When England comes out to bat today on the fifth and last day of the first Test, it will have a huge target of 371 runs in front of it. In response to this, it has scored 21 runs without losing a wicket. On the other hand, the Indian team can be confident that within 90 overs, it has to bowl only 10 such balls on which it can get a wicket.
All three results are possible in this 'blockbuster' match. But India has the upper hand. How? Let us explain further.
Such a big chase only once in 126 years
No team has achieved such a big target at Headingley ground in Leeds in the last 77 years. In the year 1948, Australia captained by Don Bradman won the match by scoring 404/3 runs against England. That is, such a big target has been chased only once in 126 years.
England has never achieved such a big target here.
If you turn the pages of the record book of cricket, you will find that England's most successful run chase on this ground is 362 runs. In such a situation, if the English team playing the Badgeball brand of cricket achieves this target, it will be a new record. Ben Stokes will have to write a new chapter of victory under his captaincy.
Jasprit Bumrah standing in front of England's victory.
If the current cricket is called the era of Jasprit Bumrah, it will not be an exaggeration. With his unconventional action with measured steps, Bumrah does not bowl but does magic. Such magic that no batsman of the current era has the answer to. The art of making the ball outswing and inswing with the same bounce. On-demand, accurate claw-breaking yorker. Bouncer at the speed of 150 km per hour. Bumrah is a boon for India. Jasprit Bumrah, who has been used as a sure shot weapon for everyone from Virat Kohli to Rohit Sharma, is now going to prove to be the Brahmastra of Shubman Gill's captaincy as well. The right-arm pacer, who took five wickets in the first innings, is eager to bowl a match-winning spell in the second innings as well.
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