India vs England Day 2 Live: India trail England by 127 runs after first day of action in the opening tests of the five-match series at Hyderabad, but are in the driver’s seat with nine wickets still to fall. Despite winning the toss, England were only able to make 246 as their poor batting against spin was exposed. Opener Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett gave them a flying start, bringing up 50 in just 11 overs, but from there it was the Indian spinners who ruled the roost. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra took three wickets together in the first session to become the highest wicket-taking pair for India in Tests. Axar Patel joined the party in the second session and finished with two wickets a England were bowled out for 246. Ashwin and Jadeja took three each, while Jasprit Bumrah also had two including the wicket of Ben Stokes, who was deceived by a brilliant slower ball. In reply, Yashasvi Jaiswal was the star batter for India as he smashed 76 not out off 74 balls and showed that there are no spin demons in the pitch. While the Bazball failed in the first innings, Jaisball entered the large crowd that had gathered at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium. He had an opening partnership of 80 with captain Rohit Sharma who scored 24 and fell to Jack Leach, Shubman Gill was not out on 14 as India were 119/1 from 23 overs at Stumps on Day 1. India XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj England XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, Jack Leach India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Rajat Patidar, Mukesh Kumar, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldeep Yadav England squad: England XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, Jack Leach, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson, Daniel Lawrence, Gus Atkinson
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