England vs India 1st Test: England defeated Team India by 5 wickets in the first match of the five -match Test series. In this Test match played in Handingley, Leeds, the English team created history. India gave England a target of 371 runs in this Test, which the British achieved by losing 5 wickets. England scored 350 runs on the last day. Ben Docket was the hero of this victory of England. He played a match winning innings of 149 runs.
You will be surprised to know that after 77 years, a team has done such a big run on the field of Headingley. Earlier in 1948, a target of 404 runs was chased at this ground. Then Australia defeated England. Since then, the target of such a big runs has never been chased on this ground. Now England has become the team to chase the second biggest run chair in the headingley.
Earlier in 2019, England chased a target of 362 runs against Australia in Handingley. Then the British defeated the Kangaroos by one wicket. Overall, a target of more than 300 runs has been chased on this ground for the fifth time.
Account of first Test match played in Headingley
The Indian team scored 471 runs after playing first in this Test match. In the first innings for India, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 101, Shubman Gill scored 147 and Rishabh Pant scored 134 runs. After this, the England team scored 465 runs in their first innings. For England, Oli Pope scored 106 and Harry Brook scored 99 runs. Then in the second innings, Team India scored 364 runs and gave the British a target of 371 runs. This time KL Rahul scored 137 and Rishabh Pant scored 118 runs for India. That is, Pant made a century in both innings. Now England had a target of 371 runs, which the British easily achieved. For England, Ben Docket scored 149, Jack Crolya 65 and Joe Root scored an unbeaten 53 runs. Wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith remained unbeaten on 44 runs.
