PM Modi spots India-England Test match from Chennai's skies; shares 'interesting' picture

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Chennai clicked a picture of ongoing test match between India and England from up in air on February 14. Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister shared picture along with a caption that read, "Caught a fleeting view of an interesting test match in Chennai." PM Modi clicked picture while he was on a 3-hour visit to Chennai to lay foundation stone of several important projects and to inaugurate or completed projects in poll-bound state of Tamil Nadu. He had taken a helicopter to make it to his event venue; it's possible this is when picture of Chepauk or M. A. Chidambaram stadium was clicked.

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Chennai Test Match: India rip England apart 

Debutant Axar Patel had dream start to his Test career as he dismissed England skipper and in-form batsman Joe Root. Ravichandran Ashwin struck thrice to remove Ben Stokes, Dom Sibley, and Daniel Lawrence, handing India advant right after lunch on Day 2. India will be eyeing to bowl out England by end of Day 2 in order to gain a firmer grip on Test and to secure a victory. India had lost first test by a hefty margin, putting a dampner on ir recent historic test match series win in Australia.

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England suffered an early setback on Day 2 of second Test at Chepauk after losing opener Rory Burns in third ball of ir innings as Ishant Sharma struck early for India in first session. Resuming play on Sunday at 300, Rishabh Pant remained unbeaten at 58 runs as he led India to 329 runs before y were bowled out. While Moeen Ali picked two wickets off his first over in day, India's innings were wrapped up by pacer Olly Stone as he dismissed Kuldeep and Siraj. England are at 118 runs at loss of 8 wickets in seven overs at time of publishing of this story.

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India dominate proceedings on Day 1

After winning toss and electing to bat first, opener Rohit Sharma (161) and Ajinkya Rahane batted well on a difficult surface after hosts had lost ir top-order even before breaching three-figure mark. After both set batsmen were dismissed, it appeared as if India would suffer a batting collapse after Ravichandran Ashwin also followed with just 13 runs to his name. neless, Pant had or ideas as he went after English bowlers. He was unbeaten at 33 including five boundaries and a maximum as India's scorecard read 300/6 at stumps on Day 1. This is a must-win contest for Team India in order to stay alive in four-match series. More importantly, Virat Kohli-led side cant afford to lose ar match in this series as it will end ir chances of playing ICC World Test Championship final at 'Mecca of Cricket' Lord's between June 18-22 against New Zealand. 

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