New Delhi. The Indian team scored 388 runs for the loss of 7 wickets on the very first day of the last test match of the series against England which started at Edgbaston on Friday. There was a time during this match when the Indian team had lost its 5 wickets for 98 runs, but after that Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja batted brilliantly with their bat, reaching the score of Team India beyond 300 runs.
222-run partnership for the sixth wicket
Rishabh Pant scored his fifth century in Test cricket by playing a blistering innings of 146 runs in 111 balls, while Jadeja played a brilliant innings of 83 not out in 163 balls. For the sixth wicket, these two batsmen shared a record 222 runs in 293 balls.
Completed 200-run partnership in 218 balls
Pant and Jadeja came up with a scintillating half-century for the sixth wicket in 54 balls as they were quick to bowl. After this, in 130 balls, both these stalwarts also completed their century. Jadeja and Pant made a tremendous comeback in the match, sharing a blistering partnership of 150 runs in 182 balls. After this, both of them made an important partnership of 200 runs in 218 balls to reach the team’s score beyond 300 but after that Pant was dismissed for 146 runs.
Created a new Indian record of partnership against England
With this, Pant and Jadeja set a new record for the highest partnership for the sixth wicket for India in Test cricket against England. Let us tell you that in the history of Test cricket between the two countries, no Indian player has made such a partnership before for the sixth wicket. Ravindra Jadeja contributed 68 (144) and Pant contributed 133 (95) runs in this tremendous partnership. During the partnership, both scored runs with an economy of about 6.