- India defeated England, Ishant Sharma’s seven for 74 choked the England second innings to 223 and India won by 95 runs giving India 1- 0 up in the five match series. The historic win is the second victory at Lord’s after Kapil Dev’s men won by five wickets in 1986.
- Dhoni’s brigade won its last overseas Test at Kingston,Jamaica, in June 2011 and 15 Tests have gone past with debilitating defeats or dull draws on foreign shores marring the balance sheet.
- If spin on a deteriorating pitch was expected to deliver the fatal blows, India unveiled a gripping alternative. Ishant injected adrenaline with a rousing spell from the Pavilion End on the fifth day.
- Once the second session commenced, India stuck to its ‘bang-’em-short’ strategy.English batsman had no clue on how to negotiate Ishant’s short deliveries and Indian fielders getting catches at various positions — deep backward square-leg (Stuart Binny), mid-off (Pujara) and behind the wicket too as Dhoni pouched one off a hopping Stuart Broad.
- Ironically, England’s last wicket — James Anderson — was cast away through a run-out, with Ravindra Jadeja knocking down the stumps.
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