IND vs ENG 2nd Test Live Updates: India’s unalloyed dominance at dwelling over the past 12 years shall be put by way of its most unusual examination until date when Rohit Sharma’s facet faces a trend-defying England within the first match of what guarantees to be a stirring five-Test collection from Thursday.

No crew has been as invincible as India at dwelling since their 1-2 defeat in opposition to the Three Lions led by Alastair Cook in 2012, stitching collectively a bull run of 16 successive collection wins, together with seven collection sweeps.

If one additional breaks down the stats, India have misplaced simply three Tests out of 44 they performed in their very own yard on this part, and it is a energy stroll even past the all-conquering West Indies within the ’80s or Australia of the flip of the century.

Several components have contributed to this astonishing run over the past decade, together with beneficial pitches, bowlers who knew tips on how to exploit these tracks and batters who churned out runs like popcorn from a merchandising machine.

But two gamers have stood head and shoulders above the remainder in these conquests — off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja.

From Thursday, the Ash-Jaddu duet shall be on present right here on the RGI Stadium, the place the pitch is predicted to show and grip because the match strikes in direction of its conclusion.