The Indian team is playing a five-match Test series series against England under Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. Currently, the Indian team has lagged 1-2 lagging behind in this series. Now the fourth match of this series between Team India and hosts England is to be played at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester from 23 July (Wednesday). This match will be very important for the Indian team. If the Indian team lost this match, the series will also get out of his hand.
If seen, the Test record of the Indian team in Manchester has not been special. Here India has played 9 Tests (against all England) so far, out of which it had to face defeat. While five matches were left on a draw. On this ground, the Indian team played their first Test in the year 1936 and since then it is waiting for the first Test victory here.
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If the Indian team has to win the first victory here, then it will have to perform well in the three departments. A big headache for the Indian team can also become a route, which has a great record on this ground. Former England captain Joe Root is the highest Test run batsman on this ground. He has so far scored 978 runs in 11 Tests at an average of 65.20, including 1 century and seven half -centuries. Now as soon as he scored 22 runs, he will touch the thousand figures on this ground.
Root made the biggest score at which ground?
Let us know that Joe Root scored his biggest test score (254 runs vs Pakistan) at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester. After scoring a brilliant century in the Lord’s Test, who has returned to the root form. Most of England batsmen are now seen battling to score runs, while the bat of the route is blowing fire. Root has so far scored more than 3000 Test runs against India and they can also become a challenge for the Indian team in Manchester.
If India is to bring this series on par in Manchester, then Test cricket number-1 batsman Joe Root will have to be dismissed quickly in both innings. The first match of the five -match Test series between India and England was played at Leeds’s Handingley Cricket Ground, where the Indian team had to face defeat by 5 wickets.
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Then the Indian team won by 336 runs in a Test match played at Edgbaston ground in Birmingham. After this, the hosts made a comeback and won the Lord’s Test by 22 runs. India had a golden opportunity to win in the Lord’s Test, but it could not successfully chase the target of 193 runs in the fourth innings of the match.
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