In the Manchester Test, England have scored 669 runs in the first innings. Team India’s first innings was reduced to 358 runs, due to which England got a huge lead of 311 runs. Ben Stokes and Joe Root composed history by scoring centuries for the English team. Root scored 150 runs and Stokes scored 141 runs. At the same time, the most successful bowler for India was Ravindra Jadeja, who took a total of 4 wickets.

The first innings of the Indian team was reduced to 358 runs. Sai Sudarshan, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant played a half -century innings for India. When England team came to batting, Ben Docket and Jack Croi broke down on Indian bowlers. Docket scored 94 runs and Croley scored 84 runs. Oli Pope also contributed 71 runs, but the Indian bowlers succeeded in preventing all three top order batsmen from scoring centuries.

Broken 61 year old record

England have made the biggest Test score in one innings at the Manchester ground. Till now, Australia had a record for scoring the biggest score on Manchester, which scored 656 runs in a single innings against England in 1964, but now England have scored 669 runs and have made this record in their name.

Historical centuries of root and stokes

Joe Root scored 150 runs in this match, due to which he has come second in terms of scoring the most runs in the history of Test cricket. Now only Sachin Tendulkar is ahead of him, who scored 15,921 runs in the Test. At the same time, Root has scored 13,409 runs. In this match, he made a record of scoring the most Test century against India.

On the other hand, Stokes has become only the 5th player in the world to take 5 wickets in one Test and score a century. He is the first Test captain of England to do so. Along with this, he has also done the feat of scoring 7000 runs in Tests and taking 200 wickets.

The Indian team has never won a Test match in Manchester. In such a situation, England’s 311 -run lead, Team India is giving the possibility of defeat of an innings. It will be very difficult to cross this 311 -run lead because batting on the pitch has become very difficult on the fourth day.

In Manchester, Ben Stokes has scored history by scoring a century. He has completed his century in 164 balls in the first innings. While bowling in this match, he dismissed 5 India batsmen in the first innings. Ben Stokes has become the first captain of England in cricket history, who has done 5 wickets and scored a century in a single Test match. Only 4 captains have been able to do this before them.

Captain who took a century and 5 wickets in a Test match

The first cricketer to score 5 wickets in a Test match and a century was Dennis Atkinson of West Indies, who scored 219 against Australia in 1955 and took 5 wickets in the second innings of the same match. After him, Garfield Sobers of West Indies did this in 1966. In that match, he took 5 wickets while bowling 174 runs.

Two cricketers of Pakistan have also set this record. Mushtaq Mohammed had scored 5 wickets in the Test match against India in 1977 and Imran Khan in 1983. Now Ben Stokes has become the only fifth captain in the world to do so. Stokes took 5 wickets in the first innings against India, after which he got his name recorded in a century innings.

• Dennis Atkinson (West Indies) – in 1955
• Garfield Sobers (West Indies) – in 1966
• Mushtaq Mohammad (Pakistan) – in 1977
• Imran Khan (Pakistan) – in 1983

Only third player to do so

Ben Stokes has set many big records on the basis of this century. With this, he has become the fourth player of England to score 5 wickets and centuries in one Test match. The list of records made by Stokes does not stop here. In this match, Stokes has also become the only third player who has scored 7,000 runs in his Test career and also took 200 wickets. Before Stokes, West Indies Garfield Sobers and South Africa’s Jack Kallis have also done this.

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