🚨 Top Moments from this series, there were just so many
1. Jaiswal’s 101 at Headingly
2. Gill-Pant’s 209-run partnership
3. Tongue & Stokes take 4 each
4. Pope’s 106, Brook’s 99
5. Jamie Smith’s rearguard actions
6. Bumrah’s 5/83
7. Rahul’s 137 (247)
8. Pant’s Twin Tons - 134 & 118
9. 188-run opening partnership in chase of 373 via Duckett’s 149
10. Root’s 53*, Stokes’ 33, and Smith’s 44* finish the job
11. Jaiswal 87, Gill’s 269 at Birmingham
12. Jadeja’s 89 & Sundar’s 42
13. Brook’s 148 & Smith’s 184*
14. 6 ducks in 407-total via Siraj’s 6/70 & Akash Deep’s 4/84
15. Gill 161, Pant 65, and Jadeja 69* set 🏴 a target of 608
16. Jamie Smith fights with 88, but Akash Deep’s 6/99 give India 🇮🇳 a massive 336-run victory
17. Root awakens with a 104 at Lord’s
18. Smith 51, Carse 56 lifts 🏴 to 387
19. Bumrah 5/74, Reddy dismisses openers
20. KL Rahul’s 100
21. Lower order takes India to 387 as well with Pant 74, Jadeja 72, Reddy 30, Sundar 23
22. Woakes takes 3, Archer bowls as if never left
23. Sundar’s 4/22 dismantles 🏴 for 192
24. Archer takes 3, Stokes bowls his heart out with 24 overs
25. Jadeja 61*(181) fights it out as 🇮🇳 go from 82/7 to 170/9
26. Reddy 13 (53), Bumrah 5 (54), Siraj 4 (30) almost help Jadeja save the game before the heartbreaking middle of the bat defense-bowled by Bashir to Siraj 💔 the moment of the series
27. Sudharshan 61, Jaiswal 58, Pant 54, Rahul 46, Thakur 41, Sundar 27 take 🇮🇳 to 358 at Manchester
28. Pant bats with a broken foot
29. Stokes 5/72 & Archer 3/73
30. 166-run opening partnership between Crawley-Duckett
31. 🏴 post 669 ft. Root 150, Stokes 141, Pope 71, Carse 47, and Dawson 26
32. Jadeja takes 4
33. Woakes has India at 0/2
34. 🇮🇳 saves the Test via 💯 for Gill, Sundar, and Jadeja
35. Stokes-Jadeja handshake fiasco
36. Gus Atkinson takes 5/83 at The Oval
37. Karun 57, Sai 38 among other starts
38. Crawley 64, Brook 53, Duckett 43, Root 29, Pope 22 give 🏴 slight lead
39. 🏴 collapse from 215/5 to 247/10 via Siraj’s 4/86 and Krishna’s 4/62
40. Jaiswal scores 118
41. Nightwatchman Akash Deep scores 66
42. Jadeja 53, Jurel 34
43. Sundar’s 4 sixes and 53 take India to 396
44. 5/125 for Tongue, Atkinson 3, Overton 2
45. 50-run opening partnership in chase of 367, Duckett scores 54
46. Root 105, Brook 111, 195-run partnership almost takes 🏴 home
47. Bad light and rain delays take the match to Day 5
48. Courageous Woakes comes to bat with a sling, Atkinson hits a six
49. Siraj 5/104 & Krishna’s 4/126 scripts unlikely victory
50. Siraj Bowls 185.3 overs and plays all 5 Tests
51. 37+ Dropped Catches 👀
52. (bonus) India’s collapses and wickets before lunch
25 Days. 5 Tests. 2-2 Result.
Most runs ever in a 5-Test series.
Heartbreaks, excitement, a bit of controversy. This series had it all 🔥
Lots of individual skill on display, a memorable series where both teams would have been equally satisfied and disappointed at the same time.
But a wonderful watch for a spectator, great advertisement for test Test cricket ❤️
#INDvsENG