Ashwin's triumph in Chepauk: India v England, 2nd Test review

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We discuss the second Test between India and England in Chennai

Talking Points:

• Was there anything at all wrong with the pitch?


• How Rohit Sharma tackled the tricky surface


• England's rotation policy - and would they have followed this during the Ashes?


• R Ashwin's glorious home Test in front of an adoring crowd


• Does Ashwin the bowler have the equivalent of 47 Test centuries?


• Ashwin's ability to do what he decides to do


• Ben Foakes' technique against spin on a turning track


• Rishabh Pant's improvement behind the stumps


• Kohli's skillful sequence – 74, 72, and 62


• The Rahane review - and England subsequently being handed back their review


• The consistently good home umpiring during the Covid months


• Is Anderson the Karunanidhi of cricket? Or the Tom Brady of cricket?

Participants:

Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview)

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

Ashoka (@ABVan)

Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

Related:

When Cook and Co. did the unthinkable - 81allout podcast on the 2012-13 India v England series

The theatre of spin - Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Pitched language - Kartikeya Date

The bias against spinning pitches - Jarrod Kimber

Madrasapattinam - R Ashwin's Chepauk memories, YouTube video

The Paaji effect - R Ashwin's chat with Bharat Arun, YouTube video

Ashwin talks about his variations - Sky Sports

Ben Foakes stands up to give keepers' union something to shout about - Andy Bull, The Guardian