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The England cricket team defeated the Indian cricket team by 5 wickets in the first Test to lead the series. The challenging target of 371 runs to win in the Handingley Test was achieved by the hosts than by Ben Docket’s century (149). A lot of catches were left in the fielding from India, which the guest team had to bear the brunt. Let’s take a look at the records made in the match.
Statement of account
English team won in this way
India scored 471 runs in the first innings in the first innings thanks to the centuries of Yashasvi Jaiswal (101), Shubman Gill (147) and Rishabh Pant (134). In response, England scored 465 runs thanks to the innings of Oli Pope (106) and Harry Brook (99). Bumrah took 5 wickets from India. After this, India scored 364 runs thanks to KL Rahul (137) and Pant (118). Finally, Ben Docket from England scored a century (149) and the root (53*) won.
England successfully achieved its second highest target
England successfully achieved their second highest target (371) in Test history. Let us know that in 2022, the English team achieved the target of 378 runs against India. Bumrah was the captain of India in that match.
Jaiswal scored 5th century of his Test career
Jaiswal scored 101 and 4 runs. He has become the first foreign player to score a century during his first Test in both Australia and England. Before the age of 23, he has scored a Test century in 4 countries (India, West Indies, Australia and England). This feat was done by Sachin only in 5 countries before him. He has also become Asia’s first opener to score a century on this ground.
Jaiswal joined this special list
Jaiswal made it to a special list with this century innings. He became the 5th Indian batsman to score a century in his first Test innings in England. Earlier, Murali Vijay (146, 2014), Vijay Manjrekar (133, 1952), Sourav Ganguly (131, 1996) and Sandeep Patil (129*, 1982) have done this feat. He has also become the third youngest Indian century in Headingley.
Shubman Gill scored a century in captaincy
Gill was made history by scoring a century in the first innings as a Test captain. He joined the list of selected captains of India who scored a century in the first innings of the debut Test. Prior to that, this feat was done by Vijay Hazare (1951, Delhi) Sunil Gavaskar (1976, Auckland) and Virat Kohli (2014, Adelaide). Gill has become the third Indian captain to score Test centuries after Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (1967) and Sourav Ganguly (2002) in Headingley.
Pant scored centuries in both innings
Pant has become the second wicketkeeper batsman in the world to score a century in both innings of a Test match with this century. Prior to him, this feat was done by former wicketkeeper batsman of Zimbabwe cricket team Andy Flower. He scored 142 and 199* in both innings of the Test played against South Africa cricket team in Harare in 2001. Apart from these two, no other wicketkeeper has done this.
Pant became the 7th Indian to score a century in both innings
Pant has become the 7th Indian to score a century in both innings. He has joined the club of Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid, Vijay Hazare, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma. Gavaskar has done this 3 times and Dravid has done this 2 times.
Bumrah took 5 wickets in the first innings
Bumrah took 5 wickets giving 83 runs in the first innings. This was the 14th 5 wicket hall of his Test career. Along with this, he completed his 150 wickets in SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia). Bumrah has now become the first Asian bowlers to take 150 wickets in SENA countries. He has done this feat in 60 innings. He could not take any wickets in the second innings.
Records
Bumrah became Indian with the highest 5 wicket hall abroad
This was Bumrah’s total 12th 5 wicket hall abroad (out of home). With this, he became an Indian bowler with the highest 5 wicket hall (jointly) abroad. He equaled Kapil Dev in this case. Bumrah took the 12th 5 wicket hall in 34 Tests abroad while Kapil took the 12th 5 wickets in 66 Tests. The third position in this list is Anil Kumble, who has taken 5 wickets halls 10 times abroad.
Oli Pope scored a century in his first innings
Pope scored 106 runs in the first innings. His Test career was the 9th and the second century against India. He took the innings with Ben Docket and added 122 runs in 166 balls for the third wicket. Joe along with Joe Root, he added 80 runs in 111 balls. However, he failed to score more runs in the second innings. He was bowled by scoring 8 runs in his second innings.
Docket scored a century in his second innings
Docket hit a half -century in his first innings and a century in the second innings. This is the sixth of his Test career and the second century against India. Meanwhile, he also completed 2,500 runs of his Test career. During his century innings, he also played a big 188 -run partnership for the first wicket with Jack Croly. He was dismissed for 149 runs in 170 balls.
After 15 years, an English opener scored a century in the fourth innings
Docket has achieved an important place with this century. He has become an England opener to score a century in the fourth innings of a Test after a decade and a half. Earlier in 2010, Alastair Cook scored a century as an opener. Please tell that Cook scored 109 unbeaten in the innings against Bangladesh in Mirpur. Along with this, this is Duckett’s first century in the second innings.
Jack Croly and Joe Root scored half -centuries in the second innings
Crowley played a half -century innings on the last day of the Haddingley Test against the Indian cricket team. This was the 17th of his Test career and the sixth half -century against the Indian team. Croly, in this innings, with the help of 7 fours in 126 balls, he became a victim of the famous Krishna. During the last session of the last day, Root completed the 66th half -century (53*) of his Test career.
This unwanted record was recorded in the name of Indian team
India became the first country in Test history to defeat the match despite scoring 5 centuries. Earlier in the 1928-29 Ashes series, Australia faced defeat despite scoring 4 centuries in the Melbourne Test.
Records
These other records made in the match
Despite scoring a century, Jaiswal left 4 catches in Headingley. He became Indians to leave the most catches jointly in one test.
Cricbing According to, Brook became the first batsman to be dismissed for Golden Duck in the second innings after being dismissed for 99 in the first innings. Pant became the fourth Indian only when his team lost despite a century in both innings.
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