Team India gives England the most difficult challengeImage Credit Source: PTI
The manner in which Team India started the tour of England also turned somewhat in the same direction. In the first Test match played in Leeds, Team India had set a big target of 371 runs in front of England and now the Indian team gave England in the last Test at the Oval. Team India set a difficult target of 374 runs in front of England in this match, which increased the expectation of Team India’s victory because such a big target could not be chased on this ground before.
On the third day of the Oval Test, Team India batted vigorously in their second innings and scored a big score of 396 runs. Team India was 23 runs behind England in the first innings. In this way, Team India set a target of 374 runs to win in front of England. It reminded of the first Test match in the Leeds, when the Indian team gave the target of 371 runs to the hosts. In Leeds, England had achieved that target, but this challenge is more difficult for him in the oval.
Kennington Oval is the ground where the first Test match of cricket history was played in 1877. Since then, more than 100 Test matches have been played here, but only 22 times any team here has been able to win the match by chasing the target in the last innings. But the real challenge is the target received by England. In fact, the target of more than 300 runs has not been achieved once in 148 years of Test history on this ground. The biggest target achieved in the Oval Stadium is 263 runs. This record target was achieved by England and won the match by 1 wicket. But this amazing England did 123 years ago in 1902.
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