Virat Kohli Team India: Virat Kohli has had a strong career in international cricket so far. He has made many such records which will not be easy for any player to break. Kohli has also been successful in captaincy. Team India defeated England badly in the Lord’s Test under his captaincy. It was a historic victory for India. Team India achieved this feat on this day (16 August) in 2021. KL Rahul scored a century in the first innings.
Actually, Team India went on a tour of England in the year 2021. During this, it had to play five Test matches against England. The first match of the series was played in Nottingham, which was drawn. After this, the second match of the series was played at Lord’s from 12 August to 16 August. India registered a historic victory in this match. It defeated England by 151 runs. India won this match with 60 overs remaining. This victory of India under Kohli’s captaincy became memorable.
Shami had hit an unbeaten half century –
India scored 364 runs in the first innings. During this, KL Rahul scored a century. He scored 129 runs facing 250 balls. Rahul hit 12 fours and 1 six during this innings. He had a strong partnership with Rohit Sharma. Rohit scored 83 runs facing 145 balls. Rohit’s innings included 11 fours and a six. Virat played an innings of 42 runs. India scored 298 runs in the second innings and declared the innings. During this, Ajinkya Rahane played an innings of 61 runs. In the end, Mohammed Shami scored an unbeaten half-century. He played an innings of 56 runs. While Bumrah scored 34 runs.
England’s team was all out on a score of 120 runs in the second innings –
England scored 391 runs in the first innings. Joe Root played a captaincy innings for them. Root scored an unbeaten 180 runs. He hit 18 fours. During this time, while bowling for India, Mohammad Siraj took 4 wickets. Ishant Sharma took 3 wickets. Shami took 2 wickets. England’s team was all out after scoring 120 runs in the second innings. Siraj also took 4 wickets in the second innings. While Jasprit Bumrah took 3 wickets.
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