HUGE! India claim an embarrassing record in the Headingly Test
Despite the top three out of five batters getting into three figures, India could only manage to score 471.
During the ongoing first Test at Headingly, India has bagged an unwanted record in the history of Test cricket. As embarrassing as it may sound, India's 471 in the first innings has gone into the record books for being the lowest score ever achieved by a team after recording three centuries. By doing so, India has now eclipsed South Africa's total of 475, which they achieved at Centurion in 2016.
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So how did India experience such a shocker?
India started their innings on day one on a confident note. They made the English bowler work tirelessly hard and ended day one with an imposing score of 368/3. Gill starred in his captaincy debut for India and made an immediate impact with the bat, plundering 147 of 227. Jaiswal continued his sublime form against England in the whites, scoring 101 off 159. Pant was the third centurion for India, who dominated the English bowlers to amass 134 off 178.
Despite a dominant finish on day one, India's batting faltered immensely on day two, and the English bowlers used the overhead conditions wisely to their advantage to trigger a batting collapse. As soon as Gill was dismissed by Bashir, the wheels started coming off. Wickets tumbled at an alarming rate, and as a result, India saw themselves seven down at the stroke of lunch.
There was no respite after the lunch interval as the carnage continued from the English bowlers. India lost a shocking seven wickets for the last 41 runs and failed to surpass even the 500-run mark, which many analysts at the time believed would have been a walk in the park for the visitors.
Despite being bundled out for 471, India did well to exceed the average first innings score at Headingly, which is generally around 300. The visitors seemed to have the advantage by their side when Jasprit Bumrah managed to send Crawley packing inside the first over. However, a dominant 122-run stand between Duckett and Pope put England back in control. With seven wickets in the bank, England have wiped out the major chunk of the deficit before the call of stumps on day two as they now trail by only 262 runs.
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