The first test match between India and England is being played in Hyderabad. England won the toss and decided to bat first, but they could not stand the Indian spin. The entire team collapsed for 246 runs in the third session of the first day itself. Senior Spin Ravichandran Ashwin And Ravindra Jadeja Took three wickets each. Both also made a big record in their names. England lost three wickets in the first session of the game. As a pair, these two spinners have broken the record of single hit pair of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh. This pair now has 503 wickets in Tests, which is more than the 501 wickets of the pair of Kumble and Harbhajan.
Anil Kumble and Harbhajan have so many wickets in their names.
In the list of taking most wickets in Tests for India, the legendary spin duo of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh had 501 wickets in their name. But in today’s match, the pair that took the most Test wickets from India became the pair of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. This pair has taken 503 wickets in their name. The third pair in this list is Bhajji and Zaheer Khan. This spin-pace pair had taken 474 wickets for India.
Ashwin gave India its first success
Ashwin gave India its first success in the 12th over, when he dismissed Ben Duckett. The second wicket came when Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Ollie Pope (1 run on 11 balls) in the 15th over. Pope failed to make his mark in the game and take England to a better position. The third wicket soon came in the 16th over when Ashwin dismissed English opener Crawley.
Three wickets fell before lunch
At the lunch break, England’s score was 108/3. At that time Jonny Bairstow (32*) and Joe Root (18*) were at the crease. The team crossed 100 runs in the 26th over. Jack Crawley (20 runs on 40 balls) and Ben Duckett (35 runs on 39 balls) opened for England and gave a good start to the visiting team by making a solid partnership of 55 runs. Crawley hit three fours. Meanwhile Duckett hit seven fours.
India bowled out England for 246
But today was the day in the name of Indian bowlers, because in the third session, India all out England on the score of 246. Apart from Ashwin and Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah and Akshar Patel took two wickets each. The entire England team was out in 64.3 overs. Mohammad Siraj proved to be a bit expensive for India. He bowled only 4 overs and gave away 28 runs. He did not get any success. For England, only captain Ben Stokes could score a half-century. He played a fighting inning of 70 runs. After Duckett, Jonny Bairstow played an inning of 37 runs. A brilliant ball from Akshar Patel hit Bairstow and hit the stumps. Overall, Indian spinners played the band of England’s ‘Baseball’.