IND vs ENG

INDIA vs ENGLAND - 1st Test

Trent Bridge

DAY-1

Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat first. 

Final playing 11 was:

England: Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Joe Root(c), Jonny Bairstow, Daniel Lawrence, Jos Buttler(w), Sam Curran, Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, James Anderson

India:  Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj

Session 1:

India would not have asked for a better start when Bumrah trapped Rory Burns with a sharp inswinger in the very first over. Zak Crawley and Dominic Sibley joined hands and they tried to build a partnership. In 21st over, the partnership was broken by Siraj as Crawley edged the ball to Pant. English Captain Joe root started his innings with a flurry of boundaries. At lunch, England was 61-2.

Session 2:

India started the session brilliantly by removing Dominic Sibley for 18 runs. Jonny Bairstow joined his skipper and build a threatening partnership with boundaries coming at regular intervals. Just before tea Shami dismissed Bairstow with a sharp in-cutter. So, at the end of session 2, England was 138-4.

Session 3: 

If we say that this session was completely dominated by the Indian bowlers, it would be correct. As the session started, Daniel Lawrence was dismissed by Md. Shami, and with this England lost half of their side. Buttler played painstaking innings as he was on duck in 17 balls. The 18th ball was his last one as he was done with the brilliance of Bumrah. Shardul Thakur got the prized wicket of Joe Root and in the same over, he dismissed Ollie Robinson. England was bowled out for 183. the last 7 wickets came for 45 runs.

Top scorer for England: Joe Root 64 Runs.

Highest wickets taker for India: Jasprit Bumrah 4 wickets.

India had a challenge in their hands for surviving the last hour as we all know it becomes difficult for batting in the last hour in English Conditions.

Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul showed great resistance for 13 overs, as India ended the day on high by scoring 21 runs for no loss with both the openers on an individual score of 9 runs.

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IND VS ENG

 After a heartbreaking loss in WTC Final and after 3 weeks of refreshment of minds, India is ready to lock horns with England in the first of the five-match test series at Trent Bridge. Let us roll back in history, In 2007 Rahul Dravid led India to victory in English Soil. But after that India failed miserably in future tours. In 2011, MS Dhoni-led Indian Side was handed an embarrassing loss of 4-0. In 2014, England again defeated India by 3-1. On that tour also Dhoni was Captaining the side. In that year only, Virat Kohli was given the captaincy of the Indian Test Side and he took no time in surpassing MS Dhoni's record of winning most tests, thus making him the most successful Captain in tests for India. In 2018, when India toured England, everyone expected the Indian side to come out flying colors. Unfortunately, that didn't happen as England won the 5 match series by 4-1.

This time also the expectations are high. As the Indian side has defeated Aussies in their own backyard twice in a row, so obviously the expectations have become higher. Various Cricketing experts are also giving India an edge to win this series as England will be without the services of Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes.