England beat the Indian team by 5 wickets in the first Test match. In this match, the batsmen of both teams scored a total of 7 centuries and three half centuries and scored a total of 1,673 runs in the match.
India was playing his first Test match in Shubhman Gill’s captaincy, but he has failed in the first Test. There were 3 biggest reasons for Team India in the Leeds Test which proved to be very bad.
India lost 13 wickets within 72 runs
One of the main reasons for the defeat of India was the failure of the lower -ranked batsmen. In the first innings, Team India scored 430 for a loss of just 3 wickets at a time. The Indian team lost the remaining 7 wickets in the next 41 runs. When the second inning came, the lower order also failed badly.
In the second innings, Team India scored 333 for 5 at a time, but in the next 31 runs, the remaining 5 wickets fell. In this way, the Indian team lost 13 wickets for just 72 runs.
Many catches left by India
One of the major reasons for Team India’s defeat in the lead test was also bad fielding. Team India left several catches in this match, leaving 4 catches in this match alone. Harry Brooke’s catch in the first innings missed when he was at zero. The result of this missed catch was that he was dismissed for 99 runs.
If Brook was out soon, India could have got a big lead instead of 6 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, Jashwashi Jaiswal was at 97 runs when Ducket’s catch was missed. If the ducket had been out at an important moment, the whole match would have been overturned.
Poor fielding in the fourth innings
In the fourth innings, Team India gave a target of 371 runs for England. By the end of the fourth day, England scored 21 runs without losing a single wicket. On the fifth day, there were 350 more runs. In the history so far, only 350+ runs have been successfully chased on the grounds of lead.
Chasing 350+ runs on the fifth day is a big thing, during which Ben Ducket and Jack Crowley were set. His opening partnership of 188 runs was weakening India’s possibilities. Captain Gill opened the field and tried to turn the match to the draw. England hit 44 fours and three sixes in the fourth innings.
