Indian batsmen roar in Manchester (Photo: PTI)
It is said that the history who kills the fields in difficulties remembers them. Indian batsmen have also written their name in the history of cricket by drawing the Manchester Test. Now whenever it comes to Manchester, there will also be talk of Jabanji and Dileri of Indian batsmen shown here against the England team of Ben Stokes. In the Manchester Test, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar not only played strong innings, but also showed their jiggra to stand on the wicket in difficult situations. And, when such players are in Team India, then how is he fearful of defeat? All of them performed in such a way that not only England became silent but he must have remembered the 46 -year -old past.
Indian batsmen showed jigra in Manchester
Now you will say what means to the 46 year old past? So we will talk about this, but before that it is important to understand the visible shown of Gill, Rahul, Jadeja and Sundar in the Manchester Test. England’s position was strong after taking a lead of 311 runs in the first innings. And, his victory was also fixed. England’s victory was seen to be further ensured when India lost the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudarshan in 2 balls in the first over of the second innings. That is, the situation was completely contrary. But, the same attitude of the wind was to be bent and that work was done by the Indian batting quartet.
Opener KL Rahul scored 90 runs but faced 230 balls for him. Captain Shubman Gill, who came out to bat at number 4, scored 103 runs in 238 balls. Washington Sundar, who came to bat at number 5, scored the first century of his Test career and scored 101 runs in 206 balls. At the same time, Ravindra Jadeja, who landed at number 6, scored 107 runs in 185 balls.
Indian batsmen set records on record
This is the first time that 3 batsmen of India have scored a century in the second innings in the Test. At the same time, this happened after 46 years in the history of Test cricket when a century has been scored in the number 4, 5 and 6 batsmen of the Indian team. This was the last time against West Indies in the Kanpur Test against West Indies in 1979.
Jadeja and Sudar had an unbeaten 203 -run partnership in 334 balls for the 5th wicket, which is just a second 200 or more run partnership in Manchester after 1936. This partnership contributed significantly in drawing the fourth Test of the series.
46 year old past reminded England
Now come to the answer to the question that what is meant by that 46 -year -old past, which India has reminded England by drawing a manchester test? His concern is the India-England Test played in 1979. In August 1979, that Test match was played at Lord’s, in which India’s first innings was reduced to just 96 runs, taking advantage of which England declared their first innings by scoring 419 runs for 9 wickets. And, in this way he managed to take a big lead of 323 runs in the first innings. In that difficult situation, India scored 318 runs for 4 wickets in the second innings and drew a Test match and washed away England’s definite victory.
46 years later, in July 2025, in Manchester also happened exactly the same. India drawn the match by scoring 425 runs for 4 wickets in the second innings against England, who took a lead of 311 runs in the first innings.
This happened for the first time in 141 years in Manchester
Team India crossed the 350 plus score in both innings during the Manchester Test, which is a record in the 141 -year history of Old Trafford. So far 86 Tests have been played in Manchester, but Team India is the only team that has scored 350 plus in both innings.
