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India won the Birmingham Test against England with 7 wickets on the fifth day. For the first time in Test history, the team won in Birmingham. Captain Shubman Gill wrote a century of this victory by scoring a century in both innings. He scored 430 runs in the match by batting around 92 overs.
The contribution of lower order batters from India was also higher than the first Test. In bowling, Akashdeep and Mohammad Siraj pushed English batting on the backfoot. Not only this, the fielders of Team India also caught more catches in the slip this time. Which made the results in favor of the team.
5 factors of India’s victory …
1. Captain Shubman’s century in both innings
Shubman Gill, who started the captaincy in the Test from this series, came to bat in the first innings on a score of 95/2. The score in front of him was 211/5, from here he made a century partnership with Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar. Gill handled an end and put a double century. He scored 269 runs and brought the team to 587 runs.
In the second innings, Gill came to bat on a score of 96/2. This time Team India, playing with a lead of 180 runs, had to target England. Gill again played a responsible innings and scored 161 runs to reach the score 400. Gill scored 430 runs, including both innings, England got a target of 608 runs in the fourth innings.
2. Lower Order Batters scored more runs
Team India lost the last 7 wickets to score 41 runs in the first innings of the first Test and 6 wickets to score 31 runs in the second innings. Due to this, the team could not give England a big target in the fourth innings, which was easily achieved by the English team. In the Birmingham Test, India removed this deficiency.
In the first innings, India lost the 5th wicket for 211 runs. From here, Ravindra Jadeja scored 89 runs and partnered 203 runs with captain Shubman. After him, Washington Sundar scored 42 runs and added 144 runs with Gill. The team scored a big score with the performance of the lower order. In the second innings too, Jadeja scored 69 runs and made a significant partnership of 175 runs with Gill. Which gave England a huge target of 608 runs.
3. Slip Catching improved well
Team India left a lot of catches in the slip position in the Leeds Test. The team also improved it in the second match. Karun Nair caught 2 catches. Sai Sudarshan, KL Rahul and Shubman Gill caught 1-1 catches. On the basis of excellent fielding, India dropped the first 5 wickets of England in both innings within 90 runs. This put pressure on the home team and the team continued to disintegrate.
Team India caught 5 catches in the slip.
4. Siraj and Akashdeep bowling
India’s bowling in the Leeds Test was in the hands of Jasprit Bumrah, but he did not get anyone with another end. Almost all the bowlers spent very fast, which did not put pressure on England. Bumrah did not play in the Birmingham Test, but Mohammad Siraj and Akashdeep did not allow him to miss.
Mohammad Siraj took 6 wickets in the first innings.
Siraj took 6 wickets in the first innings, along with Akashdeep, in the first innings, he gave England’s innings with both the new ball. Akashdeep took 6 wickets in the second innings, he took wickets even after the ball was old this time. Akash took important wickets of Ben Docket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook and Jamie Smith in the second innings. Apart from Siraj and Akashdeep, the remaining 4 bowlers could take only 3 wickets.
Akashdeep took 6 wickets in the second innings.
5. England batsmen flop shows
England batsmen proved to be a flop on easy pitch for batting. ICC ranked number-1 Test batter which could score 22 runs in the first innings and only 6 runs in the second. In the first innings from the team, 6 batsmen could not even open the account. Harry Brook and Jamie Smith partnered 303 runs by scoring a century. No other batter could even score 25 runs.
England batsmen proved to be a flop in the second innings too. Opener Jack Crowle could not even open an account. At the same time, Ben Docket and Joe Root returned to the pavilion on the fourth day. On the fifth day, England had to bat 80 overs on the fifth day to draw the match, but the team lost the first 4 wickets in 21 overs. Smith scored 88 runs in the second innings by batting the best, but he did not get anyone’s support. The team was all out as soon as he left.
India scored 1014 runs in both innings
In Birmingham, England won the toss on Wednesday and chose bowling. India scored 587 runs in the first innings. In response, the English team was reduced to 407 runs. After a lead of 180 runs, India declared their innings for 427 runs in the second innings. England got 608 runs targets. The home team had to bat 96 overs to compete, but the team was all out in 65 overs. Read match updates …