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Epic wins by 157 runs at The Oval; Twitter said ‘Indian bowlers are the best’

September 6, 2021
Bharat Times English News

India beat England by 157 runs in the fourth Test to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. India, who lost their last Test match quite heavily, came out really strong in the game. Especially after looking down and out on Day One. It was an excellent case of a comeback and Kohli and his team showed that they are not afraid to do things.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

India posted a sensational 157-run victory in the fourth Test against England, their second at the Oval and their first since 1971, to take an unassailable 2–1 lead in the five-match series. It is only the second time in history – after 1986 – that India have won two Tests on a tour of England.

He defeated England by 151 runs in the second Test at Lord’s last month.

England resumed the fifth and final day strongly for 77 for no loss and even though they had lost a few wickets in the first session, they went on to 131/2 and were in good shape to draw the Test. seemed.

However, within 35 balls, between 61.3 and 67.2 overs, pacer Jasprit Bumrah (2/27) and spinner Ravindra Jadeja (2/50) shared four wickets to win the heart of England’s batting as the game went on for India. turned in favor. Jadeja removed opener Haseeb Hameed (63 in 193) through a through that came off the rough and slipped his off-stump. Bumrah then dealt a double blow to England as he broke the defense of Ollie Pope (2) and Jonny Bairstow (0) in his successive overs.

Jadeja then got Moeen Ali caught on the bat-pad.

England went from 141/2 to 147/6.

A 35-run partnership between Joe Root (36) and Chris Woakes (18) kept England alive. But then Root was unlucky that he cut the ball on the stumps off Shardul Thakur.

On the stroke of tea, Woakes was caught at mid-wicket off Umesh Yadav (3/60). In the session between lunch and tea, India took six wickets.

After tea he quickly cleaned the tail.

The victory was through a remarkable turnaround for India as they were bowled out for 191 in the first innings. But he managed to restrict England’s first innings lead to just 99 runs on a quiet wicket.

Virat Kohli’s men ensured better batting in the second innings. The top three batsmen shone as India posted a total of 466 runs from middle and lower order contributions, setting England a target of 368 runs to win.

It was too much for England to handle. Shardul Thakur was the silent performer who made the difference with fifties in both the innings and took three crucial wickets. A first-innings half-century took India to 191 and a second-innings half-century helped them put on a 100-run partnership for the seventh wicket with Rishabh Pant to take a lead of 300.

Rohit Sharma scored his first overseas Test century in the second innings. Cheteshwar Pujara and captain Virat Kohli hit half-centuries each.

Umesh Yadav took six wickets in the comeback while Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets in the game.

(with agencies)

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