Shubhman Gil's captaincy journey began with defeat. India lost the first match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy by 5 wickets. England lost 5 wickets at Headingley Cricket Stadium in Leeds and finished a 371 -run target.
The match was on equalizer for the first 4 days, with England to score 350 runs to win. The team won by batting at home. Ben Ducket (149 runs) and Jack Crowley (65 runs) made a record opening partnership of 188 runs.
5 factors of India's defeat
Factors-1: Middle- Lower order failure
The Indian team's middle order and lower middle order collapsed in both innings. In the first innings, the Indian team lost the last 6 wickets for just 41 runs. In the second innings, the last 5 batters returned to the pavilion within 31 runs.
In the first innings, Karun Nair Zero, Ravindra Jadeja 11 and Shardul Thakur were dismissed for 1 run. Because of this, India could not cross 500 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, Karun Nair 20, Ravindra Jadeja 25 and Shardul Thakur were dismissed for 4. This time the team could not give England a target of 400. In the second innings, the team scored 333 for 5.
Factors-2: A poor performance of three bowlers
India's bowling unit could not perform well during the second innings of England on the pitch of the lead. Also, the fourth-fifth bowler's performance in the match was poor. No bowler could bother England batsmen except the Bumrah-famous. Mohammad Siraj and Shardul Thakur took 2-2 wickets and Ravindra Jadeja took a wicket.
Factors-3: Bad fielding, 9 catches left
The main cause of India's defeat was bad fielding. The team left 9 catches in important moments. Six of these catches were released in the first innings, while 3 catches were released in the second innings. Oli Pope and Ben Ducket, who scored a century in the match, got 2-2 survivors. India's ground fielding was also poor.
Factors-4: On the fifth day the pitch remained flat
Usually it is difficult to bat on the fifth day of the test match. By then the pitch breaks to a great extent, but this did not happen in Headingle. On the fifth day, there was no help for the bowlers on the pitch.
Factors -5 : Crowley-duck's record partnership
The English team batsmen performed brilliantly. Ben Ducket and Oli Pope scored a century from the team. Harry Brook scored 99 runs. In the second innings, English openers Jack Crowley and Ben Ducet added 188 runs. This proved to be a crucial partnership. The two made the second largest opening partnership in the fourth innings for England.
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