England captain Ben Stokes could not even open his account in the first innings. (Photo-stu forster/getty images)
India has reached a strong position in the second Test match against England. England’s first innings was reduced to 407 runs in response to 587 runs in Team India’s first. In this way, the visiting team got a lead of 180 runs. By the end of the third day’s play, the Indian team has taken a lead of 244 runs. Now the threat of defeat on England is looming. On the third day, 6 England batsmen could not open their account due to the brilliant performance of Team India’s fast bowlers. Despite this, England has taken a record in this Test match. She has become the first team in the world to do so.
England created history
England created history despite scoring 407 runs in the first innings in the Edgbaston Test match. Middle -order batsman Harry Brook and wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith contributed significantly to reach England to this score. Brook scored 158 and Smith scored an unbeaten 184 runs. The two players shared a 303 -run partnership for the sixth wicket, due to which England crossed the 400 mark.
During this time, 6 batsmen could not even open their account. In this way, despite the hosts being out for 6 and more batsmen, the world’s first team has become the first team to score more than 400 runs. No team has been able to do such a feat in Test cricket so far. In this case, England has left Bangladesh behind.
Bangladesh’s record broke
Earlier this record was in the name of Bangladesh. He did this feat against Sri Lanka in the year 2022. In that Test match, 6 Bangladesh batsmen returned to the pavilion without opening an account. Despite this, the Bangladesh team succeeded in scoring 365 runs. In that match, Mushfiqur Rahim scored an unbeaten innings of 175 runs, while Litton Das scored 141 runs.
In the first class matches, such a record is recorded in the name of Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh’s 6 batsmen were dismissed on Zero against Karnataka. Despite this, the team managed to score 311 runs.
