Victory in Lords for Team India

 India just won a fantastic Test match at Lord's. The craziness began with the Bumrah-Shami Partnership. It was sheer audacity when India came out to bat again afternoon on the final day. Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah didn't care about the nine balls they played. England was aiming for a score of less than 200. Bumrah and Shami, on the other hand, astonished them with an unbeaten 89-run stand. But it had a huge impact on the English openers, who had began mentally preparing themselves to bat and suddenly had to restart their procedure from the beginning. As a result, both the opener went for a Duck and England were in the immense Pressure.

Good Decision

Captain Kohli took a Brave Decision and declare the innings and it takes a special kind of understanding of your bowlers and a certain kind of recognition of their potential to decide that 60 overs would be enough to dismiss England. With more than 8 overs to spare, they've done it. Would not playing Ravichandran Ashwin, despite all the hype about playing four pacers, would it harm them? No, it hasn't. Their pacers have been outstanding. However, the seamers have taken 39 of the 40 wickets so far, and Ravindra Jadeja only bowled six overs.

8 Wickets for Siraj

5 Wickets for Ishant

3 Wickets each for Bumrah and Shami

India's Batting Performance 

KL Rahul in difficult batting conditions was outstanding in the first innings. He made a 126 run stand with Rohit Sharma. Pujara and Rahane spending quality time in the middle and scoring runs under pressure will be India's best advantage in this game. They did, however, put up a match-changing 100-run stand. Captain Kohli scored 42 in 1st innings and 20 in 2nd innings. He didn't scored too much but looked much better while playing his shots. The trio has been harangue for their lack of runs, but the fight they displayed in this game will undoubtedly bolster their confidence in the dressing room. 

England Casualties

If England thought the match was already theirs and all they needed to do was teach Bumrah a lesson, they paid a high price for their folly. They took Bumrah and Shami lightly and had to pay prices for it.

Indian captains to win the Lord's Test

1986: Kapil Dev

2014: MS Dhoni

2021: Virat Kohli

Only for the second time in their Test cricket history spinners haven't taken a wicket for India in consecutive Tests. The first time it happened was against Pakistan in Karachi & Faisalabad in 1989/90

Sam Curran became the 4th Batsman for England to be on Golden Duck in both the innings

King pairs for England

William Attewell v Aus Sydney 1891/92

Ernie Haynes v SA Cape Town 1905/06

James Anderson v Ind Vizag 2016/17

Sam Curran v Ind Lord's 2021

Root appeared to be a little shell-shocked in the situation. Who can blame him, after all? His squad can only go so far with him. And the help he's been looking for hasn't arrived. There was never any doubt that England's batting order was a major worry, and it was a complete disaster today. On the other hand, they're up against an offensive that isn't going to back down. India away triumphs have been more common in recent years. This Indian squad is just too talented, diverse in its abilities, and successful to be recognised solely for its bad behaviour. It would be disrespectful to the bowlers' skill and motivation to attribute India's remarkable performance on the last day to inspiration generated by prior tensions. Aggression is healthy and even important, but it can also devolve into unnecessary violence. That is true. Now, England is supposed to pay the piper.