Ashwin, Kohli take India to 271/6 on Day 2

Indian batsmen, including flamboyant and in-form skipper Virat Kohli, were made to toil hard before Ravichandran Ashwin’s counter-attacking 57 enabled the hosts to reach 271/6 at stumps on the second day of the third cricket Test here.

India are only 12 runs behind England’s first innings score of 283 after the visitors added 15 to their overnight tally of 268 for 8.

Brief Scores:

England 1st innigs 283 all out in 93.5 overs (Jonny Bairstow 89, Jos Buttler 43; Mohammed Shami 3/63, Umesh Yadav 2/58, Jayant Yadav 2/49).

India 1st innings: 271 for 6 in 84 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara 51, Virat Kohli 62, R Ashwin 57 batting; Adil Rashid 3/81).