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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 5 days, the last day England had to make 350 to win, the team won by batting in domestic circumstances. Ben Docket (149 runs) and Jack Crolya (65 runs) held a record opening partnership of 188 runs.
Indian bowlers could not break this partnership in time. This took away the victory from India. This is Shubman Gill’s first defeat as a Test captain.
5 factors of India’s defeat
Factors-1: Middle-loar order failure The Indian team had to collap the middle-loar order in both innings, which became the biggest reason for the defeat. The Indian team lost their 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. With this, India could not gain a big lead in the first innings. Here Team India got a lead of just 6 runs. 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: Fourth-fifth bowler’s 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 took 2, Shardal Thakur 2 and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket. Shardul Thakur got 2 in the match while Ravindra Jadeja got the same 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, out of which 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 The pitch proved to be helpful for the batsmen for the five days of the Handingley Test. A total of 00 runs were scored in the match. Experts estimated that pitch could help bowlers on the last day, but it did not happen.
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.