Alastair Cook’s wicket in the final over of day four has weakened England’s chances in the second Test of the five-match series at Vizag. Cook, along with 19-year old Haseeb Hameed, batted out 50.2 overs for a 75-run opening stand on a pitch where batting is not easy.
Cook was dismissed for 54, getting to his 53rd century in 172 balls – the slowest he has ever been to get to the landmark in his Test career. Hameed, on the other hand, scored 25 from 144 deliveries.
England ended the day on 87/2, still 318 runs adrift of the target set by India, who were bowled out for 204 in their second innings in the morning session on Sunday.
Skipper Virat Kohli top scored for the hosts with 81, while Stuart Broad and Adil Rashid picked up four wickets a piece.
Here, we look at the best tweets of the day:
Very impressed with the way Hameed has batted so far in this innings👌Excellent exhibition of skill, temperament &maturity👍 #INDvENG
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) November 20, 2016
I do think if you have 1 umpire call for a review you should be able to keep that review ... #INDvENG #INDIA
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) November 20, 2016
In the circumstances - 19 years old, India away, 4th day, 400 down - that is one of the best test knocks of 25 I've ever seen #INDvENG
— Daniel Forman (@dannyforman) November 20, 2016
Australia would have been all out already on this pitch. #INDvENG
— Dan Liebke (@LiebCricket) November 20, 2016
Jayant Yadav is the first player to score 25+ in both innings on Test debut at number nine.#IndvEng #IndvsEng
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) November 20, 2016
That wicket of Cook will change the way both teams look at the match situation. But he has shown it is possible to stay in.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 20, 2016
Second innings in Rajkot..second innings in Vizag. When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. Virat 'Class' Kohli. #InaDifferentLeague
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 20, 2016
This has been a grt exhibition by Eng so far.40ovrs without a wkt.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) November 20, 2016
Whatever d result,Eng nt going to b as easy to defeat as others#IndvsEng
Haseeb Hameed..
— Fred Boycott (@FredBoycott) November 20, 2016
More blocks than Lego, just before the Christmas rush.
Bairstow, Stokes and now Cook have scored the slowest half centuries of their Test careers in this Test #digin
— Nick Hoult (@NHoultCricket) November 20, 2016
