Pataudi Trophy 2021, 2nd Test: Records galore as India wins on Day 5

On Monday, India came up with a fight to hand England a 151-run defeat on Day 5 of the second Test for the Pataudi Trophy at Lord's in London. With this, India has a 1-0 lead in the five-Test series, while records were scripted aplenty.

India produces the best and first
The pair of Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah managed an unbeaten stand of 89 for the ninth wicket. Consequently:
- It was the best ninth-wicket partnership for India in England and overseas, going past the previous best of 66 between Kapil Dev and Madan Lal here in 1982 and Kiran More-V Raju's 77 in Melbourne, 1991.
- Furthermore, it was the first time in this century that the number nine and ten batsmen for India scored 25-plus each in a Test outside Asia.

England scripts an unwanted
The English openers were dismissed for ducks. As a result, it was the first time they did so in an innings of a home Test, besides being the sixth overall instance.

Bumrah loves to get rid of Root
Bumrah got rid of Root for the fifth time in his Test career. Consequently, Root became his joint-most victim in the format, along with Pat Cummins.

Sam Curran joins England's unwanted list
Curran fell for unfortunate ducks twice in the Test, in both innings. Consequently:
- It was a king pair for him, and he became the fourth Englishman to do so after William Attewell, Ernie Haynes and James Anderson.
- He is also the fifth king pair against India after Gary Troup, Adam Gilchrist, Javed Omar and Anderson.
- He is also the youngest in the 21st century to get a king pair.

Indian spinners fails for the second time
The Indian spinners did not claim a wicket in the two Tests played in the series so far. It is only the second time in India's Test history that it did so after against Pakistan in 1989-90 at Karachi and Faisalabad.

Root's ton in vain
Root scored a century, but his side ended up losing. Consequently, it was the first time England lost a Test in his 22 centuries, going past the previous longest of 20 by Gary Sobers of Windies.

Virat Kohli joins Lord's honour board and overtakes Clive Lloyd
- It was Kohli's maiden Test win at Lord's as the skipper. As a result:
- He has become only the third Indian skipper after Kapil Dev (1986) and MS Dhoni (2014) to do so.
- He also registered the most wins as a captain in the format (37), going past Clive Lloyd of Windies.

Mohammad Siraj rules at Lord's
Siraj finished with figures of 8/126 in this Test. Meanwhile, it was the best bowling figure by an Indian in a Lord's Test, going past Dev's 8/168 in 1982.

KL Rahul scripts a special
Rahul's century in the first innings helped India earn the win. Moreover, it was only the fourth instance for India as an opener. At the same time, he became only the second Indian opener whose century in a Test outside Asia helped India win, with the other three cases coming from Sunil Gavaskar.

India produces unqiue stats with the win
- It was the first time India won a Lord's Test, falling on Independence Day of the five instances.
- Lord's has become India join second-most successful Test venue, along with Port of Spain, Kingston and SSC (Colombo), with three wins, while Melbourne remains the best with four.
- India took the second least overs to get rid of a side in the final innings outside Asia (51.5), while the least happens to be 26.5 against the Windies in 2019.

England scripts an unwanted
It was England's 33rd Test loss at Lord's. Meanwhile, England has become the side with most Test losses at a venue, going past Australia's 32 in Melbourne.

Match summary
Bein put to bat, India was shot out for 364, while England could manage 391. In the second innings, India fought back despite a shaky start and scored 298/8, handing England a target of 272. However, the Indian bowlers were too good, dismissing the host for 120 and winning by 151 runs.
Brief scores: India 364 & 298/8 (Rahane- 61, Shami- 56*; Wood- 3/51) defeats England 391 & 120 (Root- 33; Siraj- 4/32) by 151 runs.

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