Such a record was made for the first time in 129 years, Gus Atkinson did wonders by taking 5 wickets in the fifth Test against India
India vs england 5th Test: England fast bowler Gus Atkinson made history with great bowling on the second day of the fifth and last Test match being played against India at The Oval Stadium in London. Atkinson could not play in the first four Tests of the series due to injury but he made a great comeback in this format against India.
Atkinson took five wickets in the first innings, due to which England stopped the Indian team for 224 runs in the first innings. He hunted Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurael, Washington Sundar, Mohammad Siraj and famous Krishna in the first innings.
With this five wickets, Etkinson completed an average of 21 in 13 matches and 60 wickets at a strike rate of 34.9 and broke the 129 -year -old record. He became the second bowler to take 60 wickets at a low strike rate in the history of Test cricket.
In this list, England’s great bowler George Lohman is ahead of him, who took 60 wickets at a strike rate of 34.1. He played his last Test for England in 1896. Australian fast bowler Scott Bolland is third with a strike rate of 36.
Let us know that Etkinson has dismissed Sai Sudarshan and opened his wicket account in the second innings as well.
Significantly, by the end of the second day’s play, the Indian team has scored 75 runs in the second innings at the loss of 2 wickets. With this, India’s lead in the second innings has been 52 runs. India got two shocks in the form of KL Rahul (7) and Sai Sudarshan (11). At the end of the day, Yashasvi Jaiswal remained unbeaten on 51 runs and Akash Deep 4 runs.
Earlier, the England team came out to bat on the second day and scored 247 runs in the second innings and took a 23 -run lead over India. For the hosts, Jack Crolyh scored 64 runs and Harry Brook scored 53 runs.
The Indian team scored 224 runs in the first innings after receiving the first batting invitation.
