Reasons why India Lost First Test: England defeated the Indian team by 5 wickets in the first Test match. In this match, the batsmen of both teams scored 7 centuries and three half -centuries in total and a total of 1,673 runs in the match. It was playing the first Test match India under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, but he has proved to be a failure in the first exam. After all, which were the 3 biggest reasons, which overshadowed Team India in the Leeds Test.
1. India lost 13 wickets within 72 runs
One of the main reasons for India’s defeat, the lower order was the absence of batting. In the first innings, Team India once scored 430 runs at the loss of just 3 wickets. Within the next 41 runs, the Indian team lost the remaining 7 wickets. At the same time, when the second innings came, the lower order flopped badly. In the second innings, Team India had scored 333 runs at the loss of 5 wickets at one time, but within the next 31 runs, the remaining 5 wickets also fell. In this way, the Indian team lost 13 wickets within just 72 runs.
2. India left countless catch
Bad fielding also became a major reason for Team India’s defeat in the Leeds Test. Team India left countless catches in this match, alone Yashasvi Jaiswal has left 4 catches in this match. In the first innings, Harry Brook was caught on a score of zero. As a result of leaving this catch, he was dismissed after scoring 99 runs. If the brook was out early, India could have gained a big lead instead of 6 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, Jaiswal left a catch of docket on a score of 97. Had he got out on that important occasion, the entire match could have been overturned.
3. Bad fielding in fourth innings
In the fourth innings, Team India had set a target of 371 runs in front of England. By the end of the fourth day, England scored 21 runs without losing wickets. In such a situation, 350 more runs were to be scored on the fifth day. The score of 350+ was successfully chased only 2 times in the history of Leeds ground. On the fifth day, it is a big thing to chase 350+ score, meanwhile Ben Docket and Jack Croly were set. His 188 -run salute partnership was weakening India’s possibility of victory. In such a situation, captain Gill should have tried to open the fielding and turn to the match. England hit 44 fours and 3 sixes in the fourth innings.
