Twitter Reactions: Ashwin, Yadav help India gain upper hand on Day 2 at Vizag

India finished Day 2 of the 2nd Test at Vizag in a commanding fashion. Guided by centuries from Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara and a well constructed half century by Ravichandran Ashwin the hosts managed to score 455 in their 1st innings after beginning the day at the score of 317/4. Moeen Ali was the wrecker in the chief in the morning session bagging the wickets of Kohli, Saha and Jadeja.

The English side got off to the worst possible start losing their captain Alastair Cook in the 3rd over. Shami bowled a cracker of a delivery that jagged in sharply after pitching, rattling the top of the off stump. Not only did it hit the off stump but it was enough to break it into two. The duo of Haseeb Hameed and Joe Root looked good until an uncharacteristic lapse in concentration from the teenager saw him surrender his wicket at the score of 51 to trigger an English collapse.

Ben Duckett was left scratching his head after a peach from the No.1 Test bowler in the world Ravi Ashwin send his stumps on a cartwheel. Joe Root fell in quick succession as he went for a wild heave against Ashwin. Debutant Jayant Yadav continued his remarkable debut as he picked up his maiden Test wicket of Moeen Ali. The decision was originally given as not out but eventually turned out to be a terrific review by Kohli.

Virat Kohli and his young brigade will look to come, all guns blazing in the 3rd day morning and wrap up the England 1st innings quickly. The Twitter space was active and buzzing throughout the day’s play. Some really exciting tweets stood out and perfectly described the things which unfolded today. Have a look at today’s Twitter reactions.

Quite Clearly India must have been putting plenty of Humbugs on the ball today to make it Spin so much …. #????

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) November 18, 2016

I tell you what England will have to suck a lot of mints to get out of the this hole .. #INDvENG #??

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) November 18, 2016

Sorry Guys, I'm Still Running Out Of Cash. Got Out On Duck In Just 2 Balls To Stand Outside The ATM Queue.#INDvENG #IndvsEng #BlackMoney

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) November 18, 2016

Missed My Century By Just 100 Runs. Damn! I Was So Close To It This Time.#INDvENG #IndvsEng #SirJadeja

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) November 18, 2016

Why should top-order batsmen have all the fun?? #Shami #Umesh#INDvENG

— Chinmay Jawalekar? (@CricfreakTweets) November 18, 2016

Fast bowler seeing the stump broken of his ball is like seeing the text from crush " let's get married " what a ball from shami..

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) November 18, 2016

https://twitter.com/Cricketracker/status/799561518052360192

Indian innings doesn't last long after lunch. 455 is healthy score defend, yet not enuf to intimidate England. Test interestingly poised!

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) November 18, 2016

https://twitter.com/Cricketracker/status/799589652923461632

Will be interesting to see how Bairstow and Stokes approach this. Sometimes adversity lifts players. But it won't be easy.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 18, 2016

Gr8 session for India. At last spinners looked like bowling at home! Eng approach baffling tho: very dour interspersed with sudden high risk

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) November 18, 2016

https://twitter.com/AltCricket/status/799526092033945600

Jayant Yadav very impressive – with bat, ball, in field and in front of the mic. Excellent young cricketer #INDvENG

— Hemant (@hemantbuch) November 18, 2016

Root sold Hameed a dummy…Saha does a Dhoni. ???? #INDvENG

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 18, 2016

Bowlers are told to hit the top of off stump but Mohd Shami may have heard 'break' the top of off stump. #INDvENG

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) November 18, 2016

Souvenir for @MdShami11 in #KentCricketLive .. join us on the tea show on SS3 .. @StarSportsIndia pic.twitter.com/NYScqDx0FS

— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) November 18, 2016

https://twitter.com/Cricketracker/status/799574126767706112