India vs England 1st Test: India created an unwanted record after the defeat against England in the first Test in Leeds on Tuesday. India went 0-1 down in the five-match Test series.
England pulled off the second-highest successful run chase in Headingley in Test history. They chased down the 371-run target on the back of a century from Ben Duckett (149) and half-centuries from Zak Crawley (65) and Joe Root (53*).
India became the first team in the history of Test cricket to lose a match in men's cricket despite having five centurions on their side. India scored 471 runs in the first innings with the help of centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal (101), skipper Shubman Gill (147), and Rishabh Pant (134).
Having gotten a 6-run lead, India put up another remarkable batting effort in the second innings, scoring 364 runs before getting bowled out in 96 overs. KL Rahul (137) and Rishabh Pant (118) smashed hundreds in the second innings as India set a 371-run target for the hosts.
Most individual 100s in a losing cause
5 Ind vs Eng Headingley 2025
4 Aus vs Eng Melbourne 1928/29
Indian bowlers in the second innings alone conceded 44 boundaries and three sixes. Add to that the 54 boundaries and five sixes in the first innings.
In the final session of the decisive day, Ravindra Jadeja, who enjoys a favourable match-up against Ben Stokes, got the important breakthrough with the England skipper trying to reverse-sweep from the rough and his opposite number Shubman Gill taking an easy catch.
With 69 runs to get, Root brought his 150-plus Test experience to play, guiding a young Smith through and through during the unbroken sixth wicket stand that sealed the deal for England. While this was one of India's worst fielding efforts, with Yashasvi Jaiswal alone dropping four catches, skipper Gill's relative inexperience in strategising and taking on-the-spot decisions also became the visitors' undoing.