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ENG vs IND: Rain has the closing chortle in first match of WTC 23, Trent Bridge sport ends in a blueprint


Rain and more rain were the well-known highlights of the closing day and no play may perhaps well perhaps salvage field as the first Test between England and India led to a blueprint.

The necessary Test between England and India change into as soon as washed out due to rain on Day 5 | Photo: BCCI

Updated: Aug 8, 2021, 11: 23 PM IST

English weather had the closing chortle on the closing day of a riveting first Test match between England and India at Trent Bridge as the first match of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023 has led to a blueprint, giving each and each teams four sides each and each.

India wished appropriate 157 runs to salvage the game on the fifth day, with nine wickets within the tank and would have favoured themselves to scoot that down if the rain had allowed any play on Day 5. India bowlers, namely Jasprit Bumrah region the game up for the visitors, with a filled with nine wickets and the largest knock of 28 runs with the bat within the game.

Bumrah‘s spell of 4/46 within the first innings with strengthen from Mohammed Shami’s three-wicket haul and Shardul Thakur’s two wickets were the mainstay for Team India in bowling England out for 183.

England on the help of skipper Joe Root’s 21st Test century were in a position to derive a lead of more than 200 runs within the 2nd innings and newest a honest discipline to the Indian employees to scoot a gain of 209 runs within the closing innings on a pitch, on which the ball change into as soon as seaming and inspiring all the absolute most life like arrangement via.

However, Indian openers were as much as the topic and produced a heavenly batting impress within the closing hour where the darkish clouds were hovering and the likes of James Anderson and Stuart Huge were inspiring the ball nation mile. KL Rahul after a couple of loyal shots purchased out to Huge, on a an identical supply within the channel of uncertainty exterior the off-stump after scoring 26 runs, following his knock of 84 runs within the first innings.

KL Rahul’s 84, Ravindra Jadeja’s 56 and mandatory contributions from Indian pacers helped India derive to 278 and impose themselves within the Test match, but rain marred it all.

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