Second Test: India inch closer to win (Lunch Report)

Visakhapatnam, Nov 21 (IANS) India rode on a superb bowling performance to edge closer to victory with England precariously poised at 142/7 at lunch on the fifth and final day of the second cricket Test here on Monday.

Jonny Bairstow and Zafar Ansari were at the crease when the teams went in at the break.

For India, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja bagged two wickets each.

Brief scores:

England: 255 & 142/7 (Alistair Cook 54; Mohammed Shami 2/30, Ravichandran Ashwin 2/45, Ravindra Jadeja 2/35) vs India: 455 & 204.

--IANS

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