England Beat India by 28 runs in the First test. England visited India for 5 test match series. India was playing its first test match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. England won the toss and elected to bat first. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets each. Axar Patel and Jaspreet Bumrah took 2 Wickets each. England’s Captain Ben Stokes scored 70 runs innings and helped his team to score 246 runs. Indian team scored 436 runs.
Yashasvi Jaiswal Scored 80 runs, Kl Rahul scored 86, and Ravindra Jadeja scored 87. Joe Root took 4 wickets, and Tom Hartley and Rehan Ahmed took 2 each. For England, Olive Pope scored 196 runs and Ben Duckett scored 47 runs. England all out at score 420 runs in their second innings and set a target of 231 runs. Indian Team all out at 202 runs in 69.2 overs. Tom Hartley took 7 wickets in the second Innings.
INDIAN Playing eleven
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kl Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat (WK), Axar Patel, Jaspreet Bumrah, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj.
England Playing eleven
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (captain), Ben Foakes (WK), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, Jack Leach.
England Beat India by 28 runs
Olive Pope and Rehan Ahmed came to bat. In the 83rd over Jaspreet Bumrah bowled in outside off stump line. Rehan Ahmed stayed in the crease and ran his hand over the ball but in the end, it took the slightest touch, and the ball went in the hand of Srikar Bharat. Rehan Ahmed scored 28 runs off 53 balls. In the 101st over, Ashwin bowled out Tom Hartley.
Tom Hartley scored 34 runs off 52 balls. Mark Wood out at the score of zero runs Ravindra Jadeja took his wicket. In the 103rd over, Jaspreet Bumrah bowled out Olive Pope Who scored 196 runs off 278 balls. England’s team was all out at the score of 420 runs. India team needs 231 runs to win the first test match.
Indian Bowling Stats:
| Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket | Economy | |
| Jaspreet Bumrah | 16.1 | 04 | 41 | 04 | 2.54 |
| Ravichand Ashwin | 29 | 04 | 126 | 03 | 4.34 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 34 | 01 | 131 | 02 | 3.85 |
| Axar Patel | 16 | 02 | 74 | 01 | 4.63 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 07 | 01 | 22 | 00 | 3.14 |
Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal came to bat. Joe Root came up to bowl the first over. In the 12th over, Tom Hartley Bowls in leg stumps, Yashasvi Jaiswal steps out of the crease and looks to flick but the ball goes straight into the hand of Olive Pope at the short leg. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 15 runs off 35 balls. In the same over Shubman Gill looks to block the ball but is not able to keep it down Olive Pope took another catch.
Shubman Gill scored 0 runs off 2 balls. In the 18th over, Rohit Sharma’s Leg-before-wicket out Tom Hartley picked 3 wickets of this Innings Rohit Sharma Scored 39 runs off 58 balls. In the 30th over, Tom Hartley bowls in the middle stumps, Axar Patel gets in the front foot and looks to drive but does not get the connection as he wants the ball moved back to the bowler, and Tom Hartley takes a catch. Axar Patel scored 17 runs off 42 balls. In the 33rd over, Kl Rahul was leg-before-wicket out by Joe Root.
Kl Rahul scored 22 runs off 48 balls. In the 39th over, Ravindra Jadeja was run out by England’s Captain Ben Stokes. Ravindra Jadeja scored 2 runs off 20 balls. In the 41st over, Jack Leach bowls fuller on leg stumps, Shreyas Iyer tried to drive but it takes the outside edge of the ball and goes into the hands of Joe Root at the first slip. Shreyas Iyer scored 13 runs off 31 balls.
In the 62nd over, Tom Hartley bowled out Srikar Bharat who scored 28 runs off 59 balls. In the 64th over, Tom Hartley bowls at off stumped line, Ravichandran Ashwin steps outside the crease swung his bat but he completely misses the ball Ben Foakes removes the bails. Ravichandran Ashwin scored 28 runs off 84 balls.
It came right down to the wire in Hyderabad but it’s England who win the closely-fought contest.#TeamIndia will aim to bounce back in the next game.
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In the 70th over, Mohammad Siraj stepped outside the crease but missed the ball Ben Foakes collected the ball and removed the bail. Tom Hartley Picked his 7th wicket in this innings. Mohammad Siraj scored 12 runs off 20 balls. Jaspreet Bumrah Scored not out 6 runs off 18 balls. England won the match by 18 runs. England takes the lead of 1-0 in a match test series. Olive Pope won the Player of the Match award. India will play the next match with England in Dr. Y.S. Rajashekar Reddy ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium – Visakhapatnam on 2-6 February.
England Bowling Stats:
| Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket | Economy | |
| Mark Wood | 8 | 01 | 15 | 00 | 1.88 |
| Tom Hartley | 26.2 | 05 | 62 | 07 | 2.35 |
| Jack Leach | 10 | 01 | 33 | 01 | 3.30 |
| Rehan Ahmed | 6 | 00 | 33 | 00 | 5.50 |
| Joe Root | 19 | 03 | 41 | 01 | 2.16 |