Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: England Tour of India, 2024 - 2nd Test Match - 2-6 February

Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for the 2nd Test Match of the England Tour of India which will be played on 2nd of February 2024 at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam.

Live Scores and Stats - 2nd Test India v England

Current Test Form India and England:

England have won the first Test match of the tour by 28 runs and taken a 1-0 lead in the series.

The top run scorer for England in the Test Series is Ollie Pope with 197 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for England in the Test Series is Tom Hartley with 9 scalps under his belt.

The top run scorer for India in the Test Series is KL Rahul with 108 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for India in the Test Series is Jasprit Bumrah with 6 scalps under his belt.

In the First Test, England batted first and they were bowled out for 246 in the first innings. Captain Ben Stokes showed the way as the top order crumbled like a pack of cards. Stokes made important 70 runs to help England get past the 200 run mark.

India were simply brilliant in their first innings. They posted a huge total of 436 before being bowled out. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 80 runs at the top of the order and set the tone for a big score. KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja also contributed immensely with their knocks of 86 and 87 runs respectively to take India to 436.

England also bounced back in their second innings. Ollie Pope made 196 runs on a tough turning pitch and this was a game changing knock. England went on to take a lead of 229 runs, leaving India with a target of 230 to achieve.

The second innings was started off very well by Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal. They scored 35 and 15 runs respectively. Once these two fell, wickets started tumbling as the pitch seemed too difficult for the batters to cope up with. Tom Hartley picked up 7 wickets for just 62 runs and led England to victory by 28 runs.

Let’s have a look at the latest squad news - For India - Jadeja sustained a hamstring injury during play on Day 4 of the first Test in Hyderabad while Rahul complained of a right quadriceps pain. India have added Sarfaraz Khan, Sourabh Kumar and Washington Sundar to their squad. England are monitoring Jack Leach injury.

Latest Odds from BetMGM UK ahead of the second test starting on Friday morning.

• India will be looking to bounce back after losing the first test by 28 runs. They’re priced at 8/15 to level the series whilst England will be looking to go 2-0 up in the five match series. England are priced at 43/20 to win the second test in Vizag.  

• England opening batsman, Ben Duckett, looked in good form during the first test with scores of 35 and 47. He’ll be looking to build on those solid starts and make a big score in the second test of the series. He’s priced at 9/2 to be England’s top run scorer in the first innings.

• With Virat Kohli out of the second test due to personal reasons, India captain Rohit Sharma will be looking to lead from the front as India aim to bounce back. He’s priced at 3/1 to score the most runs in India’s first innings and available at 17/4 to score a century in the first innings.

• After a tough first innings with the ball, debutant Tom Hartley capped of a dream debut by taking the final wicket and his seventh of the innings during the fourth day in Hyderabad. He’s priced at 2/1 to take the most wickets when England bowl first.  

Squads

India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Avesh Khan, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Washington Sundar, Sourabh Kumar.

England: Ben Stokes (C), Rehan Ahmed, James Anderson, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes, Tom Hartley, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Mark Wood

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – England

Who will win? -  England

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Shubman Gill (India), Joe Root (England)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Ravichandran Ashwin (India), Tom Hartley (England)

Most Fours – Rohit Sharma (India), Joe Root (England)

Player of the Match- Ravichandran Ashwin (India)

Team Scores Batting first – England 250+, India 350+

Match Handicap:  India

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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