Quote from: MusaPk on Today at 06:23:08 PM

Quote from: Sithara007 on Today at 05:13:46 PM

England need another 28 runs to win, with 5 wickets in hand. They should be proud of this win, as they managed to defeat one of the strongest teams in test cricket currently. Also, let's not forget the fact that they did this despite the absence of their strike bowlers. Mark Wood was not there in the squad, and so was Jofra Archer. But the younger England players rose to the occasion and gave strong support to the more experienced players. This was in sharp contrast to what happened with India, who were dependent on Bumrah and the top-order batsmen.

India lost because in second innings they relied only on KL Rahul and Pant batting, if remaining batsmen have scored some runs then target would be high for England. The English team got good start in second innings and rest of batting take over responsibility once the opening pair got out. It's a high scoring game as total 1673 runs were scored in both innings which is highest match aggregate for England vs India in Tests. It's a five match series and English camp will be happy to start the series by winning the test.

Yeah in 5th days Test game finally the results are here where England chased the target easily without making loss of many wickets badly defeating India. India took a sharp start with about a century opening. India's performance in first innings was tremendous with 3 centuries by 3 different players who were the main pillars of the huge taget while rest of their team struggled and the first innings ended with 471 runs. England lost first wicket at 4 runs but their upcoming players contributed great runs. There was a single century by top order while the middle and final order player contributed decent runs to come closer to the target.

England chased till 465 then India played its second innings losing 2 wickets at 90 runs. At day 2 India's performance was great as theur teo players contributed 2 centuries but the final order struggled so England restricted India at 364 runs by eliminating the whole batting lineup.

England's chase was impressive as they chased the target without any pressure and just 5 wickets were lost when England won the game. England's opener stood like a graphite wall infront of Indian Bowlers hitting boundaries again and again getting a huge victory against India.