Sunday 25 December 2016

India vs England 5th Test 


India crushed England in the fifth Test coordinate in Chennai by an innings and 75 runs, securing the series 4-0. The Test was going towards a draw on the fifth day however with an awesome knocking down some pins execution from Indian bowlers, particularly Ravindra Jadeja, India figured out how to turn the Test on its head.


This was only the second time in cricket history that India had figured out how to win four Tests in an series. This was India's fifth series win in succession, which is additionally India's joint longest extend of series wins. This streak began against Sri Lanka with a 2-1 win a year ago. India then beat South Africa at home by 3-0, West Indies 2-0 away and New Zealand 3-0 at home before this present series's win.

Captain Virat Kohli won the Man of the series grant without precedent for Test cricket, for his extraordinary execution with the bat. He scored 655 keeps running in five matches at a normal of 109.16 in the series. In doing as such, he turned into the main Indian player to win a Man of the series grant in each of the three organizations. The young Karun Nair won the Man of the match grant for his record softening thump of 303* keeps running up the fifth Test.

Record Breaking India


This was India's greatest triumph over England. India's past greatest win over England was an innings and 46 keeps running at Leeds in 2002 while an innings and 36 runs triumph in the past Test at Mumbai was the greatest at home.

India's 4-0 series win was their greatest series triumph over England. The 3-0 triumph in three-Test series in 1992-93 was India's past best execution in an series against England. It was just second time when India won four Tests in an series. India vanquished Australia 4-0 in a four-Test series at home in 2012-13.

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Ravindra Jadeja reaches to No. 2 in ICC Test bowling ranking


Ravindra Jadeja's lady 10-wicket coordinate pull in the last Test against England in Chennai, which India won by an innings and 75 runs, pushed him to the second position in the rundown of ICC rankings for Test bowlers on Wednesday (December 21).

Jadeja, the left-arm spinner, finished the five-Test series with 26 wickets, just two less than R Ashwin's count of 28. His execution earned him 66 focuses and brought him inside eight purposes of Ashwin, the offspinner who drives the outline with 887 focuses.

This is just the second time that the main two spots have been possessed by Indian bowlers, with Bishan Singh Bedi, the left-arm spinner, and BS Chandrasekhar, the legspinner, being positioned Nos. 1 and 2 separately in 1974. 

Jadeja, who moved above Josh Hazlewood, James Anderson, Dale Steyn and Rangana Herath to move into second position, likewise surged above and beyond in the step of allrounders to achieve a vocation best third rank in the rundown which is additionally headed by Ashwin.

Ishant Sharma, the pacer who made his arrival to the Test side, climbed two spots to No. 23 after his match count of 3 for 59.

In the batting division, Karun Nair, the triple-centurion, lifted himself 122 spots to 55th position, while KL Rahul's thump of 199 helped him to achieve a vocation best 51st spot.

The 4-0 series triumph over England has guaranteed that India will end 2016 as the No. 1 Test agree with 120 focuses against their name, well clear of second-put Australia (105).

A Gifted Wicket of Kohli in Vizag Test Innings


Indian spinners weaved enchantment on the most recent day to give India an insistent win over England in the second test at Vizag, however the player of the match was without a doubt captain Virat Kohli. Despite the fact that India won the match by 246 keeps running at last, it was principally because of the immense first innings lead of 200 runs. In the second innings where the ball was turning violently, India could make just 204, of which Kohli had contributed 81 runs. This was the contrast amongst Kohli and the rest.


Notwithstanding amid the primary test at Rajkot when India was pursuing an objective of 310 on the last day, it was chief Kohli who had steadied the ship with an unbeaten 49 keeps running as India drew the match with their score at 172/6. In the most recent 16 second innings Kohli has played, he has amassed 623 keeps running at a normal of 41.53 with a century, three fifties and another three 40 or more scores. Kohli's record is practically identical with any semblance of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid for the second innings. Tendulkar finished his vocation with 1625 keeps running at a normal of about 37 and Dravid had 1552 at a normal of almost 41 runs for each innings.

In the previous couple of years, India has come to depend vigorously on Ajinkya Rahane in the second innings. Rahane has been noteworthy with 542 keeps running in 16 innings at a normal of 45.16 with two hundreds and one fifty. Be that as it may, even Rahane could oversee just 26 keeps running in the second innings at Vizag which alongside debutante Jayant Yadav's 27 not out was the following best execution.

Other top batsmen like KL Rahul, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Wriddhiman Saha and R Ashwin could oversee just 23 keeps running among themselves is an impression of how intense batting more likely than not been on the contribute the second innings. Little ponder Kohli's thump is being hailed as an exemplary character on a precarious pitch.

Karun Nair's Triple Century in Test Cricket


Karun Nair tread uncommon domain by turning out to be just the third Test batsman to change over his lady hundred into a triple century, copying West Indies legend Gary Sobers and Australia extraordinary Bob Simpson.

The 25-year-old turned out to be just the second Indian batsman to score a Test triple century - Virender Sehwag scored two - as he crushed England's hapless knocking down some pins on the fourth day of the last Test against England, achieving the point of interest nearing stumps on Monday.

He hit leg spinner Adil Rashid through cover for his 32nd four to achieve the point of interest. India proclaimed at the score of 759 for seven once he finished his triple ton.

Karun Nair joined unique organization as Sobers hit a then world record 365 not out as a 21-year-old against Pakistan in 1958 while previous Australia captain Simpson had made 311.

The batsman had kept away from the disaster of opener KL Rahul's rejection for 199 and fueled ahead as a large group of batting records fell on a level MA Chidambaram Stadium pitch.

Karun Nair turned out to be just India's second batsman to score a Test triple century (303*). He additionally scored India's second Test triple century at the scene, Virender Sehwag having amassed 319 against South Africa in 2008. Sehwag has two triple hundreds of years.

On 195 at tea, he pounded the knocking down some pins with many ad libbed shots in the last session, turning out to be just India's second batsman to score a triple century with a

Karun Nair, who made his presentation in the series subsequent to coming in as a harm trade for Rohit Sharma, had imitated Dilip Sardesai (200* versus New Zealand, 1965) and Vinod Kambli (224 v England, 1993), the other two Indian batsmen to accomplish the deed of transforming their first century into a twofold.

India had outperformed their most noteworthy ever Test score of 726/9 announced, made against England in Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium in 2009.

Karun Nair, five shy of the point of interest at tea, struck Keaton Jennings to the cover fence for his 23rd limit to achieve the twofold hundred, raising the bat as the bat dashed over the field. He likewise struck a six in his seven-and-half hour exertion, confronting 306 balls.

Runs arrived in a deluge after that break as India pushed to pull off just their second since forever 4-0 series triumph.