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India defeat England at Lord’s; go 1-0 up in Test series
The second match of the five-match Test series was played between hosts England and India at the historic ground of Lord’s. In this match, the Indian team scored 298 for 8 in the second innings on the basis of half-century innings of Shami and Rahane and declared the innings, taking a lead of 271 runs. India set a target of 272 runs for England to win. The entire team of England was bundled out for 120 runs in the second innings. India won the series by 151 runs to take a 1-0 lead.
In the second Test, India scored 364 runs in the first innings with KL Rahul’s century, while England took a 27-run lead by scoring 391 runs on the back of their captain Joe Root’s unbeaten 180. India then took a 271-run lead over England on the back of Rahane’s 61 and Shami’s uneaten 56. Shami, facing 70 balls, scored his second half-century against England in Tests. He was ably supported by Bumrah at the other end.
Bumrah then gave India the first breakthrough in the second innings and he dismissed Rory Burns without opening an account. On the other hand, India’s second success was when Mohd. Shami dismissed Sibley for zero. Ishant Sharma then dismissed leg before by Haseeb Hameed for 9 runs. The fourth blow to England was given by Ishant Sharma and he dismissed Bairstow lbw for 2 runs. Bumrah gave England the fifth blow and the knock out punch by dismissing captain Joe Root for 33 runs. Mohd. Siraj gave a big blow to England by taking two consecutive wickets in both balls. He first got Moeen Ali caught by Kohli for 13 runs and then on the very next ball, Sam Curran was sent to the pavilion by dismissing him for zero. India’s second innings. Siraj then picked up the final two wickets to give India their first win in the ongoing series.
