India v England: Zak Crawley says tourists are in contention to win second Test - 'Nothing changes for us'

Zak Crawley believes England are still “massively” in contention to win the second Test after India impressed on day two to take a 171-run lead.

Crawley opened the batting for England in Visakhapatnam alongside Ben Duckett and delivered a knock of 76 to give the tourists a positive start.

However, a six-wicket masterclass from Jasprit Bumrah dampened England’s chances of doubling their lead in the series.

Crawley, however, still has complete confidence that England can overturn the deficit and pull off a remarkable victory, just like they did in the first Test.

“They played really well,” Crawley said afterwards.

“Yashasvi Jaiswal played an unbelievable innings and Bumrah was obviously very, very good. Bowled some unplayable balls to a few of our lads.

“The pitch is a lot better than Hyderabad so I feel like we’re still in the game massively, we can chase the score on the fourth and fifth day.”

The 26-year-old insisted that England will not change their front-foot style because “it's worked before”.

“I feel in good touch at the moment, hitting the ball well, nice and cleanly,” he said, reflecting on his own performance. “Disappointed to get out when I did when it started reversing, it was obviously tricky for those new lads coming in but that’s the way it goes sometimes.

“We’re going to play positively and you’re going to get out sometimes. We’re going to continue playing the same way and nothing changes for us and that’s why I feel we’re still in the game. It’s proven it’s worked before.”

Crawley added: “We take the scoreboard out of it and just try and play the game like we always have over the last couple of years and hopefully that’s good enough for the end, if it’s not then we go again. We’ll continue to play the same way.

“We believe we’ll chase anything. Whatever they set us tomorrow or the day after, we believe we can chase it. Like I said, we might not but the belief is always there.”

Speaking after the day’s play, Bumrah said the reverse swing was crucial to India’s success.

“You always enjoy it, when you get rewards,” he said. “When you play in India, the reverse swing plays an important role and if you’re born in the country you understand how to use the reverse swing to your advantage.

“Very happy when you get wickets with the reverse swing, there’s no better feeling.”

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