London: The Indian cricket team defeated the England (England) team by 6 runs and with this achieved a 2-2 draw in the series. In this, the Indian team gave England a target of 374 runs to win, in response to which the England team was reduced to just 367 runs. Prasiddh Krishna and Mohammad Siraj have bowled brilliantly. The English batsmen could not stand in front of these two.
India did such a miracle for the first time
This is the first time in the history of Test cricket that India has won the last match of a five-Test series on foreign soil. Earlier, India had played 16 five-Test series on foreign soil, out of which it lost the last Test 6 times and the last Test match was drawn 10 times. Now finally the Indian team has been successful in winning the last match of a five-Test series abroad.
Joe Root and Harry Brook scored centuries
Harry Brook and Joe Root proved to be the biggest heroes for the England team in the second innings. Both these players scored centuries. Brook scored a century in just 91 balls while scoring runs at a fast pace. He scored 111 runs in the match, which included 14 fours and two sixes. Root scored 110 runs. Ben Duckett, who came to open, also presented a sample of good batting and played an innings of 54 runs. On the fifth day, Mohammad Siraj and Prasidh Krishna bowled strongly and took three wickets quickly. Then Chris Woakes came out to bat even after being injured. But could not make much impact. Siraj took five wickets in the second innings and Krishna took four wickets. Gus Atkinson was out as the last wicket and he scored 17 runs.
Indian team could not do well in the first innings
Indian team had scored 224 runs in the first innings. Then Karun Nair definitely scored 57 runs by hitting a half-century and the rest of the batsmen proved to be a flop in performing well. After this, the England team scored 247 runs in the first innings and got a crucial lead of 23 runs on the basis of the first innings, then Jack Crowley scored the highest 64 runs for England. At the same time, Mohammad Siraj and Prasidh Krishna took four wickets each for India.
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a century in the second innings
Indian batsmen played well in the second innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 118 runs by hitting a century. At the same time, Akash Deep, who was sent as a nightwatchman, played an innings of 66 runs. Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar also scored half-centuries. Both these players played an important role in taking the team beyond 300 runs. Jadeja and Sundar played innings of 53-53 runs. India scored 396 runs in the second innings. By taking 23 runs of lead, England got the target of 374 runs.
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