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Shubman Gill’s captaincy journey began with a necklace. India lost the first match of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy by 5 wickets. On Tuesday, England achieved a target of 371 for 5 wickets at the Handingley Cricket Stadium in Leeds.
The match was on par for the first 4 days, on the last day England had to make 350 to win. The team won by batting excellent under domestic conditions. Ben Docket (149 runs) and Jack Crolya (65 runs) held a record opening partnership of 188 runs.
5 factors of India’s defeat
Factors-1: Middle-loar order failure The Indian team’s middle order and lower middle order collapsed in both innings. The Indian team lost the last 6 wickets in the first innings for just 41 runs. At the same time, in the second innings, the last 5 batters returned to the pavilion within 31 runs.
In the first innings, Karun Nair Zero, Ravindra Jadeja 11 and Shardul Thakur were dismissed for one run. Due to this, India could not cross 500 in the first innings. In the second innings, Karun Nair 20, Ravindra Jadeja 25 and Shardul Thakur were dismissed for 4 runs. This time the team could not give England a target of 400 crosses. While the team scored 333 runs for 5 wickets in the second innings.
Factors-2: Three bowlers weak performance India’s bowling unit could not perform special performance during England’s second innings on Leeds pitch. Also, the fourth-fifth bowler’s performance in the match was weak. Apart from the Bumrah-Pachni, no bowler could disturb English batter. Mohammad Siraj and Shardal Thakur took 2-2 and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket.
Factor-3: Poor Fielding, Drop 9 Catch The main reason for India’s defeat was poor fielding. The team left 9 catches on important occasions. Of these, 6 catches were released in the first innings, while 3 catches dropped in the second innings. Oli Pope and Ben Docket, who scored a century in the match, got 2-2 life. India’s ground fielding was also poor.
Factor-4: Pitch’s flat on the fifth day It is usually difficult to bat on the fifth day in a Test match. By then the pitch breaks to a great extent. But this did not happen in the headingley. There was no help for the bowlers in the pitch on the fifth day.
Factor-5, Crowe-docket’s record partnership The English team batsmen performed brilliantly. Ben Docket and Oli Pope scored centuries from the team. Harry Brook scored 99 runs. In the second inning, English openers Jack Croly and Ben Docket added 188 runs. It proved to be a decisive partnership. Both of them made the second largest opening partnership for England in the fourth innings so far.
