India’s defeat in Leeds Test (photo-PTI)
In the first Test against England, Team India has received such a defeat about which hardly anyone thought. Team India scored 471 runs in the first innings, scoring 364 runs in the second innings, he gave England a big target of 371 runs but despite this, Shubman Gill’s team lost this match. On the other hand, England created history in the Leeds Test. This is England’s biggest win, chasing runs on the Leeds ground. England won by five wickets. England’s victory hero was Ben Docket, who scored a wonderful innings of 62 in the first innings and 137 runs in the second innings. At the same time, India scored five centuries in this match, but despite this, he lost this match.
How to get defeat in Leeds Test
In the Leeds Test, India gave England a huge target of 371 runs. On the fifth day of the game, England was 350 runs away from the victory and the script of this team was written by its openers. Ben Docket and Jack Croly, who came to open, played a fantastic Fifty Plus runs. Ben Docket scored a century but Crolyh hit 65 runs, both the players shared a 188 -run partnership and put Team India under pressure. After Crohly’s dismissal, the wicket of Oli Pope and Harry Brook fell on two consecutive balls but after that Ben Stokes shared a half -century partnership with Joe Root and dropped Team India out of the match. Ben Docket scored a brilliant 149 runs, scoring a sixth century of Test career. Apart from him, Joe Root played a half -century innings. Ben Stokes also scored an important 33 runs.
Bowling in second innings and fielding failure in match
Team India did wonders in the Leeds Test but bowling and fielding in the second innings was very bad. Talking about the second innings, both Bumrah and Siraj strike bowlers did not get a single wicket. Shardul Thakur, the famous Krishna definitely took 2-2 wickets but he proved to be very expensive. By the way, what the bowlers also did, they did not get the support of the fielders. In this match, Team India drove a total of 6 catches. Yashasvi Jaiswal alone left four catches in the match.
