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The same thing happened to Team India in the Oval Test. England’s fast bowlers wreaked havoc and Team India collapsed for just 224 runs under green grass -filled pitch and clouds covered with clouds. On the first day of the match, Team India crossed the 200 mark on the basis of rain interruption and Karun Nair’s combative innings. But it did not take long for Team India’s innings to end on the second day and the last 4 wickets fell within 6 runs. This was the third time in this series, when Team India’s innings at the London ground stuck so much.
In the first innings of the last Test match of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, Team India had to face exactly the conditions for which England are famous. In the last 4 Tests of this series, there were favorable conditions for the batsmen and in such a situation, a lot of runs were scored. But in the Oval, the helpful situation of the fast bowlers was seen and its effect was seen in the Indian innings. Team India, who came out to bat first, could not make a big score this time in the first innings.
Team India lost 4 wickets for 6 runs
The first day of the match was very affected due to rain and only 64 overs were played, in which Team India had scored 204 runs after losing 6 wickets. Karun Nair scored a half -century and was frozen. Washington was beautiful with him and had a half -century partnership. In such a situation, it was expected on the second day that both would take the score close to 300 runs. But this did not happen and in the first session of the second day, the Indian innings was settled within just 28 minutes. Team India added 20 runs during this period and the innings was reduced to 224 runs.
The tension for Team India is that as soon as a batsman was out, the fall of the wicket took place. When the Indian team was on 218 runs, Karun Nair was out and the remaining 3 batsmen within the next 6 runs also returned to the pavilion. In this too, the last 3 batsmen, Akash Deep, Mohammad Siraj and famous Krishna, could not even open their account. This once again put the lower order of Team India in the circle of questions.
London stuttering for the third time in London
This was the third time in this series, when Team India’s innings in London staggered like this. Earlier, this was the situation of the Indian team in both innings of the third Test match played at Lord’s ground in London itself. Then in the first innings, the Indian team had scored 376 runs losing 6 wickets at one time, but then the innings was piled on 387 runs. In the second innings of this Test, when the score was 41 runs at the loss of 1 wicket, Team India looked in good condition. But lost 6 wickets for the next 41 runs and the score was 82 runs for 7 wickets. After Lords, Team India again had to see such a day at the Oval, London.
