India bowled out for 471 after dramatic collapse on Day 2 of Headingley Test: 'Revived England’s morale a fair bit'

Team India failed to breach the 500-run mark despite three batters scoring centuries, getting bowled out for 471 on Day 2 of the first Test against England in Headingley after a batting collapse. The trio of Yashasvi Jaiswal (101), Shubman Gill (147) and Rishabh Pant (134) made merry on helpful batting conditions on Day 1 and during the morning session of Day 2.

The English bowlers, however, backed themselves to fight back despite the Indians ending Day 1 on a dominant position of 359/3, and ultimately found an opening once Gill and Pant were dismissed in quick succession on Saturday.

Gill and Pant’s dismissals opens the floodgates

The slide began after Gill holed out to Josh Tongue at deep square leg shortly after Pant completed his hundred – which took him past MS Dhoni as the Indian wicketkeeper with most Test tons (7). Off-spinner Shoaib Bashir thus broke the marathon fourth-wicket stand shortly after it crossed the 200-run mark.

Karun Nair, making his first appearance for the Indian team in eight years, joined debutant B Sai Sudharsan in departing for a four-ball duck as Ollie Pope pulled off a spectacular catch at extra cover off a mistimed cover drive.

Pant perished shortly after, becoming the first of Tongue’s four wickets as he was caught unawares by a delivery that swung back in sharply and hit him plumb in front of off and middle. Clouds had gathered above the Headingley Cricket Ground towards the end of the morning session, aiding swing bowling, and Tongue made ideal use to prise out the key threat.

Shardul Thakur was caught-behind off Ben Stokes’ bowling at the stroke of tea while Ravindra Jadeja, the last recognised batter, departed for 11 on the other side of the interval after chopping the ball onto the stumps.

Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna joined Sudharsan, Nair as well as Thakur in getting dismissed for a single-digit score, both getting dismissed by Tongue right after lunch as England polished off the Indian tail without much hassle.

India’s batting collapse met with mixed reactions on social media

Here are some of the reactions to India’s collapse at Headingley: