After losing the first match against England, Team India was under immense pressure in the second test match of the series. The team played extremely well and defeated England by 317 runs. There’s an atmosphere of celebration everywhere but the victory against England is not the reason alone.
It has created history making it the biggest victory so far. The outstanding performance of opener Rohit Sharma, All-rounder Ashwin, Axar Patel, Virat, and others have made all possible.
The team has made several other records as well, have a look below for detailed info.
India Created History In Second Test Match
India has broken the 34-year old record against England making it the fifth-biggest victory after the 1986 match in terms of runs. India won the first test match against England in Kolkata with 187 runs in 1961. The other two victories were made in 2016, and 2018 in Visakhapatnam and Nottingham respectively.ย
Level Up In The Points Table
India has gained the second position in the World Test Championship points table with a total of 460 points. England has slipped from the first position to fourth with 442 points.ย
Latest World Test Championship standings!
The #INDvENG scenarios for the teams in contention to join New Zealand in the final ๐
๐ฎ๐ณ: Two wins or a win and a draw in Ahmedabad
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ: Win both Tests
๐ฆ๐บ: Both teams win one Test each or if both Tests drawn, or an ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ win and a draw pic.twitter.com/I5VA2qmGxnโ ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) February 16, 2021
Virat Equalizes Dhoniย
This is join-most wins under the captainship of Virat Kohli in test matches.
Those win-loss ratios ๐ฎ
More stats ๐ https://t.co/oSzuwjsKFX #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/rjyWnUMqYp
โ ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) February 16, 2021
Sorry Bhajji!!!
Ravichandran Ashwin became the world’s first to take 200th wickets of a left-hand batsman by taking Stuart Broad’s wicket.ย
Timber and fifer! ๐๐@ashwinravi99 gets Stuart Broad’s wicket to complete his 29th five-wicket haul in Test cricket. ๐๐
England all out for 134 as #TeamIndia secure a 195-run lead in the 2nd @Paytm #INDvENG Test!
Follow the match ๐ https://t.co/Hr7Zk2kjNC pic.twitter.com/Zx3noG7YVw
โ BCCI (@BCCI) February 14, 2021
With a total of 268 test wickets, Ashwin broke Harbhajan Singh’s record of taking the most Test wickets ever. Harbhajan has taken 265 Test wickets so far and is in the third position whereas Anil Kumble is in the first position with 350 wickets in 63 matches.
Dream Debut
The second match of the India Vs England series was the debut match of Axar Patel who is a left-arm spinner.
5โฃ-fer on debut for Axar Patel. ๐ฎ๐ณ#AxarPatel #INDvsENG #ChennaiTest pic.twitter.com/cXBm9kYaAc
โ Harsh Kashyap (@the_rainfall_) February 16, 2021
His performance was outstanding in his first match where he took 5 wickets. He said, ” It was a good experience.”
Opener Rohit Sharma’s belligerent game helped India to put pressure on England. After defeating England, India has leveled the series with a 1-1 score. The two teams will be seen face-to-face in Ahmedabad on 24th February.
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