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Match Details
ENG vs IND 2nd Match, IND vs ENG 2021
ENG 391(128.0)
120-1051.5
India won by 151 runs
364(126.1)
IND
109.3298-8
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Player of the Match
Lokesh Rahul
129(250)&5(30)
| R(B) | 4S | 6S | SR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (3)0 (1) | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0.00 0.00 |
P'ship : 0(3)
Last Wkt : Jos Buttler 25(96)
BowlerM Siraj
| W-R | Overs | Econ |
|---|---|---|
| 4-32 | 10.5 | 2.95 |
Commentary
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What a sensational performance from Team India. Who would gave India a chance at the start of the day. Not many to be honest. But the spirited Indian team had other ideas. Historic win. We now have nine days before the start of the 3rd Test. Till the next time, it's ta-ta and goodnight from Arya Sekhar Chakraborty and my fellow commentators Kingshuk Kusari and Arjun Bhalla.
KL Rahul- I have been looking at the honours board if they had put it permanently. Having been put into bat, we had to give the team a good start and make sure we put up a decent total. Partnership with Rohit was very important. Yeah it is, we have been here for a couple of months and we have been working really hard on our game. Even in the first game, the batsmen showed a lot of discipline. Really happy to pit up a performance like this. That's what you expect from two quality teams. That shows how both teams wants to win. We don't mind a bit of banter. That actually got us going. The bowler's had a crack at them.
KL Rahul is the Player of the Match.
Virat Kohli, Indian skipper- Well superproud of the whole team. The way we stuck to our plans after being put in. Our batting was exceptional. The first day was challenging but from there on it was difficult for the bowlers. It was absolutely fantastic from Bumrah and Shami with the bat. We though we could get them out in 60 overs. Yeah just to applaud what Jasprit and Shami did. It takes a lot of character to play in those circumstance for bowlers who doesn't bat much. They also got the new ball and gave us two important breakthroughs early on. Our lower order was contributing earlier but that went away in the last few matches. But the batting coach has worked with them and now they have the desire in them to do the job for the team. Look I have been a part of the winning Test match as a player under MS. We knew in that game we had out them under pressure but here the situation was different. Siraj was quite exceptional. What happened in the field gave us the motivation to see the match off. Anything under fifty five overs I would have not felt great. Today in the second half the crowd got behind us. We are really happy with the support we got. It comes a day later after Independence day. This is a very happy day for us. We have three more games. We won't sit down with our laurels. We will get more lethal. I get many wrong review but if you don't take a chance you will never know.
Joe Root, England captain- Yeah I mean you are always trying to find ways to deal with situations like that. Unfortunately we couldn't quite see it off today. Really frustrating but lot of cricket still left in the series and we will come back strong in the next three Tests. As a captain I could have taken the responsibility. We were looking like winning the game and then falling behind. Tactially I could have been better. I think more than anything, just probably a few things slightly wrong. They played really well, the partnership between Bumrah and Shami. Mark Wood and Moeen Ali gave everything, as you would expect from the attitude that goes about things. Loves seeing Mo (Moeen Ali) enjoy Test cricket. As a side we are used to playing five series, we have found ourselves in this position before and have done the job. Certainly the crowd didn't disappoint us.
Time for the presenation ceremony.
Arya: There was a brief partnership between Buttler and Ollie Robinson which gave England hopes. However, Bumrah did the trick with a brilliant slower delivery as he deceived him with the change of pace. Mohammed Siraj then came back to take the wicket of Jos Buttler which was the final nail in the coffin for England. He managed to bag the wicket of Anderson in the same over with another perfect line and length delivery as the Indian players went wild.
Arya: The wicket of Joe Root opened the gates suddenly and India was all over England at that juncture. Again the man to give India the most important breakthrough was none other than Jasprit Bumrah. From there on, Moeen Ali and Jos Buttler built a partnership and defied the Indian bowling line-up for a while. Buttler survived a dropped chance and looked comfortable at the crease after the reprieve. It was Mohammed Siraj who came back with back to back wickets in his next spell which again rocked the home team. Brilliant deliveries to left-handers brought about the downfall of Moeen Ali and Sam Curran. Curran also became the first batsman in the history to bag a king pair in a Test match in Lords.
Arya: Rohit Sharma dropped the catch of Haseeb Hameed early on. While Hameed never looked settled at the crease, Joe Root again looked in fine touch and played some delightful shots during his knock of 33 Haseeb Hameed was eventually dismissed by a sensational in dipper from Ishant Sharma. Jonny Bairstow's LBW call just at the stroke of tea could have been the moment of the match. It was a great review taken which gave India that extra impetus coming into the final session.
Arya: Eventually Virat Kohli declared after playing just a shade over one over after lunch. The declaration came at the right time as the English openers didn't get an opportunity to stay at the dressing room for forty minutes and then come out to bat. Instead they had to rush for padding up and they looked unsettled right from ball one. Jasprit Bumrah bagged the wicket of Rory Burns in the opening over while Shami bagged the wicket of Dom Sibley with a pearler.
Arya: Bumrah had peppered James Anderson with a barrage of short deliveries in the twilight of Day 3 and it was time for the English bowlers to give it back to Bumrah. However, it worked in favour of Bumrah as he survived a few close shaves and a hit on the helmet to score a crucial unbeaten 34 runs and shared a stand of 89 runs. It was a questionable field setting by Joe Root putting fielders in the deep without enough catching options. Bumrah and Shami cashed in big time. Both batted sensibly and when the opportunities they struck some exceptional shots. Some of the drives from both the lower order batsmen were immaculate which would have made any top order batsmen proud.
Arya: India began the day's play well behind the game. A lead of 154, with 4 wickets in hand, England would have definitely come out thinking of a victory on the final day. Rishabh Pant was the crucial wicket for England and they got their man early. Ollie Robinson bowled good lines to induce an outside edge from Pant. Ishant Sharma scored a vital 16 but it was the partnership between Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah which totally changed the complexion of the match.
Arya: A historic victory for India at the Mecca of Cricket. What a performance from their fast bowlers to wrap up England in just a shade over 50 overs. Incredible rearguard action by Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah early on in the day with the bat and with the ball, the pace cartel hunted in packs and eventually bowled out England for a paltry 120 runs.
51.5 M Siraj to J Anderson
W And India have done it. Unreal scenes here at Lords. What an incredible finish to this game and yet again it is Mohammed Siraj who does the job. A pearler from Siraj yet again. Coming in from around the wicket and shapes away ever so slightly to beat his outside edge and strikes timbers. Look at the spirit of Siraj here.
51.4 M Siraj to J Anderson
0 Short ball, didn't rise to Anderson. Anderson adjusts his shot at the last moment and blocks it off the backfoot.
51.3 M Siraj to J Anderson
0 Beats the outside edge. Perfect line, perfect length and shapes away from the left-hander and beats Anderson convincingly.
Arjun: EDGED AND GONE! SIRAJ, YOU MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY!
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