India Snatches A Thrilling Victory Against A Formidable Rivalry

India emerged victorious with 151 runs in the second match, which blessed them with 14 points, fetching the team the top position. The Indian pacers drove a vivacious rebound at Lord’s, to win the second test and get a 1-0 lead. Lords has given a historic overseas win to Team India after 7 years. The match majorly being about pace making, India has done the win the hard way. Despite the odds being in England’s favour, Kohli’s men wrote a different chapter in Indian Cricket history. It’s been a tight affair between the teams and the fifth day at the Lords test series exhibited an excellent cricket test match

Current Table n its leaders

India is currently followed by Pakistan (with 12 points) who knocked off West Indies by a SMASHING 109 runs, the third position is taken by West Indies who won the opening match and the fourth position by England. 

Game Rules 

As per WTC regulations, every over short, any team loses a point, the winning team receives 12 points and draws 6 points to each team. 

The rain driven draw in the first match has given India 4 points…India still has 14 points for getting a penalty of 2 points out of slow over-rate. 

Match details and how things went

Following two days of ruling, England has at last experienced some opposition from India in the third Test at Headingley. Joe Root’s group had required under 41 overs to skittle the tourists for 78 inside two meetings on Day 1, yet scoreboard pressure and desolate overhead conditions were sufficiently not to undermine India this time around.  

Beginning of the match

India won the toss and elected to bat.

Ajinkya Rahane-Cheteshwar-Pujara and Jasprit Bumrah-Mohammed Shami’s important partnerships made England set a target of 271 in the fourth innings. While pursuing the objective, the hosts disintegrated to 120 runs giving India a notable success. .  All things considered, England putted upto 80 overs in the field as India reached at 215-2 by stumps, with Cheteshwar Pujara’s 91 not out driving thumps of 59 of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s indomitable 45 runs. When Robinson went full at the stumps and got an LBW verdict, he felt he had Rahul, but England lost an audit.Overton was close to taking a chance, discovering some advantage, and it was the seamer who got things rolling.  

Highlights

An ineffective LBW bid from Robinson might well have finished Rohit’s visit yet, subsequent to losing a prior audit, Root wondered whether or not to challenge. He in the long run made a provisional sign just to be told the 15-second window had shut. Definitely, ball-following recommended it was out and lead trainer Chris Silverwood looked down on the gallery.  

Robin lifted English spirits after tea, beating the bat again, lastly getting a LBW yell to stick against Rohit.  

Kohli’s appearance prodded Anderson back from his break yet a two-over burst from him cost 20 runs. Both Pujara and Kohli scored comfortably, the former regaining his wrist snap as he willingly moved the ball around. 

Terrible light conditions constrained England to utilize turn from the two finishes in the end stages, and it was Root who nearly pulled out a wicket when he turned one through Kohli’s door on 34. 

Achievements

Mohammed Siraj enlisted the figures of 4/32 w Jasprit Bumrah scalped three wickets as India won for simply the third time.KL Rahul was rewarded with the Player of the Match award for his glorious century in the initial innings. 

King Kohli’s words

According to the proud captain Virat Kohli, the pitch didn’t offer a lot during the initial three days and the first was the toughest for them. The manner in which the team played in the subsequent innings in the wake of being put under tension – They had the conviction that they could get them out in 60 overs. The pressure in the field in our subsequent innings, what occurred there, helped us.” 

Why should you wait for the next game??

Heading into the third test match, England has dejections to sort, especially the absence of Mark Wood. England has declared it’s squad already with some differences in the batting line up. Better Weather is anticipated this time. With England hoping to even out the series and confident India hoping to consolidate the lead, we are in for a thrilling test match. 

Timings and Venue of the awaited match

  The third test match of the series will take place in Headlingley in Leeds from Wednesday. 

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