IND beat ENG at Lord's, 6 reasons why India beat England in its own den

IND beat ENG at Lord’s: From KL Rahul to Mohammed Siraj, 6 reasons behind India’s historic win in 2nd Test against England – Riding on superb batting and bowling performances by Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah Team India registered a historic win at Lord’s in the second Test against England on Monday. Shami scored a brilliant fifty with the bat while with the ball he took crucial wickets to turn the game on its head on Day 5. Tailender Jasprit Bumrah also scored crucial 30 runs and picked up wickets which helped India register their third win at Lord’s.

India beat England at Lord’s: England 2nd Innings: 120 all out, lost by 151 runs

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Rory Burns	c Mohammed Siraj b JJ Bumrah	0	4	0	0	0.00
Dom Sibley	c Rishabh Pant b M Shami	0	4	0	0	0.00
Haseeb Hameed	lbw b Ishant Sharma	9	45	0	0	20.00
Joe Root (C)	c Virat Kohli b JJ Bumrah	33	60	5	0	55.00
Jonny Bairstow	lbw b Ishant Sharma	2	24	0	0	8.33
Jos Buttler (WK)	c Rishabh Pant b Mohammed Siraj	25	96	3	0	26.04
Moeen Ali	c Virat Kohli b Mohammed Siraj	13	42	2	0	30.95
Sam Curran	c Rishabh Pant b Mohammed Siraj	0	1	0	0	0.00
Ollie Robinson	lbw b JJ Bumrah	9	35	0	0	25.71
Mark Wood	Not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
James Anderson	b Mohammed Siraj	0	3	0	0	0.00
Extra	29 (b 17, w 1, nb 4, lb 7)
Total	120/10 (51.5)
Yet To Bat

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jasprit Bumrah	15	3	33	3	2.20
Mohammed Shami	10	5	13	1	1.30
Ravindra Jadeja	6	3	5	0	0.83
Mohammed Siraj	10.5	3	32	4	2.95
Ishant Sharma	10	3	13	2	1.30

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Rory Burns	1-1	0.3
Dom Sibley	2-1	1.4
H Hameed	3-44	15.3
JM Bairstow	4-67	21.6
JE Root	5-67	22.3
MM Ali	6-90	38.1
SM Curran	7-90	38.2
Ollie Robinson	8-120	50.5
Jos Buttler	9-120	51.2
James Anderson	10-120	51.5

IND vs ENG: India 2nd Innings: 298/8 decl, lead by 271 runs

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
KL Rahul	c Jos Buttler b Mark Wood	5	30	0	0	16.67
Rohit Sharma	c MM Ali b Mark Wood	21	36	2	1	58.33
Cheteshwar Pujara	c JE Root b Mark Wood	45	206	4	0	21.84
Virat Kohli (C)	c Jos Buttler b SM Curran	20	31	4	0	64.52
Ajinkya Rahane	c Jos Buttler b MM Ali	61	146	5	0	41.78
Rishabh Pant (WK)	c Jos Buttler b Ollie Robinson	22	46	1	0	47.83
Ravindra Jadeja	b MM Ali	3	5	0	0	60.00
Ishant Sharma	lbw b Ollie Robinson	16	24	2	0	66.67
Mohammed Shami	Not out	56	70	6	1	80.00
Jasprit Bumrah	Not out	34	64	3	0	53.13
Extra	15 (b 2, w 0, nb 1, lb 12)
Total	298/8 (109.3)
Yet To Bat	Mohammed Siraj

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
James Anderson	25.3	6	53	0	2.08
Ollie Robinson	17	6	45	2	2.65
Mark Wood	18	4	51	3	2.83
Sam Curran	18	3	42	1	2.33
Moeen Ali	26	1	84	2	3.23
Joe Root	5	0	9	0	1.80

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
KL Rahul	1-18	9.2
Rohit Sharma	2-27	11.6
Virat Kohli	3-55	23.1
CA Pujara	4-155	72.4
Ajinkya Rahane	5-167	75.6
RA Jadeja	6-175	79.1
Rishabh Pant	7-194	85.3
Ishant Sharma	8-209	89.3

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Team India at Lord’s

Matches – 20

Win – 3

Lost – 12

Draws – 4

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Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah’s magical partnership

IND beat ENG at Lord’s: Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami batted their skin in the 2nd Test against England at Lord’s on Monday to turn the game on its head. England bowlers were frustrated with Shami and Bumrah’s defence and shot-making. Mark Wood also tried bouncers against Bumrah and Shami but both the batters were just not ready to give away their wickets cheaply. Shami & Bumrah’s 89-run partnership is India’s highest 9th wicket partnership in Test.

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Ishant Sharma the Lord of Lord’s

IND beat ENG at Lord’s: Ishant Sharma is one of the most experienced pacers in the Indian team right now. On Day 5 of the Lord’s Test Sharma picked up crucial wickets of Jonny Bairstow and Haseeb Hameed. He has played 14 matches in England in which he has picked 51 wickets which also includes 2 five-wicket hauls. In 2014, when India won the Test at Lord’s it was his seven-wicket haul that helped India win the game.

In the first innings, he removed Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali and Sam Curran. With these early wickets, India is right back into the game and will look to clinch their third win at Lord’s.

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Ishant Sharma at Lord’s

Matches – 4

Wickets – 17

AVG – 29.29

5w – 1

Joe Root’s wicket

IND beat ENG at Lord’s: India pacer Jasprit Bumrah picked up the crucial wicket of England captain Joe Root, who scored a brilliant knock of 180 runs in the first innings. Root was the most important wicket in England team as he was the only batsman who looked in good touch. Bumrah bowled superb in-swinger against Root, the English batsman tried to defend it but edged it to Virat Kohli in the first slip. This wicket turned the match on its head.

Rahane and Pujara’s crucial partnership

IND beat ENG at Lord’s: Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane took the stand after India lost three early wickets in form of KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the first Test. Rahane, in particular, went on to smash a fifty off 125 deliveries. Meanwhile, Pujara showed immense resilience as he scored 45 runs off 206 deliveries. Pujara along with Rahane saw out the first six rather easily and it was the English bowlers who were put under a bit of pressure by the duo. Both batsmen did not relent by the body blows and short pitch delivery, as they kept on chipping away at the runs, and in the end, it was ensured that India took the honours in the second session. This was a crucial partnership for India in order to win the Test.

KL Rahul’s Century

India opening batsman KL Rahul hit a brilliant century in the 2nd Test against England at the historic ground of Lord’s on Thursday. This was Rahul’s 6th Test century and 2nd in England. The century at Lord’s will be a very special one for Rahul as he achieved a landmark that even greats of Indian cricket Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar could not achieve. (India vs England 2nd Test Live). He slammed 129 runs off 250 balls which included 12 fours and a six. He departed off Ollie Robinson caught out to Dominic Sibley on opening over of Day 2.

Mohammed Siraj’s 8 wickets in the Match

Just like any other performance mentioned above, Siraj’s 8 wickets in the match played a key role in India’s historic win at Lord’s. He picked up four wickets in the first innings and four more in the second innings. Siraj has become the latest bowling sensation of India. He played key role in The Gabba Test and now in Lord’s Test.

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