India vs England 2016: 2nd Test Day 2 - 5 Talking points

#1 India’s seamers

Shami led from the front(Image credits: BCCI)

There was a time India used to open the bowling with a medium pacer like Sourav Ganguly. However, that time and age are long past them as they have recently unearthed some exceptional seamers capable of bowling at high pace. Two of them, Shami and Umesh Yadav, let the new ball rip, consistently bowling over the 140kmph mark.

Shami had Alastair Cook, the England skipper, beaten between bat and pad with a perfect ball that jagged back in off the surface. He continued to impress with his pace and lines while Umesh Yadav, who seemed to have gotten carried away by his pace in recent times, has returned to bowl probing lines while keeping the pace gun ticking.

The Indian spinners might steal the headlines of Day 2, but there is no doubting that Shami and Umesh contributed to England’s situation within the first 10 overs, that yielded just 25 runs. England also lost their skipper to a peach of a delivery, that even broke the off-stump into two.