In the first match of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, India lost by 5 wickets to England. With this defeat, India has lagged 0–1 in the five-match Test series. In this match played at the headingley ground in Leeds, England achieved a huge target of 371 runs by losing only 5 wickets, which was his biggest successful run chase on this ground.
On the last day of the match, England started the innings with 21 runs without loss and won the day at 376/5. For England, Joe Root played an unbeaten 54 and Oli Smith played a match of 44 runs. Smith won the team by hitting a six. Earlier, Docket played significant innings of 149 and Croley 65 runs.
India scored 471 runs in the first innings, in response to which England team was all out for 465 runs. In the second innings, India scored 364 runs and gave England a target of 371 runs to win.
There was a time in the match when Indian bowler Shardul Thakur made the match exciting with two wickets from two balls. England had scored 269 runs for 4 wickets by tea. However, after this, there was no edge in Indian bowling and England batsmen kept dominance completely.
Poor bowling and fielding were an important reason for India’s defeat. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj failed to get the initial wickets. Docket and Crolye completely thwarted the Indian bowlers. Team India left 6 catches during the match, which benefited England and registered this historic victory.
