IDFC First Bank Test Series 2024: Team India lost 1st ever test after having 100+ lead on their home soil. England won the test by 28 runs and takes a lead of 1-0 with 4 more test to go at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
1st Test
Game Date: 25th January – 29th January 2024
Game Result: England won by 28 runs.
Man Of the Match: Ollie Pope
Now I am going to share day-to-day activity of this test match with all the details, records and milestones in my way.
Day 1
England captain Ben Stokes won the toss against Team India and decided to bat first at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
šØ Toss Update šØ
England win the toss in Hyderabad and elect to bat in the 1st #INDvENG Test.
Fast bowler Avesh Khan has been released to play for his Ranji trophy team, Madhya Pradesh for their next Ranji Trophy fixture.
Rajat Patidar has joined the team as Virat Kohli'sā¦ pic.twitter.com/g9TfcLZZvs
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 25, 2024
Here's #TeamIndia's Playing XI for the 1st Test! šŖ
Follow the match ā¶ļø https://t.co/HGTxXf8b1E#TeamIndia | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/7DMdjGaU6z
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 25, 2024
England bowled out for 246 runs in their 1st innings after batting first. Their openers got them off to a quick start – fifty in 11 overs. Ashwin provided the breakthrough and England lost three wickets for five runs. The two Yorkshire batters – Root and Bairstow – forged a fifty partnership to steady the innings. Axar bowled a beauty to remove the latter which provided another opening for India. Root fell playing a premeditated sweep shot and Foakes nicked off against Axar. At 137/6, England were in a spot of bother. Stokes, however, didn’t give up. Like he has done umpteen number of times, the England captain coupled caution with aggression and the lower order batters gave him decent support as they got close to 250. England have a decent first innings total on a spinning track. Skipper Ben Stokes scored 70 runs and Jonny Bairstow scored 37 runs. For Team India, Ravindra Jadeja & Ashwin picked 3 wickets each.
Innings Break!
A solid bowling display from #TeamIndia! šŖ šŖ
England all out for 246.
3ā£ wickets each for @ashwinravi99 & @imjadeja
2ā£ wickets each for @Jaspritbumrah93 & @akshar2026Scorecard ā¶ļø https://t.co/HGTxXf8b1E#INDvENG | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/2YnS3ZxSI2
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 25, 2024
Team India scored 119/1 on day 1 stumps. They are trailing by 127 runs with 9 wickets in hand. They’ll believe a strong day with the bat on Day 2 and this will their match for the taking. England need to show plenty of discipline and keep pegging away if they are to stage a fightback. Jaiswal will be looking forward to a big innings as well.
ENG: 246 all out
IND: 119/1 in 23 overs on Day 1 stumps
Stats
– Rohit Sharma vs Leach
7 innings
95 runs
5 dismissals
Avg 19.00
SR 45.89
– Most runs in first day’s play for an Indian batter after fielding first
95* G Gambhir vs Zim Harare 2005
76* Y Jaiswal vs Eng Hyderabad 2024
75* KL Rahul vs WI Kingston 2016
– 365 runs is the most runs scored on the first day of a Test match in India where at least ten wickets were lost. Previous most: 339/12 bw WI (182/10) vs Ind (157/2) at Wankhede in 2013
Stumps on the opening day in Hyderabad! šļø
An eventful day with the bat and the ball š#TeamIndia move to 119/1, trail by 127 runs š
Scorecard ā¶ļø https://t.co/HGTxXf8b1E#INDvENG | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/iREFqMaXqS
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 25, 2024
Day 2
Team India scored 421/7 on Day 2 stumps. India’s day! Eight of their nine batters got starts, three of them got to 80s, with one of them still unbeaten and there were five half-century partnerships. Despite picking three frontline spinners, it was Root who was their best spinner today. Removed Jaiswal in the very first over, almost had KL Rahul out for a duck, trapped Bharat lbw and managed to inflict some false shots from the Indian batters. The two inexperienced spinners weren’t consistent enough and Leach didn’t bowl a long spell today. Most of the Indian batsmen perished while trying to play the big shot but they are in a commanding position in this Test match. The two southpaws from Gujarat are hungry for more runs as their team’s lead is approaching 200. For Team India, Ravindra Jadeja scored 87 runs and KL Rahul scored 86 runs. For England, debutant Tom Hartley & Rehan Ahmed picked 2 wickets.
ENG: 246 all out
IND: 421/7 on Day 2 stumps
Stumps on Day 2 in Hyderabad! šļø#TeamIndia move to 421/7, lead by 175 runs š
See you tomorrow for Day 3 action š
Scorecard ā¶ļø https://t.co/HGTxXf8b1E#INDvENG | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/sul21QNVgh
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 26, 2024
Stats
– Jaiswal 80(74)
KL Rahul 86(123)
Jadeja 87(180)
This is the first instance of three Indian batters getting dismissed in the 80s in the same innings and seventh such instance overall.
– Best figures for Joe Root in Tests
5/8 vs Ind Ahmedabad 2021
4/79 vs Ind Hyderabad 2024
4/87 vs SA Gqeberha 2020
Only once India have lost a Test after taking a lead of 190 or more – lost by 63 runs to Sri Lanka in Galle in 2015 after a 1st inngs lead of 192.
Day 3
Team India bowled out for 436 runs in their 1sr innings. They add just 15 runs to their overnight score. Wood and Root kept it tight and the Jadeja-Axar were happy to bat defensively. Leach was introduced and Axar scored a couple of boundaries. But Root struck twice in two balls and then Rehan cleaned up Axar. England picked three frontline spinners, but it was Root who was their best in this innings, and he’s finished with his second-best figures. Right then, India has a lead of 190, with almost every batsman getting starts and three of them getting out in the 80s. For Team India, Ravindra Jadeja scored 87 runs and KL Rahul scored 86 runs. For England, Joe Root picked 4 wickets.
Innings Break!#TeamIndia post 436 on the board, securing a 1ā£9ā£0ā£-run lead.
8ā£7ā£ for @imjadeja
8ā£6ā£ for @klrahul
8ā£0ā£ for @ybj_19Scorecard ā¶ļø https://t.co/HGTxXf8b1E#INDvENG | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/cVzCnmMF5h
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 27, 2024
England scored 316/6 on Day 3 stumps. This has been a masterclass from Ollie Pope which has kept his team in the hunt. The lead is 126 and they’ll start to believe if they can take this to anywhere around 160-170. He gets handshakes from the Indians as he walks away, a standing ovation from his mates and it is his innings which has taken this Test into the fourth day. Could India have done better? Yes, England applied themselves well, the pitch slowed down further, the ball became soft as it grew old, but the Indian trio of spinners were put away by a series of sweeps and reverse sweeps, starting from Duckett and Crawley, and carried forward by Ollie Pope. The diminutive right-hander played a sublime knock, full of positive strokes and threw the bowlers off their lengths. Aiding him was Ben Foakes, the pair adding 112 for the 6th wicket. He was dropped on 110 by Axar Patel and he’s already made India pay. How much will be too much for India? For starters, they still need to take 4 more wickets, but they do have the second new ball coming up shortly. This does look like a new-ball pitch and the match could be decided there.
ENG: 246 & 316/6 on Day 3 stumps
IND: 436
Stumps on Day 3 in Hyderabad!
England reach 316/6 with a lead of 126 runs.
An exciting Day 4 awaits ā³
Scorecard ā¶ļø https://t.co/HGTxXf8b1E#TeamIndia | #INDvENG | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/UqklfIiPKL
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 27, 2024
Stats
– Joe Root vs Bumrah in Tests
19 innings
245 runs
7 dismissals
Avg 35.00
– Indian bowler dismissing a batter most often in Tests
12 Kapil Dev – Mudassar Nazar
12 R Ashwin – B Stokes *
11 Ishant Sharma – A Cook
11 Kapil Dev – G Gooch
11 R Ashwin – D Warner
– Stokes vs Ashwin in Tests
25 innings
232 runs
12 dismissals
Avg 19.33
SR 37.23
– Batters dismissed most times by Ashwin in Tests
12 B Stokes
11 D Warner
9 A Cook
8 T Latham/ S Smith/ K Brathwaite
– This is the first instance in 21 Tests of a visiting side scoring 200+ in both innings of a Test against India in India. The last one was by Sri Lanka (373 & 299/5) in Delhi in Dec 2017.
– Second innings hundreds vs India in India since 2018
107 Dimuth Karunaratne Bengaluru 2022
100* Ollie Pope Hyderabad 2024
-> Also Pope’s first century in second innings (fifth overall)
– 148* by Pope is the highest by a visiting batter in second innings vs India in India since Alastair Cook’s 176 in Ahmedabad in 2012 which incidentally came in the first Test of India’s last series defeat at home.
Day 4
England bowled out for 420 runs and set the target of 231 runs for Team India. Take a bow, Ollie Pope! Every Indian player congratulating him, walks off to a standing ovation and his team-mates applaud and pat him on the back. After conceding a 190-run lead, England have now set India a target of 231. At 163/5, the visitors were in a spot of bother yesterday afternoon. But England’s vice-captain has played a memorable knock. Swept and reverse-swept to unsettle the Indian spinners and stitched three crucial partnerships (112, 64 and 80) with the lower order. England didn’t allow their opponents to roll them over and added 104 runs at a brisk pace to their overnight score. Right then, this is the equation – five sessions remain | 231 runs vs 10 wickets! For England, Ollie Pope scored 196 runs and Ben Duckett scored 47 runs. For Team India, Jasprit Bumrah picked 4 wickets.
Lunch on Day 4 in Hyderabad š±
England are all out for 420 and #TeamIndia need 2ā£3ā£1ā£ to win š
Stay tuned for the second session ā³
Scorecard ā¶ļø https://t.co/HGTxXf8b1E#TeamIndia | #INDvENG | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/E8axUcu3lj
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 28, 2024
Team India bowled out for 202 runs and lost the game by 28 runs. An incredible come-from-behind win for England. Their spinners were completely outbowled by their counterparts in the first innings. And despite picking three frontline spinners, it was Joe Root who was the most effective bowler. Almost every Indian batsman perished while trying to score a boundary and the hosts still managed to take a lead of 190. India were in the driver’s seat. That’s when usually most visiting teams capitulate. England/Bazball didn’t. Their openers batted positively like the first innings but they were reduced to 163/5 (effectively minus 27 for five). A day three finish was very much on the cards at that stage. Once again, England/Bazball didn’t give up. Ollie Pope, England’s vice-captain, swept and reverse-swept to unsettle the Indian spinners. He was dropped twice after getting to his hundred and he made the Indians pay. He had his share of luck but England’s No. 3 batted bravely throughout his innings. Stitched three crucial partnerships with Foakes, Rehan Ahmed and Hartley to take England into the lead, give them a glimmer of hope and then eventually a match-winning score. For Team India, skipper Rohit Sharma scored 39 runs and Srikar Bharat scored 28 runs. For England, Tom Hartley picked 7 wickets.
It came right down to the wire in Hyderabad but it's England who win the closely-fought contest.#TeamIndia will aim to bounce back in the next game.
Scorecard ā¶ļø https://t.co/HGTxXf8b1E#INDvENG | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/OcmEgKCjUT
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 28, 2024
ENG: 246 & 420
IND: 436 & 202
A special spell from Tom Hartley leads England to an extraordinary win in the opening Test against India š#WTC25 | š #INDvENG: https://t.co/E53vcqjfHE pic.twitter.com/qoJl3biFfu
— ICC (@ICC) January 28, 2024
Stats
– Most wickets for India after 33 Tests
183 R Ashwin
155 R Jadeja
145 J Bumrah *
144 Harbhajan/ A Kumble
143 EAS Prasanna
– Highest first innings deficit outscored by a single batter in second innings
274 VVS Laxman (281) v Aus Kolkata 2001
246 B McCullum (302) v Ind Wellington 2014
230 D Amiss (262*) v WI Kingston 1974
227 A Flower (232*) v Ind Nagpur 2000
221 A Cook (235*) v Aus Brisbane 2010
210 G Kirtsen (275) v Eng Durban 1999
190 Ollie Pope (196) v Ind Hyderabad 2024
– Highest individual scores in second innings by visiting batters in India
232*Andy Flower Nagpur 2000
225 Brendon McCullum Hyderabad 2010
198 Garfield Sobers Kanpur 1958
196 Ollie Pope Hyderabad 2024
188*Saeed Anwar Kolkata 1999
– Ollie Pope in India
First 9 innings: 154 runs (Avg 17.11). This innings: 196
– 7/62 by Tom Hartley is the best figures for an England spinner on Test debut in the post-war era (since 1945) and nine wickets by him in a match is the joint-most since Robert Berry’s 9/116 vs West Indies in Manchester in 1950.
– No wickets for England seamers in a Test in post war era (since 1945)
vs Ind Kanpur 1952
vs Aus Manchester 1956
vs SL Pallekele 2018
vs Ind Hyderabad 2024
* where they have taken all 20 opposition wkts
– Narrowest Test defeats for India by runs
12 vs Pak Chennai 1999
16 vs Aus Brisbane 1977
16 vs Pak Bengaluru 1987
28 vs Eng Hyderabad 2024
31 vs Eng Birmingham 2018
– Highest total in a home defeat for India
449 vs Pak Bengaluru 2005
436 vs Eng Hyderabad 2024
424 vs Aus Bengaluru 1998
412 vs Eng Chennai 1985
406 vs WI Mumbai WS 1975
– Highest 1st innings lead resulting in a defeat for India
192 vs SL Galle 2015
190 vs Eng Hyderabad 2024
132 vs Eng Birmingham 2022
80 vs Aus Adelaide 1992
69 vs Aus Sydney 2008
Previous highest in India: 65 by Australia at Chennai CS in 1964 (139 runs)
– Highest 1st innings lead overturned to win a Test in India
274 Ind vs Aus Kolkata 2001 (Won by 171 runs)
190 Eng vs Ind Hyderabad 2024 (28 runs) *
99 Ind vs Aus Mumbai WS 2005 (13 runs)
95 Ind vs WI Delhi 2011 (5 wkts)
87 Ind vs Aus Bengaluru 2017 (75 runs)
Previous highest by a visiting team: 65 by Australia at Chennai CS in 1964 (139 runs)
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One of our greatest ever wins š
From a 190-run deficit, to victory!
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 28, 2024
9ā£ wickets on Test debut in India to guide us to a historic win š
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 28, 2024
That’s all from the 1st Test of the IDFC First India Test series. 2nd test between both teams will be played from 2nd February 2024. I hope you will like this information. For more updates visit my page on Facebook Durgesh Tiwary’s View and website Cricket Movie Website