5 centuries went in vain in Leeds  (5 centuries) 

India vs England: Team India suffered a crushing defeat in the first Test match played at Headingley ground in Leeds. In this match, the Indian batsmen performed brilliantly and scored a total of 5 centuries      (5 centuries)   in the first and second innings, but despite this, Team India failed to save the match. England created history in Test cricket by achieving a huge target of 371 runs in the fourth innings. England won by scoring 352 runs on the last day. Only one team has scored more runs than this to win a Test on the last day. Australia, led by Don Bradman, scored 404 runs on the last day against England at Headingley in 1948.

Teams scoring the most runs on the 5th day of a Test match
404 – Australia vs England, Leeds, 1948 350 – England vs India, Leeds, 2025 344 – West Indies vs England, Lord’s, 1984 325 – India vs Australia, Brisbane, 2021
Defeat despite 5 centuries
Yashasvi Jaiswal, captain Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant scored brilliant centuries in the first innings. Jaiswal scored 101, Gill 147 and Pant 134 runs. KL Rahul (137) and Rishabh Pant (118) also performed well in the second innings. You will be surprised to know that for the first time a total of 5 centuries were scored by India in a Test match and yet the team lost. This is the first time in the history of Test cricket that a team has to face defeat in a Test match despite 5 centuries. Although Team India took a big lead in both the innings in the match and set a target of 371 runs in front of England, but the Indian bowlers could not defend this big score.

The match recorded in history

England achieved the target of 371 runs with 5 wickets in hand, which is the second-highest successful run chase in Test history in the fourth innings against India. Earlier in the year 2022, England had achieved a target of 378 runs in Birmingham, but this time chasing 371 runs in Leeds was also historic.

Indian bowling remained lackluster

In the Leeds Test, except Jasprit Bumrah, the rest of the bowlers of Team India disappointed a lot. Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur failed to put pressure on the English batsmen. Bumrah may have sent half of the England team to the pavilion in the first innings, but despite bowling 19 overs in the second innings, he remained empty-handed. In the second innings, Shardul Thakur and Prasidh Krishna took 2-2 wickets, but could not stop England from registering a win.

Ben Duckett became the hero of the victory

For England, opener Ben Duckett played a historic innings in the second innings. He scored 149 runs and showed the team the way to victory. During the innings, Yashasvi Jaiswal also gave Duckett a life on 97 runs, which he took full advantage of. Duckett became the batsman to score the highest score in the fourth innings of a Test match against India. He broke Joe Root’s record of 142* runs.