India vs England, 2018: Number Nuggets - Key differences between England and India in 2nd Test match

Middle order:

In the first test match, it was only Virat Kohli who made a valuable contribution to India's middle order. A similar show was expected from him in this test match as well, but like other batsmen, he too fell prey to some fantastic swing bowling from England bowlers.

Overall, India's middle order performed way below par as they could manage only a meagre 89 runs at an average of just 14.8.

Sure, they were resilient in terms of numbers of balls faced, but that resilience too lasted for just 40 odd overs in the entire match.

Jonny

Baitstow

continued his good form with the bat in the second test match

England, on the other hand, were driven by a superb knock from Jonny Bairstow, whose vital 93 made sure that the home side got a comfortable lead in the first innings. Joe Root and Ollie Pope held the innings for some time, but both got out in a similar fashion to a superb in-swinger.

Overall, they could manage a total of 140 runs at a good average of 46.7 and a healthy strike rate of 60.

England Middle order vs Indian Middle order- Entire match

Comparing the middle order of both the teams, England again had an upper hand as their middle order adapted well to these conditions, and outplayed India's middle order in every department.

Moving on to the lower order, let's see how they performed.