India versus England 5th Test 1st Day: Rishabh Pant and Jadeja leads India's fightback

-

 The much-anticipated one-off Test match between India and England began today in a jam-packed stadium played at Birmingham on Friday.

England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and decided to field first. Shubman Gill opened the innings along with Cheteshwar Pujara. Both openers showed intent hitting bad deliveries away for boundaries. The veteran pace duo of Anderson and Stuart Broad bowled some lovely deliveries that went past the outside edge. Anderson eventually got rid of Shubman Gill providing a simple catch to Crawley at slips.

Hanuma Vihari struggled against the top-quality bowling of Anderson and Broad. Zak Crawley dropped a simple chance at first slips to get rid of Vihari. Anderson produced another superb delivery to dismiss Pujara leaving India in trouble. Matthew Potts was bought into the attack and troubled the Indian batters. With the scoreboard reading at 53 for 2, rain arrived. Soon after the rain delay, umpires called for early lunch.

The match did not start in time due to rain. Matthew Potts grabbed two quick wickets of Vihari with a lovely fuller delivery and then Virat Kohli took the inside edge onto the stumps to leave India in deep trouble. Shreyas Iyer joined in with Pant showing intent. James Anderson produced another good delivery as Billings took a stunning one-handed catch to dismiss Shreyas Iyer putting India in trouble at 98 for 5.

Rishabh Pant did not allow the England bowlers to settle with lovely attacking shots. Jack Leach was taken to the cleaners by Pant and Jadeja keeping the scoreboard ticking. Pant completed fifty off 51 balls rescuing Indian innings. Both Indian batters never allowed the England bowlers to settle. India went into the tea break at 174 for 5.

The third session began with Pant and Jadeja keeping the scoreboard ticking hitting boundaries with ease. It was a superb display of batting by both Pant and Jadeja. Pant reached his 2nd century on England soil in Test matches off 89 balls while Jadeja reached fifty off 109 balls.

Pant then kept the pressure on the England bowlers especially Jack Leach hitting him for big shots while Jadeja also remained steady with his shots. Joe Root eventually grabbed the wicket of Pant trying to get his 150 caught at slips. Pant and Jadeja added 222 runs for the 6th wicket.

Ben Stokes produced a superb delivery to dismiss Shardul Thakur. Ravindra Jadeja did not give much strike to Mohammed Shami. Jadeja looked confident along with Shami as India ended the 1st day at 338 for 7. India scored 164 runs in the last session from 29 overs in the third session.

India 338 for 7 in 72 overs (Pant 146, Jadeja 83, Anderson 3/52, Potts 2/85) 









India made 338 for 7 as Pant and Jadeja put on 222 runs for the 6th wicket 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

WPL 2025 Match 1: Top 3 Performers Between RCB And GG

-
Image
  Royal Challengers Bengaluru registered a historic win over Gujarat Giants in the opening match of WPL 2025 played at Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara on 14 th February. RCB captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and decided to field first. Ash Gardner’s explosive knock, Beth Mooney’s half-century, Deandra Dottin’s quickfire knock helped Gujarat Giants post 201 for 5 in their 20 overs. In reply, Ellyse Perry looked impressive with a half-century. Richa Ghosh played a blinder of a knock along with Kanika Ahuja’s brilliance helping the defending Champions RCB chase down this target easily by 6 wickets with 9 balls to spare. The pitch at Vadodara was a belter with top-quality performances from both sides in the opening match of the season. Here we look at the top 3 performers in the opening match of the WPL 2025 between RCB and Gujarat Giants. 1.        Ash Gardner Gujarat Giants’ newly appointed captain Ash Gardner led from the front with the bat and ball al...
Read more

Indonesia Open 2025: Satwik/Chirag Enter Quarters, Others Crash Out

-
Image
  The men’s doubles pairing of Satwik/Chirag entered the quarterfinals while other 3 Indians lost in the 2 nd round of the Super 1000 Indonesia Open played at Jakarta on 5 th June 2025. Satwik/Chirag Shetty edged past R Kjaer and Sogaard of Denmark in three games. The first game began with both pairs fighting for each point. Kjaer and Sogaard displayed great service skills. Satwik/Chirag fought back strongly to make a comeback. At the mid-game break, Danish pair led 11-10. After the break, Kjaer and Sogaard played brilliant badminton winning the first game by 21-16. The second game also began well for both pairs. Satwik/Chirag made a strong comeback whenever Kjaer and Sogaard look to take the game away. At the mid-game break, Danish pair again took a 11-10 lead. After the interval, Satwik/Chirag fought back strongly to level the scores and then won it by 21-18 to force into the decider. It was a closely fought affair in the third game as both pairs fought for each point. At...
Read more

Malaysia Open 2025 Day 3: Disappointing Outing For Indian Shuttlers

-
Image
  The Indian shuttlers had a disappointing outing as only one of them made it into the quarterfinals of the Super 1000 Malaysia Open 2025 played at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur on 9 th January. HS Prannoy, women’s doubles pair of Tressa Jolly suffered narrow losses while Bansod, mixed doubles pair of Crasto/Kapila, and other pair lost in a one-sided affair. Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand suffered a heartbreaking loss to Jia Ya Fan and Zhang of China in three thrilling games. The Indian pair struggled in the initial phases of the first game trailing by 3-6 before taking 7 points in succession to put the pressure back on the Chinese pair. At the mid-game interval, the Indians had an 11-7 lead. After the break, Jolly and Gopichand showed domination with smashes and drop shots keeping consistent pressure on the Chinese pair before winning the first game at 21-15. The second game began well with Jolly and Gopichand taking a decent lead in the initial phases. Ji and Zhang showed g...
Read more