England record their highest successful Test history against India , series ends 2-2

IND vs ENG : England beat India by 7 wickets in Birmingham Test. With this, the five-match Test series between India and England was drawn 2-2. Team India missed out on winning the Test series in England after 15 years. If India had won the Birmingham Test match , it would have created history by winning this Test series. In the year 2007, Team India won the Test series 1-0 for the last time in England .

In the decisive Test match played in Birmingham, the England team suddenly overshadowed Team India. In this test match, India had given a target of 378 runs to England to win. In reply, the England team broke India’s dream of winning the series by scoring 378 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. There came a moment in this match when a player of Team India became the biggest mistake for them . India lost this match due to one mistake of this player.

During the second innings of England, Mohammad Siraj came to bowl in the 38th over. On the fourth ball of this over of Mohammad Siraj, Hanuma Vihari dropped the catch of England’s batsman Jonny Bairstow in the slips. Jonny Bairstow was batting on 14 at that time. If Hanuma Vihari had caught that catch, then Jonny Bairstow would not have been able to play an innings of 114 runs .

Jonny Bairstow not only scored 114 runs , but also added 269 runs with Joe Root (142 ). Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root together put Team India out of this match. Hanuma Vihari is believed to be responsible for this condition of Team India, who dropped the catch of England’s batsman Jonny Bairstow .

Talking about Hanuma Vihari, he showed a very poor game in this match against England. A big innings was expected from him in the absence of batsmen like Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul, but he could not do well. In the match against England, Hanuma Vihari got out after scoring just 20 runs. In the second innings, Hanuma Vihari was also seen struggling to stay on the crease.

Hanuma Vihari returned to the pavilion on the score of 11 runs in the second innings. Hanuma Vihari played an important role in India’s series win against Australia, but after that he could not maintain his momentum. Such questions are also being raised about him being in the Test team. Whereas Mayank Agarwal could have been given a chance.

India (Playing XI ):

Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah(c) .

England (Playing XI):

Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Sam Billings(w), Matty Potts, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, James Anderson.