IND beats ENG: Virat Kohli becomes third Indian captain to win a Test match at Lord’s after legendary Dhoni & Kapil Dev
Ind wins Lord’s Test: India defeated England by 151 runs in the second Test match (IND vs ENG 2nd Test) played at Lord’s. With this win, he also took a 1-0 lead in the 5-match series.
Test Victories at Lord’s: Kapil Dev 1984, Dhoni 2014, Kohli 2021
India scored 364 runs in the first innings thanks to a century from KL Rahul (129). In response to which England scored 391 runs on the basis of a brilliant innings by captain Joe Root (180 *). After this, India declared the second innings at 298 for 8 and gave England a target of 272 runs to win.
What a WINNN!!! #TeamIndia
has done it in style beating #England by 151 runs at Lords. 20 wkts by Pacers😎Emotions ran high and when you see 2 champions @imVkohli & @ImRo45
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Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane (61) and Mohammed Shami (56 *) scored half-centuries. Shami and Bumrah shared an unbroken 89-run partnership for the 9th wicket.
KL Rahul won Man of the Match
Shami and Bumrah together with Ishant Sharma shook the England top order after showing their batting prowess. Captain Joe Root was seen as the biggest obstacle in India’s path to victory. But Jasprit Bumrah showed him the way to the pavilion on a personal score of 33.
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He scored 180 not out in the first innings. Jonny Bairstow (2) was dismissed lbw by Ishant just before the tee-break. Bumrah and Shami showed both the openers the way to the pavilion. Rory Burns (0) and Dom Sibley (0) couldn’t even open an account.
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Earlier, the highlight of India’s second innings was Shami (56 not out off 70 balls) and Bumrah (34 not out off 64 balls), between whom an unbroken 89-run partnership for the 9th wicket was formed.
India played only 9 balls in the second session of the 5th day and meanwhile declared their second innings at 298 for eight by adding 12 runs. India had scored 364 runs in their first innings, in response to which England scored 391 runs and took a 27-run lead.
Ind beats Eng by 151 Runs
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Bumrah and Shami then took the new ball and gave India a great start by sending both the openers to the pavilion in the first two overs. The ball going to Bumrah’s leg side was waved in the air with the outer edge of Rory Burns (0). Which was caught by Mohammad Siraj running.
Shami got Sibley (0) caught behind the wicket in the next over. England’s score again became one run for 2 wickets. Shami would soon get India the wicket of Haseeb Hameed. But Rohit Sharma dropped his easy catch in the slips.
However, this mistake did not cost India very much as Hameed could only score nine runs. Ishant made him leg before the ball coming in. In Siraj’s next over, the ball reached for four runs through Rishabh Pant’s gloves after kissing the bat with Root. Ishant’s credible appeal against Bairstow was turned down by the umpire but the decision in the DRS went in India’s favour.
India started playing 181 for six in the morning and added 105 runs for the loss of two wickets in the session before a charismatic performance from Shami and Bumrah. This added to the difficulties for England, which seemed to be in a better position after early dismissals of Pant (22 runs off 46 balls) and Ishant (16 runs from 24 balls) in the morning.
India go 1-0 in the series
The Indian team at one point was not even looking in a position to take a 200-run lead after scoring 209 for eight. Shami and Bumrah, however, batted with ease and thrilled their teammates including captain Virat Kohli with their shots.
Captain Root was under so much pressure that he scattered the fielding. But it only helped the Indian batsmen and they easily stole 1-2 runs.
Shami targeted spinner Moeen Ali on the slow falling pitch. Shami completed the second half-century of his Test career by hitting four consecutive balls of this spinner and a 92 meter long six at midwicket. For this he played 57 balls. Bumrah then crossed the previous highest score of his career (28 runs).
