India v England: Tourists batted like idiots on day two - Geoffrey Boycott

Second Test: India v England

Venue: Visakhapatnam Date: 17-21 November Start time: 04:00 GMT

England batted like "idiots" as India took control of the second Test, says former batsman Geoffrey Boycott.

The tourists closed day two on 103-5 in reply to India's 455 in Visakhapatnam.

Former England opener Boycott felt captain Alastair Cook, who was bowled by Mohammed Shami for two, fell victim to "a really good ball" but said the other four wickets were self-inflicted.

• 21 overs - Hameed run out 13 (Eng 51-2): "The kid was doing his bit and Root has to take the blame for the run out. Hameed gets halfway down the pitch and Root calls 'no'. He stranded him and has to accept responsibility."
• 27.3 overs - Duckett b Ashwin 5 (Eng 72-3): "You know which way he is spinning it, which is away from you, so you've got to get slightly outside the line of the ball. He's playing leg-sideish - the ball turned, he's playing down Bakerloo and it's gone down Piccadilly."
• 31.5 overs - Root c Umesh b Ashwin 53 (Eng 79-4): "Ashwin bowls him a ball that turned and bounces just a little bit, it hit his glove and didn't go to hand. The next ball he runs down the pitch and tries to whack over the top. That was totally immature and unnecessary."
• 34.2 overs - Moeen lbw Jayant 1 (Eng 80-5): "I take the point that it's slightly unlucky to be [given out] that far down the pitch but you put your pad next to the line of the ball so your bat can come down and hit the ball - your pad is not there to play the ball."