IND vs ENG / England's crushing defeat in the third test, India won by 434 runs - leading the series 2-1

Zoom News : Feb 18, 2024, 05:30 PM
IND vs ENG: In the third match of the five-match Test series between India and England, Team India has defeated England by 434 runs. With this historic victory, Team India has gone 2-1 ahead in this series. In this match, the Indian team performed all-round and defeated England in a one-sided manner. For a moment it seemed that this match would end on the fifth day, but no English batsman could stand against the excellent bowling of Team India and while chasing the target of 557 runs, they were all out on the score of 122. This is the biggest victory for Team India in Test cricket.

Team India registered a historic victory

India has registered its biggest win so far in Test cricket against England. Earlier, Team India had won the match against New Zealand by 372 runs in the year 2021. That win was the biggest win for Team India, but now there has been a major reshuffle in the list. Talking about it, this is the 8th biggest win in terms of runs in Test cricket by anyone in the whole world. England's team is at first place in this list. They defeated Australia by 675 runs in the year 1928.

How was the whole match?

In this match against England, Team India captain Rohit Sharma had won the toss and decided to bat first. On the first day of the game, this decision of Rohit seemed to be proved wrong for a moment, when Team India lost 3 wickets at the score of just 33 runs, but the captain Rohit Sharma along with Ravindra Jadeja helped Team India. Partnership and pulled the team out of a difficult situation. There was a partnership of 204 runs between the two batsmen for the fourth wicket. Rohit Sharma scored 131 runs in the first innings, while Jadeja scored 112 runs. In the end, Sarfaraz Khan played some powerful shots and scored 62 runs and Team India was all out on the score of 445 on the second day of the game.

Amazing work of young players of India

The England team made a very fast start while batting on the second day and by the end of the day they scored 207 runs after losing two wickets, but the team came with a plan on the third day and without R Ashwin, the Indian bowlers all out England on the score of 319. done. After this, Team India had a lead of 126 runs. The young players of India took full advantage of this lead and while playing fearless cricket, gave India a lead of 556 runs. During this, Yashasvi Jaiswal played an inning of 214 runs. On the other hand, Shubman Gill scored 91 runs and Sarfaraz Khan played an unbeaten inning of 68 runs. India declared the innings on the score of 430 after losing 4 wickets. England had a huge target in front of them, but it seemed that the match would easily go till the fifth day. But the Indian bowlers had come with some other intention. They won the match easily by all out England on the score of 122 runs. During this, Jadeja took 5 wickets.

India's big win in terms of runs

  • 434 runs, vs England 2024
  • 372 runs, vs new zealand 2021
  • 337 runs, vs South Africa 2015
  • 321 runs, vs New Zealand 2016
Jaiswal-Sarfaraz were heroes for India

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan did wonders for Team India in the second innings. Jaiswal scored a brilliant double century, which is his second double century in this series. While Sarfaraz Khan also scored a half-century in the second innings, with this he has also become the player to score fifties in both the innings of his debut match.

Yashasvi Jaiswal played an inning of 214 runs, Sarfaraz Khan played an inning of 68 runs. The special thing was the way both the players played attacking cricket and made an unbeaten partnership of 172 runs in just 158 balls. Because of this, England came on the backfoot and Team India's lead crossed 500. India had got a lead of about 120 runs on the basis of first innings also.

Rohit and Gill also dominated the match

If we talk about the first innings, captain Rohit Sharma had scored a century in difficult conditions, when Team India's score was 33/3, then Rohit took charge of the team. Rohit Sharma played an inning of 131 runs, apart from him Ravindra Jadeja also scored a century in the first innings. Shubman Gill's 91 runs in the second innings were also important, which means that it is clear that different players of Team India have contributed to this victory.

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