‘We lose together, win together’: Cricket news draws record chase in England headingley as serious serious bowlers
Timeofindia.com in Leeds: England won a notable five wicket win over India in the first Test at Hadingley on Tuesday, chasing 371 in a record-breaking fashion to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series. The hosts became the first team in over 60,000 first -class matches to accept five individual hundreds of people and still won.Score: India vs England, First TestIt was a day of milestone and heartbreak. India scored 835 runs in their two innings, in which Rishabh Pant broke the centuries for centuries – only the second wicketkeeper in the test history to do so. Nevertheless, the fall of 7 for 41 in the first innings proved to be fatal for 6 31 for 31, allowing England to stay in hunting.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Ben Docket’s Blistering 149 set the tone, while Joe Root (53*) and debutant Jamie Smith (44*) chased with a cool, unbeaten 71-rorn stand. Smith sealed the victory with one six, as England romanced at home at 373/5 in only 82 overs.
However, India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir chose to focus on positivity and refused to sing the bowling unit for defects.“We can’t question our bowlers after every test. How will we prepare them? We need to support our players. We need to make a fast bowling battery,” serious match press conferences.He also pointed to India’s failure with the bat as the major cause of loss. He admitted, “The world’s best fielders have dropped the catch. Batting, yes, disappointing. We could have dominated that we scored more than 600 in the first innings,” he accepted.
Despite Shardul Thakur’s late burst, Gambhir insisted that the match was collectively lost: “We did not lose the test due to our tail. We lose together, win together. ,In his first Test as a captain, under the leadership of Shubman Gill, Gambhir was strong in his support: “The first tests are always in the nerves. He was unprecedented … it was a hundred with the bat. We have to give him time.”With the second test starting from July 2 in Birmingham, India has very little time to reflect – but the message of Gambhir was clear: no nervousness, only perseverance.
