In the five-Test series between India and England, India won the third Test by a landslide. India defeated the English team at home for another time. The Indian team crushed England with their batting, bowling and all-round performance. England cricketers, who entered the ring with a huge target of 557 runs, were bowled out for just 122 runs. With this, India, who won a huge victory over England by a single margin of 434 runs, is leading 2-1 in the five-Test series. Young cricketer Yashaswi Jaiswal scored a double century in the second innings while Shubman Gill scored 91 runs and Sarfaraz Khan scored 68 runs. With this, the Indian team set a huge target of 556 runs in front of England. England, who entered the ring with a target of 557 runs, collapsed for 122 runs. With this, the Indian team won the third Test with a huge margin of 434 runs. Among the Indian bowlers, Ravindra Jadeja took 5 wickets and ruled England’s downfall.
The Indian team that created history
India created a new history with a stunning victory over England. In the 92-year history of Test cricket, India won by a margin of 434 runs. This is India’s biggest win in terms of runs. Before that, they won against New Zealand by 372 runs in 2021. India broke the old record with this match.
India reached the second position
India, who won the third Test at Rajkot, reached second in the World Test Championship table. After winning two consecutive Tests against South Africa last week, New Zealand reached the top spot with 75 percent. Until then, Australia, ranked first, dropped to second place, while India, ranked second, dropped to third. Currently, India has returned to the second position with a great victory over England in the third Test. India is second with 59.52 percent and Australia is third with 55 percent. Bangladesh, Pakistan, West Indies and South Africa are in the next positions. England is eighth with 21.88 percent.
We will win the next 2 Tests: Stokes
England captain Ben Stokes said Ben Duckett scored a century in the first innings and played brilliantly. Stokes said that they wanted to play aggressively throughout the innings, but they missed the opportunities they got. He mentioned that they wasted some chances to get closer to the Indian team’s first innings score. He said that we got out early in the first innings, so we had to bowl much earlier than we thought in the second innings. We are currently trailing 1-2 in the five-test series, but we will bounce back and take a step forward. Ben Stokes said that we will try to win the next two Test matches and there are many chances to win the Test series.
As part of the five-test series, the fourth Test between India and England will be played on February 23. The match is being held at the JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi.