England vs India 1st Test: England defeated Team India by 5 wickets in the first match of the five -match Test series. In this Test match played in Handingley, Leeds, the English team created history. India gave England a target of 371 runs in this Test, which the British achieved by losing 5 wickets. England scored 350 runs on the last day. Ben Docket was the hero of this victory of England. He played a match winning innings of 149 runs.

You will be surprised to know that after 77 years, a team has done such a big run on the field of Headingley. Earlier in 1948, a target of 404 runs was chased at this ground. Then Australia defeated England. Since then, the target of such a big runs has never been chased on this ground. Now England has become the team to chase the second biggest run chair in the headingley.

Earlier in 2019, England chased a target of 362 runs against Australia in Handingley. Then the British defeated the Kangaroos by one wicket. Overall, a target of more than 300 runs has been chased on this ground for the fifth time.

Account of first Test match played in Headingley

The Indian team scored 471 runs after playing first in this Test match. In the first innings for India, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 101, Shubman Gill scored 147 and Rishabh Pant scored 134 runs. After this, the England team scored 465 runs in their first innings. For England, Oli Pope scored 106 and Harry Brook scored 99 runs. Then in the second innings, Team India scored 364 runs and gave the British a target of 371 runs. This time KL Rahul scored 137 and Rishabh Pant scored 118 runs for India. That is, Pant made a century in both innings. Now England had a target of 371 runs, which the British easily achieved. For England, Ben Docket scored 149, Jack Crolya 65 and Joe Root scored an unbeaten 53 runs. Wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith remained unbeaten on 44 runs.

IND vs Eng 1st Test, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kl Rahul: KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal have created history in the first Test match being played in Handingley, Leeds between India and England. Both shared a 91 -run partnership for the first wicket. This is the biggest opening partnership for India in the first Test in England.

Jaiswal and Rahul have broken the 39 -year -old record. The pair made Sunil Gavaskar and K.K. Srikanth’s record has broken, who shared a 64 -run opening partnership against England in 1986.

The biggest opening partnership in the first innings of the first Test of India’s foreign tour
283 Murali Vijay – Shikhar Dhawan in Bangladesh 2015
160 Virender Sehwag – Akash Chopra vs Pakistan Multan 2004
117 KL Rahul – Mayank Agarwal vs South Africa Centurion 2021
91 Yashasvi Jaiswal – KL Rahul vs England Leeds 2025

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IND vs Eng 1st Test Pitch Report, Weather: Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, Team India will play the first Test on the tour of England from June 20, England’s command is in the hands of experienced Ben Stokes. India vs England will be played at the first Test Leeds’s Handingley Cricket Ground. Know the pitch report of this stadium and how the season of the five days is going to be during the match. And here in the leads, information about the head to head figures between the two teams has also been given.

India has played 7 Tests earlier at the Handingley Cricket Ground. The last Test that took place on this ground, the Indian team lost by an innings and 76 runs. Out of a total of 7, India has won 2 Tests here, while England won 4 times and only one match was inconclusive.

• Total Match- 7
• India won- 2
• England won- 4
• Draw-1

The biggest test score on Handingley Cricket Ground

The biggest score in an innings on this ground is 653, which was made by Australia in 1993. In 2002, India scored 628 runs here, which is the second highest score here. The Indian Dilip Vengsarkar (228), who scored the most runs here.

Handingley Cricket Ground Pitch Report

Batting will not be easy on the pitch of Handingley Cricket Ground, there is a possibility of rain here and in such a situation, the bowlers will get more help here. Swing, uneven bounce will be seen here and it will present a challenge for the batsmen. If the winds blow, the batsmen will be even more difficult. The role of spinners will be important here on the second and third day, they can get help. Know the average score of four innings at the Handingley Stadium.

• Average score of first innings: 288
• Average score of second innings: 251
• Average score of third innings: 260
• Average score of fourth innings: 255

How will the weather be in India vs England first Test?

The Test will begin on Friday, June 20. On this day, the possibility of rain in the leads is 10 percent. The temperature will be up to 11 degrees Celsius and 44 percent of the humidity will remain. Winds will run at a speed of 16 kilometers per hour. Most of the time can be cloudy.

The chances of rain on Saturday and Sunday are slightly less. But the winds can be slightly sharp (18 km/h) on both these days. On Monday, the possibility of rain has increased to 15 percent on the fourth day. There is a possibility of rain on the fifth day.

Indian test squad

Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Vice -captain and Wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Ishwar, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurlel (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Sirj, Akash Deep, Krishni Deep, Krishni Deep, Akash Deep, Akash Deep, Kuldeep Yadav.

England Test Squad

Ben Stokes (Captain), Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Breeden Cars, Sam Cook, Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Jamie Olon, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tung, Chris Woakes.

Live broadcast and live streaming of India vs England Test

India vs England will have a live broadcast of the first Test on Sony Sports Network. Live streaming will be on geographstar. The match will start at 3:30 pm Indian time.