Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma
IND vs ENG 1st Test: The Indian team had to face defeat in the first match of the Test series being played against England. England won this exciting match by 28 runs. Team India was doing very well in this match at one time, but suddenly the England team made a strong comeback and did not give Team India a chance to recover even once. With the defeat in this match, India has to trail 0-1 in the series. Apart from this, once again under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, such a defeat was seen which was seen only under the captaincy of Virat.
This happened under Rohit’s captaincy
Actually, Team India was in a very good position in the first two days of this match. England batted first and scored 246 runs in this match, while Team India scored 420 runs and took a lead of 190 runs after their first innings. Everyone felt that Team India would win this match very easily, but it could not happen. Everyone was surprised as to how Team India lost the match even after having a lead of 190. Let us tell you that this happened for the second time in the history of Indian cricket when the team lost the match even after gaining a lead of 190.
Last time there was such a defeat in this match
Before this, Team India had faced such defeat only once. This happened against Sri Lanka in the year 2015 under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. When Team India lost the match even after getting a lead of 192 runs in the first innings. After Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma has become the second captain to face such a defeat. Rohit Sharma became the Test captain of Team India in the year 2022 after leaving the captaincy of Virat Kohli. At present, he is the captain of Team India in all three formats.
Matches lost by Team India even after getting the biggest lead in the first innings
- 192 vs sri lanka galle 2015
- 190 vs England Hyderabad 2024
- 132 vs england birmingham 2022
- 80 vs australia adelaide 1992
- 69 vs australia sydney 2008
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