope to sneak in a single, bringing him to his hundred. However, Bumrah is not to be denied a wicket. With extra bounce, he catches Root's outside edge, and Karun secures the catch.

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 10:58 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 181/2 in 42 overs

  Root demonstrates clever batting as he deftly guides a length delivery from Shardul Thakur down to the deep third boundary. At this moment, the England batters appear to be untroubled. Will there be another spell from Bumrah before the conclusion of the day's play?

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 10:30 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 157/2 in 39 overs

  A delivery of medium length from Prasidh is pulled by Pope for two runs. The same length is bowled again, and Pope dispatches it for another pair of runs.

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 10:30 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 138/2 in 34 overs

  Siraj delivers a full and straight ball with a scrambled seam. It slips past Root's inside edge and strikes him on the front pad. The umpire gives him out, but Root immediately opts for a review. There is excessive movement, and the projection indicates it would have missed the stumps. Root is safe. This adds to India's frustration.

   

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 10:09 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 129/2 in 31 overs

  Bumrah is now bowling his 10th over. How many more can he bowl today? A width is offered. Pope cuts the ball. Jadeja makes a diving stop at point to stop a boundary. The ball is on Root's pads. He clips it away for a single. Bumrah swings one away from Pope. It's edged andddd dropped!! Jaiswal misses the catch.

   

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 09:34 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 126/2 in 29 overs

  Bumrah delivers to Pope, who edges the ball down the leg but it reaches the boundary. Jaiswal can't catch a short edge. Duckett gets out for 62 after inside edging onto his stumps. Joe Root comes in next, playing cautiously and managing an outside edge on his first ball.

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 09:12 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 107/1 in 24 overs

  Jadeja delivers to Duckett, a full ball targeting the stumps, which is played to short midwicket. The ball turns in towards the left-handed batsman again, who defends it back. Another turn occurs as Duckett is hit on the pad, but it's well outside the off stump. He tries a reverse sweep but fails to make contact, and the ball goes down the leg side. A maiden over concludes the second session.

   

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 08:58 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 99/1 in 21 overs

  Siraj delivers to Pope, full and straight, and it is defended back to the bowler. A similar length follows, which is defended to mid on. An angled delivery on a length is clipped to deep square for a single. Duckett then guides one to midwicket for another single.

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 08:45 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 89/1 in 18 overs

  Jadeja takes the place of Prasidh. Duckett scores a single to midwicket. Pope plays a cut shot to cover for a single. Duckett executes a reverse sweep to third man to secure one run.

   

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 08:44 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 72/1 in 15 overs

  Siraj is bowling his sixth over. He delivers a straighter line. Pope defends using a straight bat. Siraj moves wider off the crease and angles the ball in. It strikes Pope on the pad. The umpire calls it not out, prompting India to request a review. The decision is upheld as umpire's call on hitting the stumps. It's very close!!

   

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 08:09 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 65/1 in 12 overs

  Prasidh continues his bowling. He comes around the wicket to Duckett, who scores his first run with a single to the leg side. A misfield by Bumrah allows Pope to hit a four. Pope then follows up with a powerful cover drive. FOUR MORE!!

   

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 08:09 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 47/1 in 9 overs

  Duckett remains engaged in his contest with Bumrah, who continues to approach from around the wicket. He starts with a leave, then confidently executes a front foot defense. Bumrah delivers a ball on the pads, which Duckett deftly nudges away for a couple of runs.

   

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 08:08 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 39/1 in 7 overs

  Duckett faces Bumrah. He defends the initial two deliveries. Bumrah shortens the length and Duckett is caught off guard on his outside edge. Now, Bumrah switches to around the wicket against Duckett. Bumrah offers width and Duckett attempts a slice. Jadeja shifts to his right and manages to get his hands on it. However, it slips out. UNBELIEVABLE!! JADEJA HAS DROPPED IT!!

   

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 07:35 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 24/1 in 4 overs

  Siraj delivers a full toss. Duckett drives it straight down the ground for a boundary. Siraj now offers width. It's cut away for two runs. So far, Siraj has been inconsistent. Once more, he provides width. Duckett smashes it for yet another four.

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 07:22 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 4/1 in 1 over

  Bumrah bowled a delivery aimed at the middle-and-leg, which moved across the stumps. The ball was edged and caught by Karun Nair at first slip.

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 05:35 PM

  India vs England, 1st Test Day 2 Live: India all out at 471

  After the dismissal of Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill, the batting lineup of Team India fell like a deck of cards. On Day 2, India are 471 all out.

   

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 05:12 PM

  India vs England, 1st Test Day 2 Live: Lunch

  After the end of the first Session on Day 2, Team India posted 454/7. Ben Stokes is looking strong with his 4-wicket haul on the second day of the game.

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 04:58 PM

  India vs England, 1st Test Day 2 Live: Karun Nair goes for DUCK

  Karun Nair becomes the second batter in the Indian innings who went on DUCK is Karun Nair. Ben Stokes picks up his 3rd wicket of the game.

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 04:45 PM

  India vs England, 1st Test Day 2 Live: Gill misses 150

  Shubman Gill, who was looking strong on Day 2 as well, has to depart as Shoaib Bashir dismissed him at 147

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 04:25 PM

  India vs England, 1st Test Day 2 Live: Century for Pant

  Rishabh Pant scripted history with his 7th Test ton as he surpassed MS Dhoni's century record of 6 in the red-ball format. 

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 03:42 PM

  India vs England, 1st Test Day 2 Live: 400 up for India

  After scoring a massive total on Day 1, Team India's leaders (captain and vice-captain), Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant, who are at the crease at the momen,t touched the 400-run mark. After 96 overs on Day 2, India are 404/3.

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 03:12 PM

  India vs England, 1st Test Day 2 Live: Shubman Gill scripts history

  Indian skipper Shubman Gill scripted history as he scored his highest Test score in the ongoing Test match against England in Headingley, Leeds. His previous best score was 128, which came out against Australia in Ahmedabad in 2023.

  
• 21 Jun 2025, 02:44 PM

  India vs England 1st Test Day 2 Live: Indian skippers who scored 100 in debut match

  Vijay Hazare
  Sunil Gavaskar
  Dilip Vengsarkar
  Virat Kohli
  Shubman Gill