India lost by 22 runs in the third Test of Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy played at Lord's Stadium. On the last day of the match, Team India could only score 170 runs against the target of 193 runs. With this, England have taken a 2-1 lead in the 5 Test series.
The biggest reason for India's defeat was the poor performance of the batters. Captain Shubhman Gill, Yashwashi Jaiswal and Karun Nair flopped in the innings. At the same time, the batters of the team's lower order could not do the wonders of both innings. The bowling was strong, though the team could not take the lead in the first innings. Jofra Archer's comeback in the England team and losing the toss on the pitches of Lords also caused India's defeat. India also gave 63 extra runs.
5 reasons for India's defeat …
Reason-1: Dependence on Rahul, Pant, Jadeja; Could not perform compassionate, glorious, auspicious India's batting was spectacular in the Leeds and Birmingham Tests, but in the Lord's Test, the team's batting performed a lot of frustrating work. In the first 2 Tests Shubhman Gill scored 3 centuries and Yashwashi Jaiswal scored 1 century. This time the two were able to score only 39 runs. In the first 2 Tests, not a single Fifty was able to hit Karun but also out for 40 and 16 runs.
The poor performance of Yashwashi, Shubhman and Karun increased the dependence on KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja. Rahul played 100 and 39 runs. Pant scored 74 in the first innings. Jadeja played 72 and 61 innings, but all three did not get support to other batters. Therefore, the team could not get the lead in the first innings despite the strong position.
Opener Yashwashi Jaiswal was able to play only 15 balls in both innings.
Reason-2: lower-ranked flop batting, fall in both innings In the first innings, the bowlers limited England to a low of 387 runs. At one time, India's score was 376/6, from here the team lost the last 4 wickets by just 11 runs. In the second innings, only Rahul was able to score 39 runs. Apart from that, only Jadeja was able to show the fight, the remaining batters returned to the pavilion with a score of less than 15 runs.
India only needed 193 runs to win the match in the second innings. Here, Yashwashi and Washington could not even open their own account. Nair scored 14, Shubhman 6, Pant 9 and Nitish Reddy 13. By the end of the fourth day, the team lost 4 wickets for 58 runs. Then in the first session of the fifth day, he lost 3 wickets for 24 runs. The eighth wicket was defeated by the team after falling 112 runs.
India lost the last 4 wickets in the first innings by just 11 runs.
Reason-3: The pitch became more tough By the end of the match, Lord's pitch also became difficult for the batters. On the first day, 251 runs and 4 wickets. That means 1 wicket for 63 runs. The average day was 31. On the third day of the match, the average has increased to 35. On the fourth day it became 18.
On the fourth day England lost 10 wickets and India lost 4 wickets. Then in the first session of the fifth day, India lost 54 wickets and lost 4 wickets. That means the average was only 14 runs on the last day. The main reason for the batter's trouble was the bounce and swing of Lord's. Which changed every day. The figures also make it clear that the pitch became difficult for batting. Therefore, England got the benefit of batting first by winning the toss.
Due to the ups and downs, Team India lost wickets in the second innings.
Reason-4: Jofra Archer's Comeback Fast bowler Jofra Archer has returned to England's Test team after 4 years. He sent a pavilion to Yashwashi Jaiswal in his first over in the first innings. He threw 6 maiden in 23.2 overs and took 2 wickets from an economy of just 2.22.
In the second innings, Archer finds the coolest rhythm. He once again caught the Yashwashi Jaiswal. Then on the fifth day of the match, he sent Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar to the pavilion. He bowled to Pant, while he made a coat and bowl to Sunder. Archer strengthened England's bowling in the second innings, causing pressure on India.
Reason -5: The lower order of England; To give a lot of extra runs Team India's lower -ranking batters have performed disappointing throughout the series, but England are scoring high with the help of these same batters. In the first innings, the team lost 7 wickets for 271 runs. From here, Braidan Cars took over the innings with Jamie Smith and crossed the team for 350 runs.
Cars scored 56 and Smith scored 51. Cars played the shot freely and the team scored 387 runs. India, on the other hand, could only score 11 runs even after losing 6 wickets. In the second innings, the lower -ranked players of both teams failed.
India gave more extra runs in both innings. The team gave 18 extra runs in the first innings except 13 leg -by. In the second innings, the number increased to 26. That is, 44 extra runs in the match. While England gave only 18 extra runs. If we count the Leg Bay's extra runs, India gave 63 runs, while England gave only 30 extra runs. India lost the match by just 22 runs.
India gave 31 extra runs in the first innings and 32 extra runs in the second innings.
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