IND vs ENG: More trouble for England as star spinner suffers knee injury in 1st Test

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IND vs ENG: England suffered a major blow on Day 2 of the ongoing first Test against India after their main spinner Jack Leach aggravated his knee injury on Friday, January 26.

The left-arm spinner first injured his knee while fielding on Day 1. Leach caused more trouble to his knee again in the morning session of the second day. As a result, Leach could just bowl 16 overs out of 87, bowling at most four overs in a spell and also leaving the field to receive treatment.

"He banged his knee last night, the first dive down at fine leg. Then he banged it again today and it's giving him a little gyp, to be honest. You noticed in the outfield he was a little sluggish trying to get to balls, but he stuck at it and I thought he actually bowled really, really well considering," Jeetan said, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.

"It must be pretty serious, or serious for him anyway, because the reality is he wouldn't shirk that responsibility. It is sore enough. You watch him in the outfield and I don't think it's a graze. For him to come back and keep bowling the overs he did... I believe he'll be back in the fourth innings," Jeetan stated.

"That's what Jack does for this team, he'll always put in. But it's an bit of a shame from where he's come [recovering from a stress fracture of the back last summer] to dive on one at fine leg and all of a sudden you're hobbling around. He'll be back. He's one of the strongest guys in the team. We've had to share the load and I thought the guys did really well," Jeetan added.

Jeetan was hopeful about Leach's comeback stating that he had one night of rest and said, "He's got another night to rest it. He's a tough bloke and he'll be raring to go. He's never going to shirk the responsibility of the job he has, but it's about being smart as well. We've got four Tests to go and another innings at the back end of this game. We need a key man like Jack."

After getting bowled out for 246 in their first innings, England bowlers failed to drag their team back to the match as India piled up 421 for seven for a lead of 175 runs. Ravindra Jadeja is approaching his fourth Test hundred.