Quote from: Bluedrem on Today at 10:43:37 PM

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

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.

Yes, you are absolutely right, India scored 364 runs in the second innings, of which Rahul and Pant's runs (137+118)=255 runs
And the remaining batsmen's total (364-255)=109 runs

There was a remarkable partnership throughout the innings, that one between Rahul and Pant of 195 runs. Due to which India's total in the second innings did not go much further. If one or two more good partnerships could have been made, the game would have been a little more exciting.
Anyway, England has batted well this year. Due to which they won the match by 5 wickets.

.Senior players used to perform well in all formats of cricket. The upcoming generation of players is focused on a specific format of cricket. This seems to be the reason why many of the players perform well and good in T20 format cricket and fail in test format cricket. Look at Sai Sudharshan, who played well in IPL but wasn't able to do well in the test match. Jaiswal performed in the first innings, and in the second innings his role is important to give a big start. He failed, and we were able to see the shortcoming of runs against the first innings, which is also one of the reasons for India losing a match that is predicted to be a draw or win for India.