NEW DELHI: Following the early finish of the second Check in Vizag, the England staff shall be heading to their pre-series base in Abu Dhabi for a much-needed break.
With the second Check ending on the fourth day, each groups now have a 10-day break as Ben Stokes and co. look to take pleasure in some golf earlier than regrouping in time for the third Check in Rajkot, scheduled to start on February 15.
The choice to go to Abu Dhabi comes because the staff goals to benefit from the break and recharge forward of the essential third Check with the sequence at the moment levelled at 1-1.
After a shock defeat Hyderabad, India registered a formidable win to degree sequence.
England ready for the extremely anticipated Check sequence in opposition to India with an in depth conditioning camp in Abu Dhabi as a substitute of arriving within the subcontinent early for observe matches.
In the course of the Abu Dhabi camp previous to the sequence, the England staff spent lots of time engaged on methods to sort out the Indian spinners.
Whereas they rallied to emerge winners within the opener, the English batters have been blown away by Jasprit Bumrah’s good exhibition of reverse swing bowling within the first innings of the second Check earlier than succumbing in a file 399-run chase to a disciplined Indian bowling unit of their second innings.
India dismissed England for 292 runs of their second innings on day 4 to register a series-levelling 106-run win within the second Check right here on Monday. Resuming at 194 for six, England misplaced the remaining 4 wickets within the post-lunch session to be bowled out in 69.2 overs as India levelled the rubber.
(With inputs from PTI)