IND vs Eng Test Match: England defeated India by 5 wickets in the first Test match played at the Handingley ground in Leeds. This victory took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. The Test ended on the fifth day disappointed Indian cricket lovers. After losing the toss and batting first, the Indian team’s strategy and performance could not live up to the expectations. In this report, five major reasons for the defeat will be given.
India’s poor fielding in match
The Indian team’s poor fielding has been a major reason for the defeat in the Leeds Test. In this match, countless catch fielders left. Yashasvi Jaiswal has left 4 catches in the match alone. In the first innings, Harry Brook had missed a score of zero, the result of leaving the same catch was that he was dismissed by 99 runs, if the brook was out quickly, India could have gained a big lead instead of 6 runs in the first innings, while in the second innings, Jaiswal had left the catch of the docket on the score of 97, if the dack was out on the important occasion, the entire match could have been turned out.
13 wickets lost within 72 runs
One reason for India’s defeat has not been a lower order batting. The Indian team had scored 430 runs at the loss of just 3 wickets at one time in the first innings. Within the next 41 runs, the Indian team lost the remaining 7 wickets. At the same time, when the second innings came, the lower order flopped badly. The Indian team had scored 333 runs in the second innings at the loss of 5 wickets at one time, but the remaining 5 wickets fell within the next 31 runs, the Indian team lost 13 wickets within just 72 runs.
Bowlers perform poor performance in match
England fast bowlers kept pressure on everyone except the batsmen of the Indian team. At the same time, Indian bowlers could not put pressure on England. Except the match Jasprit Bumrah, other bowlers Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna, Shardul Thakur and Ravindra Jadeja did not see a torrent in English conditions. Captain Bhubhaman Gill’s strategy also looked bad on the field. Constant changes in bowling, delay in field settings and misuse of DRS on some important occasions overshadowed the team.
