Ind vs Eng 5th Test: India lost 6 wickets for 204 runs on the first day, Nair-Sundar’s partnership takes on innings
IND Vs Eng 5th Test, Day 1 Highlights: The rains disrupted the first day of the fifth Test being played at The Oval, London. In the first two sessions, only 29 overs were played. England won the toss and chose bowling and gave early shocks. By the end of the day, India have scored 204 runs for 6 wickets. Karun Nair (52*) and Washington Sundar (19*) are standing at the crease and the two have had a half -century partnership.
The fifth and last Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy being played between India and England began on Thursday, 31 July at The Oval Stadium in London. The first day’s game was badly affected by the rain, where only 29 overs game was possible in the first two sessions. England won the toss and decided to bowl first and also achieved initial success.
Team India started very simple. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored just 2 runs and was lbw off Gas Atkinson. KL Rahul made some good shots but he could not last long and scored 14 runs off 40 balls and became clean bold off the ball of Chris Woakes.
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan tried to handle the innings for a while but Gill ((21 runs) was runout with his own mistake. Sai Sudarshan scored an important innings of 38 runs but in the third session, Josh was dismissed on the ball of Tung. Ravindra Jadeja also became a victim of the tongue by scoring just 9 runs. Atkinson caught Harry Brook at the hands of.
By the end of the day, Karun Nair (52*) and Washington Sundar (19*) took over and formed a strong half -century partnership. Both batsmen have partnered more than 50 runs so far and India’s expectation will be fixed on them on the second day.
India is currently on 204 for 6 wickets in the first innings and after trailing 2–1 in the series, he would like to win the last Test so that the series can be drawn.
