5 Big Records Made in Manchester Test: The Indian cricket team was successful in drawing the fourth Test match against England in Manchester on Sunday. England had taken a huge lead of 311 runs by scoring 669 runs in the first innings. In response, Team India was successful in gaining the lead with the help of centuries by KL Rahul-Shubman Gill and then Ravindra Jadeja-Washington Sundar, due to which England did not get any chance to win the match. For the Indian team, drawing the match is no less than a victory.
The Indian team was almost looking to lose this match by an innings. But when the morale is high, no team can defeat you. The Indian team also proved this thing right. Many big records were made in this exciting match. In this article we will tell you about 5 big records.
5. Record of most centuries in a Test series
The batsmen of the Indian team have scored 11 centuries in this series. With this, the Men in Blue have jointly become the first team to score 11 centuries in a series. West Indies batsmen had achieved this feat in a home Test series in 1978.
4. Ben Stokes equalled Ian Botham
Ben Stokes received the Player of the Match award for his brilliant all-round performance. Stokes has now become the joint second player from England to win the most Player of the Match awards in Tests. Stokes has now become POTM 12 times in Tests. With this, he has equalled Ian Botham. Now only Joe Root (13 times) is ahead of Stokes.
3. The record of a captain who wins the toss and chooses to bowl at Old Trafford not winning a match remains intact
The streak of a captain who wins the toss and chooses to bowl at Old Trafford in Manchester not winning a match continues. In 12 matches, the captain has taken the decision to bowl after winning the toss. Out of these, 9 matches have been drawn and 3 times the toss winning captain had to face defeat.
2. Third time when a team scored 400 plus runs after losing two wickets at 0
In the Manchester Test, the Indian team lost its first two wickets at a score of 0. However, despite this, Team India was successful in scoring more than 400 runs. This is only the third time in the history of Test cricket that a team has accomplished such a feat. Team India (451/8d vs West Indies) is at the first position in this list. At the same time, West Indies (443/7d vs Team Indian Team) is at the second position.
1. Team scoring 350 plus runs the most number of times – India
So far four matches have been played in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy and the Indian cricket team has been successful in scoring more than 350 runs 7 times. This is a record. Earlier, Australia held the record for scoring 350+ runs in a Test series the most number of times. Australia has achieved this feat in three series (1920, 1948, 1989 vs England).
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