The second match of the five-match Test series was played between hosts England and India at the historic ground of Lord's. In this match, the Indian team scored 298 for 8 wickets in the second innings on the basis of half-century innings of Shami and Rahane. Meanwhile, India declared the innings after taking a lead of 271 runs. The entire team of England was bundled out for 120 runs in the second innings. India won the series by 151 runs to take a 1-0 lead.
In the second Test, India scored 364 runs in the first innings with KL Rahul's century, while England took a 27-run lead by scoring 391 runs on the back of Joe Root's unbeaten 180 runs inning. India then took a 271-run lead over England on the back of Rahane's 61 and Shami's 56 runs. Meanwhile, Shami, facing 70 balls, scored his second half-century against England in Tests.:
Meanwhile, KL Rahul, who scored a century for the team in the first innings, was dismissed by Mark Wood for just 5 runs. The second wicket of Team India fell as Rohit Sharma, who scored 21 runs in 36 balls, was caught by Moeen Ali off Mark Wood. Indian captain Virat Kohli disappointed in the second innings and was caught by Jos Buttler for just 20 runs. At the same time, Pujara played a very patient innings and scored 45 runs off 206 balls. Ajinkya Rahane played a brilliant innings, but Moeen Ali dismissed him for 61, while Jadeja was clean bowled by Moeen Ali after scoring three runs.
Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane. Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj.
Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Haseeb Hameed, Joe Root (c), Jonny Bairstow. Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, James Anderson.
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