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India somehow turned the results of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy (AT) to a 2–2 draw with a 1-3 defeat, but in the entire series, Indian players dominated English players. In the 5 Tests of the series, India’s batsmen showed better controls from England’s batters.
According to ESPN Cricinfo report, Indian captain Shubman Gill played only 10% wrong shots in both teams, in which the ball did not middle with his bat. The four Indians were among the top-4 batting control players. Not only this, Mohammad Siraj of India also troubled the top-5 batters of England among the bowlers. The batsmen played 25.1% wrong shots in front of them.
Let’s look at the control of both teams …
Indian batter scored more centuries
The kind of fighting the two teams showed in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy can not be explained better and in any way than 2-2. However, Team India was still ahead in the figures. Indian Batters scored 12 centuries compared to 9 from England. The batting average of Indian players also stood at 39.77 against England’s 37.57. Even in the top-6 runs scorer of the series, 4 batters were from India.
Control of Indian batter 6.4% better
According to the parameter of Cricinfo, it comes under 100% control if the batsman middles a ball with a bat or leaves it completely. At the same time, if the ball is attached to the edge of the bat or goes away by dodging the batsman, then count it in 0% control. From the average of both, the control of a batsman or bowler extracts%.
Indian batters were also ahead in the batting control parameters. England showed 78.2% control, while India played shots in 84.6% control. That is, Indian Batters made only 15.4% mistakes against England’s 21.8% in the series. However, England has been doing attacking batting for the last 3 years, due to which his batteries are making more mistakes. This makes the chance of wickets, but not necessarily the wickets also fall. Many times the ball does not reach the slip fielder even after the outer edge of the bat. In this condition, the batsman avoids getting dismissed despite the wrong shot.
England played wrong shots
But also score fast
Prior to the series against India, England played 20 Tests in domestic conditions at Bazball Approach. Bazball approach i.e. Test played in the leadership of captain Ben Stokes and Coach Brendon McCullum. In these 20 matches, England played attacking cricket, the team’s control was bad with the opposition team, but their scoring rate was faster. During this time the team won 15 matches, lost 4 and played 1 draw.
In the last 3 years, England batsmen scored runs at a strike rate of around 74. On the other hand, the strike rate of the opposition team was just 54. The English batter also scored an average of 37 runs to lose every wicket. On the other hand, the opposition team could score only 26 runs on an average during this period. That is, the English batters scored more runs despite making more mistakes. This approach of England did not let him fall behind in the previous series against India.
Gill and Rahul’s control best
Indian captain Shubman Gill scored the most runs in the series and also showed the best control. He scored runs with 90% control. At the same time, the top scoring opener KL Rahul of the series finished second with 88.5% control. In the top-5 batters who batted with the best control in the series, 4 were from India. Sai Sudarshan and Ravindra Jadeja’s control % was better than England’s top batter which was better than the route.
The worst control opener in Team India’s top-8 batters was Yashasvi Jaiswal. Who scored runs at an average of 41.10, but also played 22.60% wrong shots. Due to which they could not even open an account in 10 innings. However, the remaining 7 batters played less than 20% wrong shots.
3 English Batters made more than 23% mistakes
The second top scorer of the series was England’s best batter in terms of root control. He showed 84.3% control off the ball. Apart from him, the control of Ben Stokes, Harry Brook and Jamie Smith also lived between 81 and 83%. However, the control of 3 batter in the team’s top-7 was less than 77%. Opener Jack Crolye played the highest 31.4% wrong shots, on which the edge or she could not connect the ball.
India got more upset in front of Archer
India’s 5 batters scored more than 400 runs, the average of 40 was 40 plus. These included Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Jofra Archer was the only English bowler against these batters of India, whose average was less than 30. That is, he took 1 wicket for less than 30 runs.
Archer dismissed the top-5 batters 6 times, sent Yashasvi and Pant to the pavilion 2-2 times. At the same time, Shubman and Jadeja took a wicket 1-1 times. Rahul was the only batter who did not give wickets to Archer. He scored 50 runs from 136 balls against Archer with 92.6% control. Apart from Archer, Josh Tung took 1 wicket for 39 runs on an average, while the average of the remaining 4 bowlers was more than 60. The control of Indian batter against all was more than 83%.
Siraj-Bumrah troubled England a lot
England’s 5 batters scored more than 300 runs, which averaged more than 40. These included Joe Root, Ben Docket, Jamie Smith, Harry Brook and Ben Stokes. Jasprit Bumrah and Akashdeep took wickets against them on an average for less than 35 runs.
Mohammad Siraj spent an average of 65 runs to take wickets, but the control of English batter was the worst against him. England batsmen made more than 25% mistakes on his bowling. Apart from him, the famous Krishna and Bumrah also made more than 20% mistakes from English batter. During this time, Ravindra Jadeja’s average and control was the worst among the Indian bowlers.
