India won by 7 wickets on the fifth day in the Birmingham Test against England. For the first time in Test history, the team won in Birmingham. Captain Shubhman Gill wrote the story of this win by scoring a century in both innings. He batted for about 92 overs in the match and scored 430 runs.
The contribution of India's lower rank batters was also more than the first test. In bowling, Akashdeep and Mohammad Siraj pushed English bat on the backfoot. Not only that, Team India's fielders also made more catches in slip this time. Due to which the results came to the team.
5 factors of India's victory …
1. Captain Shubham scored a century in both innings
Shubhman Gill, who started captaincy in the Test in this series, came to bat on 95/2 in the first innings. The score against him was 211/5, from here he shared a century with Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar. Gill held one end and scored a double century. He scored 269 runs and scored the team to 587 runs.
In the second innings, Gill came to bat on a score of 96/2. This time, Team India, who played a 180 -run lead, had to give England a target. Gill once again played responsible innings and scored 161 runs and crossed the score 400. Gill jointly scored 430 in both innings, causing England to get a huge 608 -run target in the fourth inning.
2. The lower -ranked batters scored more runs
Team India lost the last 7 wickets in the first innings of the first Test while scoring 41 runs and scoring 31 runs in the second inning. Because of this, the team could not give England a big target in the fourth inning, which the England team easily chased. India removed this defect in the Birmingham Test.
In the first innings, India lost the fifth wicket for 211 runs. From here, Ravindra Jadeja scored 89 and shared 203 with captain Shubhman. Washington Sundar then scored 42 and added 144 runs with Gill. The team scored a big score because of the lower rank performance. In the second innings, Jadeja also scored 69 runs and made an important 175 -run partnership with Gill. Because of this, England got a huge target of 608 runs.
3. Slip Catching was very improved
Team India left several catches in the slip position in the lead. The team also improved this in the second match. Karun Nair took 2 catches. Sai Sudarshan, KL Rahul and Shubhman Gill took 1-1 catches. Based on excellent fielding, India took England's first 5 wickets within 90 runs in both innings. This led to pressure on the home team and the team started to collapse.
Team India took 5 catches in the slip.
4. Siraj and Akashdeep's sharp bowling
In the Leeds Test, Jasprit Bumrah was in charge of India's bowling, but he did not receive any support from the other end. Almost all the bowlers gave the runs very quickly, which led to no pressure on England. Bumrah did not play in the Birmingham Test, but Mohammad Siraj and Akashdeep did not allow his absence.
Siraj took 6 wickets in the first innings, along with Akashdeep in the first innings in the first innings with England's innings. Akashdeep took 6 wickets in the second innings, this time he took the wicket even after the ball was old. In the second innings, Ben Ducket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook and Jamie Smith took important wickets. Apart from Siraj and Akashdeep, 4 other bowlers took 3 wickets.
Akashdeep took 6 wickets in the second innings.
5. The flop show of England's batters
England's batters on a simple pitch for bat proved fail. ICC rankings No.1 Test Better Joe Root was able to score only 22 runs in the first innings and 6 in the second innings. The team could not even open the account in the first innings. Harry Brook and Jamie Smith scored a century and shared 303 runs. No other batters could even score 25 runs.
England's batters also failed in the second innings. Opener Czech Crowley couldn't even open his account. Ben Ducket and if the route returned to the pavilion on the fourth day. England had to bat only 80 overs on the fifth day to draw the match, but on the last day the team lost the first 4 wickets in just 21 overs. Smith batted brilliantly in the second innings and scored 88 runs, but he did not get any support. As soon as he left, the team was all out.
India scored 5 runs in both innings
England won the toss in Birmingham on Wednesday and decided to bowl. India scored 587 runs in the first innings. In response, England's team was all out for 407 runs. After a 180 -run lead, India declared their innings on 427 in the second innings. England got a target of 608 runs. The home team had to bat for 96 overs to draw the match, but the team was all out in 65 overs. Read Match Updates …
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