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Virat Kohli and co beat England comfortably by 157 runs after they had posted a mammoth total of 466 runs in the second innings.
Despite all accusations of Team selection and getting backlash, Virat Kohli and co have done what no other Indian Test team could achieve in the last 50 years - the side won a Test match at the Oval in London.
The Men in Blue beat England comfortably by 157 runs after they had posted a mammoth total of 466 runs in the second innings. They had given the hosts a challenging target of 368 runs to chase in the final innings.
England openers Haseeb Hameed and Rory Burns led the hosts' fightback and had frustrated the Indian players, however, India got a breakthrough and it was provided by 'Lord' Shardul Thakur.
Not just that, Dawid Malan was run-out and Hameed was sent by Ravindra Jadeja with an away-spinning delivery.
Now with India winning the match and even Jadeja picking up crucial wickets, one question that keeps arising is that of spinner R Ashwin's place in the squad.
Netizens surely praised Jadeja and even went on to talk about Kohli's captaincy, but they now feel Ashwin should be brought in place of Ajinkya Rahane, who has not been able to deliver with the bat.
Not sure why people are dragging Ashwin everytime Jadeja picks a wicket. Barely saw anyone saying they wanted Ashwin for Jadeja. All I saw was people saying bring Ashwin for Rahane and promote Jadeja up the order.
— Heisenberg (@internetumpire) September 6, 2021
Wat About rahane out , @ashwinravi99 in bro ?
— 19:29 (@akvalimai001) September 7, 2021
Where are the critics who said Ashwin not playing is a blot on Virat Kohli's #captaincy.
— Saikat Ghosh (@Yo_EliottHulse) September 6, 2021
Come out...where are you hiding.#Virat pic.twitter.com/g4Ib3YUiTw
Another great test win for India. This one might be just a bit more special than other recent ones because of the combined bowling effort on a flat pitch. There wasn't a weak link there despite missing the likes of Shami and Ashwin #BBCCricket #ENGvIND
— vineet jacob (@JacobVineet) September 7, 2021
This is now what we call Perfectly poised.
— Ash (@pikachuwala) September 7, 2021
Today we will discuss how Indian Cricket is way ahead...
Tomorrow will be a rest day.
Day after tomorrow will be the build-up for next test and how Kohli will lose the toss again and will not select Ashwin again.
Match day...
Now Ashwin will never get to play . Very unfortunate situation.
— Subra (@nesubra) September 7, 2021
As for the series, India has taken a 2-1 unassailable lead in the five-match series, with one game to go at Old Trafford, Manchester from Friday, September 10.
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