IND vs ENG: England beat India by five wickets in Leeds Test, Duckett scored a century

IND vs ENG: The Indian cricket team suffered a 5-wicket defeat at the hands of England in the first Test match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. With this defeat, India has fallen behind 0-1 in the 5-match series. In this match played at Headingley Cricket Stadium in Leeds, England achieved the target of 350 runs on the last day.

Great partnership of Duckett and Crawley

The hero of England's victory was Ben Duckett, who played a brilliant innings of 149 runs. Jack Crawley scored 65 runs with him and both of them gave England a strong start by adding 188 runs for the first wicket. The partnership of Joe Root (53*) and Jamie Smith (44*) led England to victory in the last session. Jamie Smith scored 18 runs in Ravindra Jadeja's 82nd over and ended the match with a six.

India's missed strategy and falling catches became the reason for the defeat

India had gained a marginal lead of 6 runs against England's 465 by scoring 471 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, the team scored 364 runs and gave England a target of 371 runs. But the Indian bowlers could not defend this target. In the second innings, Jasprit Bumrah completely failed and could not take a single wicket. Shardul Thakur and Prasidh Krishna got two successes each, while Jadeja got one wicket.

The most worrying aspect was Indian fielding. The team dropped a total of 9 catches in the match - 6 in the first innings and 3 in the second. This negligence ultimately cost the team heavily.

England performed dominatingly

England started the fifth day of the match with 21 runs without losing any wicket and scored the remaining 350 runs to register a win. The partnership of Duckett and Crawley broke the back of the Indian bowlers. India did take four wickets in the second session, but in the end Root and Smith's disciplined batting gave the team a historic victory.

What next?

Now both teams will prepare for the second Test to be played in Birmingham from July 2. This match will be an opportunity for India to make a comeback in the series, while England will try to consolidate their lead.