Team India had to face defeat by 7 wickets in the fifth test match against England. With this, the five-match series was tied at 2-2. Team India had earlier lost the series 2-1 in South Africa. Now for the first time in the history of 85 years, Team India has lost more than once a Test match by giving a target of more than 200 runs.
England chased the target of 378 runs. Earlier, South Africa had chased the target of 212 and 240 runs. Apart from this, England won the most in terms of run chases in Tests. He had never chased so many runs before. Earlier in the year 2019, the target of 359 runs was achieved in the Ashes. At the same time, 332 runs were chased in 1928/29 and 315 runs in the year 2000.
Team India lost in the first innings by taking a lead of 132 runs. Earlier in 2015, it was defeated after taking a lead of 192 runs. At the same time, in the year 1992, it was lost by 80 runs and in the year 2008 in Sydney by taking a lead of 69 runs. Apart from this, such a big target was never chased against Team India.
England chased 378 runs at Edgbaston today. Due to this, Australia had chased 339 runs in Perth in the year 1977. At the same time, West Indies chased the target of 276 runs in 1987 and South Africa 240 runs in 2022. India were fined 40 per cent of their match fees for slow over-rates in the fifth cricket Test against England and two points from the ICC World Test Championship were also deducted.
“In accordance with Section 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Support Staff, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fees for every one over short,” the ICC said in a statement. Along with this, section 16 of the conditions of playing the ICC World Test Championship. 11. According to 2, one point is deducted for every such over, so India’s two points were deducted.