England stunned high riding India by a comprehensive 5 wickets for all their initial threesome century heroics with Joe Root unbeaten on 53 off 84 balls and Jamie Smith on 44 off 55 putting the icing on the cake to chasing down 371 after Player of the Match Ben Duckett set the tone with a brilliant 149 and co opener Zak Crawley 65 as Shubman Gill ate humble in his first test match as. Captain on a dramatic final day at Headingley on Tuesday.
It paled off India’s sensational see start to the post Virat.Kohli Rohit Sharma era when it looked like the new India was all set to thrash Ben Stokes led England when the likes of Gill, Jaiswal and Pant dazzled with centuries.
But England changed all that set up by Ben Duckett’s dazzling 149, and sealed with a six by Jamie Smith, they romped home in just 82 overs to seal a sixth consecutive win in Leeds – all while bowling first – and to take a 1-0 lead in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.
England 465 (Pope 106, Brook 99, Duckett 62, Bumrah 5-83) and 373 for 5 (Duckett 149, Crawley 65, Root 53*, Thakur 2-51) beat India 471 (Gill 147, Pant 134, Jaiswal 101, Tongue 4-86) and 364 (Rahul 137, Pant 118, Tongue 3-72, Carse 3-80) by five wickets
Headingley has become the home