India won 11 years later in Nottingham, defeating England by 203 runs; Wins dedicated to flood victims of Kerala
India defeated England by 203 runs in the third Test. This is India's first win in the 5 Test series. Both of the series's early Tests were won by England. India won in Nottingham after 11 years. Earlier, in 2007 Rahul Dravid's captaincy was won by 7 wickets. After that, there was a defeat in the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2011. Last time the fight was missing on the draw in 2014. Then Dhoni was the captain. Virat dedicated this victory to the flood victims of Kerala.
In this Test, England won the toss and chose to bowl. India scored 329 runs in the first innings. England's first innings was all out for 161 runs. India made a target of 521 runs to win England by scoring 352/7 in the second innings, but the hosts were all out for 317 in the second innings.
Virat said this victory was needed: Indian captain Virat Kohli was selected as the man of the match. They said, "We want to dedicate this victory to the flood victims of Kerala, people are facing a very serious situation, it is very few that we can do for them, victory at this stage of the series was very important. After the defeat at Lord's, they performed unitedly in batting and bowling, the bowler was ready to take 20 wickets and the batsmen also scored good runs. I was not thinking about poor performance, this time I wanted to do good, I dedicate this innings to my wife Anushka Sharma. Even after we have lost 2-0, we can win in the series, for myself. Have faith. "
Factor of India's victory:
1. This series has been the first century partnership for India. Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane added 159 runs in the first innings. Kohli shared a 113-run partnership with Cheteshwar Pujara in the second innings.
2. After poor performance in the last two Tests, Hardik Pandya was constantly asking questions. He took 6 wickets in this match and scored 70 runs.
3. Kohli scored a total of 200 runs in a match for the second time in the series. Earlier, he scored 200 in the first Test at Edgbaston. Kohli's performance was bad in 2014. He made only 134 runs in five tests. This time, 2 Test centuries have been scored in 3 Tests.
4. Jaspreet Bumrah played Test after 8 months and took 7 wickets in the match. He played his last Test against South Africa in January this year, even then he had 7 wickets. Bowling invasions got stronger because of their arrival.
5. In the last two Tests, India had left more than 6 catches in the slip, but only one catch in this match. In this match, Lokesh Rahul took only 6 catches in the slip.
6. In wicketkeeping, Dinesh Karthik had left 3 catches in the last Test at Lord's. His place was given an opportunity to debut Rishabh Pant in this match. Rishabh has taken 7 catches.
India's biggest win against England in terms of runs
Year gap
1986 Leeds, England 279
2016 Visakhapatnam, India 246
2018 Nottingham, England 203
1962 Kolkata, India 187
Wicket Fall: 54/1, 54/2, 75/3, 86/4, 108/5, 110/6, 118/7, 128/8, 128/9, 161/10
Bowling: Mohammed Shami: 10-2-56-1, Bumrah: 12.2-2-37-2, Ashwin: 1-0-3-0, Ishant Sharma: 9-2-32-2; Hardik Pandya: 6-1 -28-5
India first innings: Scoreboard
Batsman runs ball 4s 6s
Shikhar Dhawan Cai Butler Bo Volks 35 65 7 0
Lokesh Rah
In this Test, England won the toss and chose to bowl. India scored 329 runs in the first innings. England's first innings was all out for 161 runs. India made a target of 521 runs to win England by scoring 352/7 in the second innings, but the hosts were all out for 317 in the second innings.
Virat said this victory was needed: Indian captain Virat Kohli was selected as the man of the match. They said, "We want to dedicate this victory to the flood victims of Kerala, people are facing a very serious situation, it is very few that we can do for them, victory at this stage of the series was very important. After the defeat at Lord's, they performed unitedly in batting and bowling, the bowler was ready to take 20 wickets and the batsmen also scored good runs. I was not thinking about poor performance, this time I wanted to do good, I dedicate this innings to my wife Anushka Sharma. Even after we have lost 2-0, we can win in the series, for myself. Have faith. "
Factor of India's victory:
1. This series has been the first century partnership for India. Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane added 159 runs in the first innings. Kohli shared a 113-run partnership with Cheteshwar Pujara in the second innings.
2. After poor performance in the last two Tests, Hardik Pandya was constantly asking questions. He took 6 wickets in this match and scored 70 runs.
3. Kohli scored a total of 200 runs in a match for the second time in the series. Earlier, he scored 200 in the first Test at Edgbaston. Kohli's performance was bad in 2014. He made only 134 runs in five tests. This time, 2 Test centuries have been scored in 3 Tests.
4. Jaspreet Bumrah played Test after 8 months and took 7 wickets in the match. He played his last Test against South Africa in January this year, even then he had 7 wickets. Bowling invasions got stronger because of their arrival.
5. In the last two Tests, India had left more than 6 catches in the slip, but only one catch in this match. In this match, Lokesh Rahul took only 6 catches in the slip.
6. In wicketkeeping, Dinesh Karthik had left 3 catches in the last Test at Lord's. His place was given an opportunity to debut Rishabh Pant in this match. Rishabh has taken 7 catches.
India's biggest win against England in terms of runs
Year gap
1986 Leeds, England 279
2016 Visakhapatnam, India 246
2018 Nottingham, England 203
1962 Kolkata, India 187
Wicket Fall: 54/1, 54/2, 75/3, 86/4, 108/5, 110/6, 118/7, 128/8, 128/9, 161/10
Bowling: Mohammed Shami: 10-2-56-1, Bumrah: 12.2-2-37-2, Ashwin: 1-0-3-0, Ishant Sharma: 9-2-32-2; Hardik Pandya: 6-1 -28-5
India first innings: Scoreboard
Batsman runs ball 4s 6s
Shikhar Dhawan Cai Butler Bo Volks 35 65 7 0
Lokesh Rah
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