After choosing to bat on the first day of the Vizag Test, some of the errors made by India’s other hitters were mitigated by Yashasvi Jaiswal’s second Test century.
Following a fifty in the first Test, Jaiswal put in more effort in the second and eventually reached a stroke-filled hundred, reaching the milestone with a decisive six over long on. On a pitch devoid of demons, the left-handed opener served as the pivot for India’s batting attack. His companions were sewing together stands, but they eventually threw them aside.
Rohit Sharma, the captain, was so focused on defending early in the game that he failed to seize many boundary opportunities when the spinners misplayed their lengths. In his 41-ball inning, he failed to score any boundaries. Ultimately, he stumbled and fell, looking directly into the hands of rookie Shoaib Bashir.
Jaiswal, in the meantime, kept taking advantage of the spinners and profiting from their mistakes when they made mistakes in lengths. Shubman Gill, who occasionally swept and played with the spinners’ lengths with his feet, provided him with some temporary assistance.
However, as James Anderson entered for a second session before lunch, a well-positioned Gill was caught in a well-laid trap by England. Gill attempted to manipulate Anderson’s lengths by jumping out early, but he never appeared comfortable, cautiously squeezing beyond the slip cordon. At 34, after chasing a wide delivery and nicking to the keeper, he eventually fell, and the bowler removed him for the seventh time in seven innings.
Together with Shreyas Iyer, Jaiswal reached his fifty, and they quickly demonstrated disciplined bowling after the lunch break. Jaiswal broke free when he raced into the nineties after Root dropped a fine opportunity at slip. He then struck three consecutive boundaries. Not long after he achieved his first-ever hundred for India in a Test match, an agitated Iyer produced an underedge that Ben Foakes comfortably pouched, handing Tom Hartley his first wicket.
Despite the batsmen getting off to fast starts—partnerships worth 40, 49, and 90 were all destroyed by repeated strikes—England had managed to contain India. Rajat Patidar, making his debut, got off to a confident start and connected with Jaiswal for an undefeated 46 runs.